2015 (MMXV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.
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See also: | Other events of 2015 List of years in Bangladesh |
The year 2015 was the 44th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the third year of the third term of the Government of Sheikh Hasina.
Population, total | 156,256,287 |
Population density (per km2) | 1200.4 |
Population growth (annual %) | 1.1% |
Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female) | 102.8 |
Urban population (% of total) | 34.3% |
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) | 19.2 |
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) | 5.5 |
Mortality rate, under 5 (per 1,000 live births) | 38 |
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) | 71.5 |
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) | 2.1 |
Climate data for Bangladesh in 2015 | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 17.4 (63.3) |
20.2 (68.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.1 (79.0) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.3 (82.9) |
27.8 (82.0) |
28.1 (82.6) |
28.1 (82.6) |
26.7 (80.1) |
23.1 (73.6) |
18.4 (65.1) |
24.8 (76.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 10.4 (0.41) |
22.3 (0.88) |
22.3 (0.88) |
245.1 (9.65) |
179.6 (7.07) |
878.9 (34.60) |
566.6 (22.31) |
493.4 (19.43) |
321.7 (12.67) |
86.6 (3.41) |
5.1 (0.20) |
5.9 (0.23) |
2,837.9 (111.74) |
Source: Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of University of East Anglia (UEA)[2] |
National Income | |||
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Current US$ | Current BDT | % of GDP | |
GDP | $195.1 billion | BDT15.2 trillion | |
GDP growth (annual %) | 6.6% | ||
GDP per capita | $1,248.5 | BDT97,007 | |
Agriculture, value added | $28.8 billion | BDT2.2 trillion | 14.8% |
Industry, value added | $52.3 billion | BDT4.1 trillion | 26.8% |
Services, etc., value added | $104.8 billion | BDT8.1 trillion | 53.7% |
Balance of Payment | |||
Current US$ | Current BDT | % of GDP | |
Current account balance | $2.6 billion | 1.3% | |
Imports of goods and services | $45.6 billion | BDT3.8 trillion | 24.7% |
Exports of goods and services | $34,969.3 million | BDT2.6 trillion | 17.3% |
Foreign direct investment, net inflows | $2,831.2 million | 1.5% | |
Personal remittances, received | $15,295.5 million | 7.8% | |
Total reserves (includes gold) at year end | $27,493.1 million | ||
Total reserves in months of imports | 6.8 |
Note: For the year 2015 average official exchange rate for BDT was 77.95 per US$.
Recipients | Area | Note |
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Manik Chowdhury | Independence and Liberation War | posthumous |
Mamun Mahmud | Independence and Liberation War | posthumous |
Shah A M S Kibria | Independence and Liberation War | posthumous |
Mozaffar Ahmed | posthumous | |
Anisuzzaman | Literature | |
Abdur Razzak | Culture | |
Mohammad Hossain Mondol | Research | |
Santosh Gupta | Journalism | posthumous |