Facts about Bangladesh

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   Jute production made Bangladesh the world's largest exporter of raw jute for over a century before synthetic fibers diminished demand in the late twentieth century.

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2. 08

   Between 1947 and 1971, Bangladesh existed as East Pakistan, a geographically separated territory located 1,600 kilometers east of West Pakistan across India.

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3. 07

   At 56,977 square kilometers, Bangladesh ranks as the world's eighth most populous country despite being smaller than the U.S. state of Maryland.

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4. 06

   Bangladesh's garment industry employs approximately 4 million workers and accounts for roughly 84 percent of the country's total exports as of 2023.

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5. 05

   In 1970, Cyclone Bhola killed approximately 300,000 to 500,000 people in East Pakistan, making it one of history's deadliest tropical cyclones.

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   Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, is the world's most densely populated major city with approximately 47,000 people per square kilometer as of 2024.

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7. 03

   Approximately 230 million tons of silt flows down the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta annually, causing Bangladesh's coastline to advance roughly 80 meters per year into the Bay of Bengal.

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   Over 17 million people in Bangladesh depend on fishing as their primary livelihood, making it one of the world's largest fishing-dependent populations.

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9. 01

   The Sundarbans mangrove forest spanning Bangladesh and India covers 10,000 square kilometers and shelters approximately 500 Bengal tigers.

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