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Bangladesh

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Ahsan Manzil, also known as the Pink Palace, was the official residential palace and seat of the Nawab of Dhaka. The building is situated at Kumartoli along the banks of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was constructed between 1859 and 1872 in the Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture style, mixing European and Indo-Islamic elements. It has been a national museum since 1985.
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Geography

Area

comparison ranking: total 94

Area - comparative

Area comparison map:
<p>slightly larger than Pennsylvania and New Jersey combined; slightly smaller than Iowa</p>

People and Society

Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Bangladesh. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

comparison ranking: total 144

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 103

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 88

Death rate

comparison ranking: 179

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 178

Maternal mortality ratio

comparison ranking: 63

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 52

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 96

Tobacco use

comparison ranking: total 22

Environment

Government

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Economy

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 68

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 152

Labor force

comparison ranking: 8

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 82

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 139

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 48

Exports

comparison ranking: 67

Imports

comparison ranking: 53

Debt - external

comparison ranking: 15

Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

comparison ranking: 145

Heliports

comparison ranking: 44

Merchant marine

comparison ranking: total 40

Military and Security

Space

Terrorism

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