Just a Comparison

I thought I'd take just a moment to share a little side by side comparison of the life in the United States of America to life in Bangladesh.  Enjoy the facts and then head over the Compassion site to find a child whose life you can change forever.  

	Bangladesh	United States
Capital	Dhaka	Washington, D.C.
Population	156,050,883 (July 2010 estimate)	307,212,123 (July 2010 estimate)
Languages	Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English	English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census)
Religions	Muslim 89.5%, Hindu 9.6%, other 0.9% (2004)	Christian 78.5% (Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%), Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% (2007 est.)
Literacy rate Definition: Age 15 and over can read and write.	Male: 54% Female: 41.4% (2001 Census)	Male: 99% Female: 99% (2003 estimate)
Percentage of population using improved drinking water sources	Urban: 85% Rural: 78% (2006 estimate)	Urban: 100% Rural: 94% (2006 estimate)
Percentage of population using adequate sanitation facilities	Urban: 48% Rural: 32% (2006 estimate)	Urban: 100% Rural: 99% (2006 estimate)
Climate	Tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)	Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains west of the Mississippi River and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are warmed occasionally in January and February by chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
Percentage of population urbanized	27% (2008 estimate)	82% (2008 estimate)
Life expectancy	Male: 57.57 years Female: 63.03 years (2010 estimate)	Male: 75.65 years Female: 80.69 years (2010 estimate)
Under-5 mortality rate	54/1,000 (2008 estimate)	8/1,000 (2008 estimate)
GDP per capita	$1,500 (2009 estimate)	$46,000 (2009 estimate)
Monetary unit	taka (BDT)	U.S. dollar (USD)
Number of people living with HIV/AIDS	12,000 (2007 estimate)	1.2 million (2007 estimate)
Percentage of population living below $1.25 a day	50% (1992-2007 study)	Data not available

Sources for facts: The World Factbook, 2010; The State of the World's Children, 2009