BANGLADESH

TABLE 1. POPULATION INFORMATION

Average annual growth rate (%)
Year 1990 2000 2008 2012 2000 to 2012
Population (millions) 104 128.9 144.5 151.6 1.361
Population density (inhabitants/kmē) 799.3 990.4 979 1027.31 0.305
Urban Population** as % of total 19.8 23.2 36.7 - -
Area (1000 kmē) 147.57

TABLE 2. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

Average annual growth rate (%)
1970 1980 1990 2000 2008 2012 2000 to 2012
GDP (millions of current US$) 8,992.7 18,114.7 30,128.8 47,096.8 79,554 117,010 7.88
GDP (millions of constant 2000 US$) 18,866.3 20,448.9 29,472.4 47,096.8 73,900 -------
GDP per capita (PPP* US$/capita) 323 540 860 1,450 1,700 5.84
GDP per capita (current US$/capita) 138.5 220.4 289.6 365.3 520 772 6.43

TABLE 3. ESTIMATED ENERGY RESERVES (2010)

Petroleum
(in billion barrels)
Natural Gas
(in BCF)
Coal
(in million tons)
Hydro
(in TWh per year)
Uranium
Total amount 0.028 12506.678* 2700 1100 -------

TABLE 4: ENERGY STATISTICS (ALL ENERGY VALUES ARE IN EXAJOULE)

Average annual growth rate (%)
1980 1990 2000 2008 2012 2000 to 2012*
Energy consumption**        
- Total 0.17 0.33 0.5306 1.3724 1.6373 9.84
- Solids*** 0.007 0.017 0.015 0.168 0.1767
- Liquids 0.07 0.08 0.173 0.212 0.200
- Gases 0.05 0.15 0.35 0.633 0.894
- Nuclear 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
- Hydro+Wind 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.0034 0.0028
- Other
Renewables
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.356 0.3637
Energy production
- Total 0.10 0.23 0.369 1.0338 1.2933 11.01
- Solids*** 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0144 0.0328
- Liquids 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
- Gases 0.05 0.15 0.35 0.651 0.894
- Nuclear 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
- Hydro 0.01 0.01 0.003 0.0034 0.0028
- Other
Renewables
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.356 0.3637
Net import (Import – Export)
- Total 0.07 0.10 0.161 0.1978 0.3439 6.52

TABLE 5. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND INSTALLED CAPACITY

Average annual growth rate (%)
1980 1990 2001 2008 2012 2001 to 2012
Capacity of electrical plants (GWe)
- Thermal 0.91 2.29 3.48 4.972 7.88
- Hydro 0.08 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.22
- Nuclear 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
- Wind 0.00
- Geothermal 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
- other renewable 0.00
- Total 0.99 2.35 3.711 5.202 8.100 7.35
Electricity production (TWh)
- Thermal 2.07 7.17 14.48 23.361 34.341
- Hydro 0.58 0.88 1.08 0.949 0.776
- Nuclear 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
- Wind 0.00
- Geothermal 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
- other renewable 0.00
- Total (1) 2.65 7.73 15.56 24.311 35.118 7.68
Total Electricity consumption
(TWh)
4.704 14.002 22.622 30.098 7.20

TABLE 6. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

  1980 1990 2001 2008 2012
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 2 3 3.8 10.5 10.8
Electricity per capita (kWh/capita) 22.07 44.04 106.08 176.87 231.65
Electricity Production/Energy production (%) 9.55 12.11 14.21 8.68 9.77
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ratio of external dependency (%)(1) 44 29 25 14.41 21.00
Load factor of electricity plants
      - Total (%) 31 72 51 69.91 62.85
      - Thermal
      - Hydro
      - Nuclear (Not Applicable)

TABLE 7. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station/ Project Name Type Capacity Expected Construction Start Year Expected Commercial Year
1. Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (Unit-I) VVER 1000 ~ 1250 MWe By 2016. By 2021
2. Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (Unit-II) VVER 1000 ~ 1250 MWe One year after the first unit. -------