1989 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1989 (Internet Archive)
People and Society
Birth rate
42 births/ 1 ,000 population (1990)
Death rate
14 deaths/ 1,000 population (1990)
Ethnic divisions
98% Bengali; 250,000 Biharis, and less than 1 million tribals
Infant mortality rate
136 deaths/ 1,000 live births (1990)
Labor force
35,100,000; 74% agriculture, 1 5% services, 1 1 % industry and commerce; extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, and Kuwait (FY86)
Language
Bangla (official), English widely used
Life expectancy at birth
54 years male, 53 years female (1990)
Literacy
29% (39% men, 18% women)
Nationality
noun — Bangladeshi(s); adjective— Bangladesh
Net migration rate
0 migrants/ 1 ,000 population (1990)
Organized labor
3% of labor force belongs to 2,614 registered unions (1986 est.)
Population
118,433,062 (July 1990), growth rate 2.8% (1990)
Religion
83% Muslim, about 16% Hindu, less than 1% Buddhist, Christian, and other
Total fertility rate
5.7 children born/ woman (1990)
Government
Long-form name
People's Republic of