Bangladesh Business Statistic
GDP - real growth rate: 5.7% (2005 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity:2,100 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (2005 est.)
Labor force: 66.6 million
note: extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Qatar, and Malaysia; workers' remittances estimated at $1.71 billion in 1998-99 (2005 est.)
Exports: $9.372 billion (2005 est.)
Exports - partners:US 23.6%, Germany 13.5%, UK 9.4%, France 6.4% (2005)
Imports: $12.97 billion (2005 est.)
Imports - partners: India 14.1%, China 13.5%, Kuwait 8.5%, Singapore 6.2%, Japan 4.1%, Hong Kong 4.1% (2005)
Population: 147,365,352 (July 2006 est.)
Population growth rate: 2.09% (2006 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line:45% (2004 est.)
Major Industries:cotton textiles, jute, garments, tea processing, paper newsprint, cement, chemical fertilizer, light engineering, sugar
Employing Workers: 75%
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