Vital Statistics

General Vital Statistics

Population (Million) 2001 (Adjusted )

130.0

                               2005 (Projected)

137.0

Population Growth Rate (Percentage), 2004

1.48

Male Female Ratio , 2002

105.4

Population Density /Square Km 2005 (Projected)

928

Basic vital statistics

Crude Birth Rate (per 1000 population)  2002

20.21

Crude Death Rate (per 1000 population) 2002

5.1

Infant Mortality Rate (Per Thousand Live Birth) (Below one year of age), 2002

53.27

Contraceptive Prevalence  Rate(%) 2002

53.39

Total Fertility Rate Per Women,  2002

2.56

Life Expectancy , 2002

64.9

Life Expectancy 2002  male and

64.5

female

65.4

Mean Age At First Marriage

Male

25.6

Female

20.6

Health and social service

Person Per Hospital Bed (including dispensary), 2003

4109

Persons Per Registered Physician, 2003

3866

Safe Drinking Water (%), 2004

96.3

Sanitary Latrine User (%), 2004

52.6

Literacy Rate(%), 2002

62.66

RATE OF POVERTY BASED ON POVERTY MONITORING  SURVEY 2004

Based On Food Energy Intake ( FEI) method

National

42.1

Rural

43.3

Urban

37.9

Based On Direct Calorie Intake Method

National

40.9

Rural

40.1

Urban

43.6

Gross Domestic Product (GDP),2004-2005 (Provisional )

GDP at current price ( in crore Tk.)

368476

GDP at constant price (base year =1995-96)( in Crore Tk.)

265512

GDP Growth at constant price (%)

5.38

Per capita  national income ( in TK)

28430

Per capita national income ( in US$)

470

Per capita at GDP ( in TK)

26898

Per capita GDP (in US$)

445

Savings and Investment ( Percentage Of GDP) 2004-05 ( Provisional)

Domestic savings

20.16

National savings

26.49

Total investment

24.43

Public

5.90

Private

18.53

Balance of Payments 2004-95 In Million In US

Export Earning

8655

Import Payments

13147

Export (As Percentage of GDP)

14.42

Import (As Percentage of GDP)

21.90

Current Account Balance Provisional

-518

Foreign Exchange Reserves

(As 30.06.2005)

3024

Workers Remittance

3848

LABOR FORCE AND EMPLOYMENT

Labor Force Survey 2002, 03

Number Of Civilian Labor Force ( Crore)

4.43

Male

3.45

Female

0.98

Percentage Of Total Labor Force

Agriculture Labor

51.69

Industrial Labor

13.56

Other Labor

34.75

Transportation (Km), June 2005

National Highway

3570

Regional Highway

4323

Feeder Road Type A

13678

Railway

2855

Financial statistics

Total Number of Commercial Banks

49

Nationalized Bank

4

Specialized Bank

5

Local Private Bank

30

Foreign Bank

10

Non-Bank Financial Institutions

28

Government Revenue Expenditure 2004-05( Revised), ( In Crore Tk)

Total Revenue

39200

Total Expenditure

53903

Total Revenue ( As Percentage of GDP)

10.64

Total Expenditure ( As Percentage of GDP)

14.60

Budget Deficit ( Excluding Foreign Grants )

4.5

Budget Deficit ( Including Foreign Grants)

3.7

Money Supply ( in crore Tk.)

Narrow Money (M 1) June, 2005

35546

Reserve Money June, 2005

29547

Broad Money (M 2) June , 2005

151589

Exchange Rate (2005-06)

Taka/US$(average)

69.93 (May-2006)

Capital Market (share price Index, as on June, 2005)

Dhaka Stock Exchange (base=100)

1310.62

Chittagong Stock Exchange (base=1000)

3347.09