FRA 2000 - Forest resources of Bangladesh - Country report
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AO regularly provides information on forest resources in different countries and at the global level. The FAO project "Strengthening Country Capacity in Forest Resource Assessment for Sustainable Forest Planning in the Asia Pacific Region (GCP/RAS/162/JPN)" attempts to supplement these efforts by working at regional and country levels to develop information on status, planning and management of forest resources in South Asian countries. Bangladesh is an independent and sovereign state since Dece mber 1971. It has about 111.4 million people (1991) in Bangladesh growing at about 2.1% per annum with about 80% of them living in rural areas in 59, 990 villages having average household size of 5.3 persons. The overall literacy rate is 32.4% but the literacy rate of women is about 50% of men. The population density is very high (about 750/km2). The following figure captures the degrading trend of her forest resources during the last decade.