COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2019
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Bangladesh
Population (million people) 161.0 2015
GDP (current million US$) 195,079 2015
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 3,137 2015
Global Competitiveness Index 3.80 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.66 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.82 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 2.92 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 2.65 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.54 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.25 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 12.62 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 3.20 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) 1,655,365 2014
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 73 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 1,497 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 10 2014
Motorways (Km) 0 2003
Highways, main or national roads (Km) 22,378 2003
Secondary or regional roads (Km) 81,670 2003
Other roads (Km) 135,178 2003
Total length of roads (Km) 239,226 2003
Paved roads (%) 10 2003
Paved roads (Km) 22,726 2003
Non-paved roads (Km) 216,500 2003
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 250 2003
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 1.49 2003
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 1.66 2003
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 13 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 21,316 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 13.6 2013
Rail lines (total route-km) 2,835 2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area) 2,178 2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population) 18 2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) 710 2014
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) 7,305 2014
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 182.7 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 2,906,799 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.018 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 13.8 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 0.52 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 83.36 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2.41 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 14.40 2015