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BANGLADESH 1 Figure 25: Map of Bangladesh
Country level information Geographic Area (in sq km) Population (in Millions) Population Density (person per sq km) Urban population (% of total population) Arable land (% of total area) Forest land (% of total area) HDI country rank (out of 182) GNI per capita (ATLAS method, in USD) Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) Industry, value added (% of GDP) Services etc., value added (% of GDP)
BANGLADESH
144,000 150.613 1142 28 58.1 11.1 146 760 18 29 53
Source: WDI, HDI, UNICEF (2008), FAO (2007), UNPD (2010), DECDG
Figure 26: Percentage Distribution of Reported Disasters in Bangladesh (1970-2009) Droughts 3% Earthquakes 3%
Floods 35%
Cyclones 59%
Disaster statistics (1970-2009) Disaster type Earthquake Flood
Drought
Landslide Cyclone
Total
Total Disaster
Total Casualties Total
Total Affected People
Annual
Total
Annual
7
36
1
1.900
490
75
42,000
1.070
293 M
7.5 M
5
18
1
25 M
641.000
-
-
-
-
-
126
475,000
12,200
58 M
1,5 M
213
516,000
132,000
376 M
9.6 M
Source: EM-DAT 2010, accumulated figures
Economic loss potential1 Economic loss (USD Million)
Annual exceedance probability 0.5% 5%
Percentage of GDP
4
0.65%
2
0.30%
900
0.15%
20% Source: RMSI 2010 (based on 1967-2006
Figure 27: Average Annual Economic Loss of Bangladesh
*
Earlier World Bank documents have referred to population estimates of about 166 million based on previous information from the United Nations Population Division’s (UNPD) World Population Prospects. The most recent 2010 Revision of the UNPD World Population Prospects estimates Bangladesh’s population at 150.6 million. The 2010 Revision is consistent with additional information (including the 2001 census, 2008 voter registration for adults age 18 and over, and estimates from the Sample Vital Registration System through 2009), which the 2008 Revision of the UNPD World Population Prospects did not take into account
1
Estimates the probability (in percent) of annual economic losses exceeding specific amount of USD (in USD Million). The last column shows the probable annual economic loss as percent of GDP.
Cyclones 25%
Floods 75%
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