_#_Airports: 16 total, 12 usable; 12 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 4 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 6 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

_#_Telecommunications: adequate international radio communications and landline service; fair domestic wire and microwave service; fair broadcast service; 241,250 telephones; stations—9 AM, 6 FM, 11 TV; 2 Indian Ocean INTELSAT satellite earth stations

_*Defense Forces #_Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force; paramilitary forces—Bangladesh Rifles, Bangladesh Ansars, Armed Police Reserve, Coastal Police

_#_Manpower availability: males 15-49, 28,896,632; 17,154,593 fit for military service

_#Defense expenditures: $319 million, 1.5% of GDP (FY91) % @Barbados *Geography #_Total area: 430 km2; land area: 430 km2

_#_Comparative area: slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

_#_Land boundaries: none

_#_Coastline: 97 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;