IMF:Bangladesh GDP 249 Billion USD, Per capita 1,525 USD in 2017.

[Species]

Lol dude. I'm talking about taking over 50% of BD's energy industry by 2020, and you are talking about 2030.

BD's goal is to reach 24GW from 12GW by 2021 and out of that India has already signed MoUs for 10GW.

You haven't read my post, the Indian investments on power projects will generate just 3-4GW not 10. Check your sources again.

So Indian programs have started. What about Chinese?

50% equity is very good. Way better than China's 80% or 100% debt.

Power Plants in Patuakhali, Bashkhali. Then plants in Matarbari by Japan.

There's no such thing as NE states being dependent on BD. The fact is the NE states are self-sufficient by themselves, except oil. Creating a transit corridor will mean India will supply Indian territory through BD, nothing else.

Well, if NE were self-sufficient, there would have been no need for transit. You're right initially India will supply to Indian territory but gradually, there will be no need to have supplies from mainland India after they have access to sea through our ports. Besides, as our economy grows further, NE will become trade dependent on Bangladesh, apart from dependence on our infrastructure.

In fact this transit corridor, including the coastal shipping agreement, have been designed to make BD reliant on India's infrastructure. Ships, trains, rail tracks, transmission lines etc will belong to India.

What this means is India will also police your EEZ through the Indian Coast Guard. Let's not forget the defence pact we signed this month. Not to mention a civilian nuclear pact as well. So everything that's happening is moving towards reinforcing BD's political alignment towards India.

Lol, I'll just post some links,
China Plans 9 Billion Dollars Loan For Six Rail Projects In Bangladesh
China's Etern signs $1.1 billion Bangladesh power grid deal

So China is investing in Bangladesh's railways, transmission lines to make BD reliant on India?

In fact, even if you can check the coastal trasshipments between Bangladesh and India, 80% of the ships are Bangladeshi. While vessels in the inland water transport are 100% Bangladeshi.

Indian coast guards in Bangladeshi EEZ? Are you serious? Our govt. is anything but most serious at ensuring the protection of our EEZ. Did you even know how much of fanfare went through in Bangladesh afterthe winning of maritime disputes against India and Myanmar? Why do you think the whole Naval equipment including the submarines are purchased for? In fact, over the years, our Navy has got the highest priority in the military modernization. And why do you think our PM keep reiterating the term "Blue economy"? You have no idea about the things you are talking.

The defence agreements are merely MoUs, not only they are non-binding, the agreements only include insignificant stuff like exchange of delegations, joint training etc.

So yeah, you wanna sell wheat to NE, go ahead. That in no way makes NE dependent on BD.

You may think whatever floats your boat for now but as the Northeast relies more and more on Bangladesh for even basic necessities like food, Internet, fuel, ports, you would ultimately have to stand corrected. Given their geographical nature, Northeast is bound to be dependent on Bangladesh.

 

[danger007]

You haven't read my post, the Indian investments on power projects will generate just 3-4GW not 10. Check your sources again.



Power Plants in Patuakhali, Bashkhali. Then plants in Matarbari by Japan.



Well, if NE were self-sufficient, there would have been no need for transit. You're right initially India will supply to Indian territory but gradually, there will be no need to have supplies from mainland India after they have access to sea through our ports. Besides, as our economy grows further, NE will become trade dependent on Bangladesh, apart from dependence on our infrastructure.



Lol, I'll just post some links,
China Plans 9 Billion Dollars Loan For Six Rail Projects In Bangladesh
China's Etern signs $1.1 billion Bangladesh power grid deal

So China is investing in Bangladesh's railways, transmission lines to make BD reliant on India?

In fact, even if you can check the coastal trasshipments between Bangladesh and India, 80% of the ships are Bangladeshi.

Indian coast guards in Bangladeshi EEZ? Are you serious? Our govt. is anything but most serious at ensuring the protection of our EEZ. Did you even know how much of fanfare went through in Bangladesh afterthe winning of maritime disputes against India and Myanmar? Why do you think the whole Naval equipment including the submarines are purchased for? In fact, over the years, our Navy has got the highest priority in the military modernization. And why do you think our PM keep reiterating the term "Blue economy"? You have no idea about the things you are talking.

The defence agreements are merely MoUs, not only they are non-binding, the agreements only include insignificant stuff like exchange of delegations, joint training etc.



You may think whatever floats your boat for now but as the Northeast relies more and more on Bangladesh for even basic necessities like food, Internet, fuel, ports, you would ultimately have to stand corrected. Given their geographical nature, Northeast is bound to be dependent on Bangladesh.

do you have any idea about how many cities going to get Metro? stop comparing

 

[danger007]

So what? It will still be minuscule. Regardless, you still can't compare specific Indian states to BD.



If you are talking about Chittagong Division, then a quick look says it has half the per capita income of Tamil Nadu.



Economic autonomy is completely different from financial power. Financials are determined by the central govt. Everybody pays pretty much the same taxes. The entire financial structure is homogeneous.



What do they own in India?

India and US have been enemies for decades. Just because they suddenly want to invest in India doesn't make us their slaves. Their investments have been paltry, we merely created an environment and they were forced to sign business deals because of the business we gave them, it's just being smart. We don't have any real global competitors in this sector.



Haven't you read the links I provided?

The Chinese, Japanese and Russians are nothing compared to India's energy investments.

As of last year, BD produced 12GW. China has promised 2.6GW, Japan, nothing yet. Russia's reactor project is too far in the future. In comparison, India will provide about 10GW worth of investments, and another 1-2GW of power from India, and that's from current contracts.

Not to mention all the gas and oil deals that are still to be signed, along with connecting BD's electricity grid to India's, along with renewable energy projects.

Anybody can tell you what's happening.



That's not dependency. Food? Internet? A rail line? Really? As though they couldn't survive without those earlier. BD is just a transit zone for this stuff. That's not dependency.

Dependency is when an economy cannot live without something critical, like power, fuel or money. Otoh, it looks like the transit facility will make BD dependent on India for all the money it will get for doing nothing but simply exist. Trade doesn't make you dependent either.

For example, both India and BD are dependent on Middle Eastern oil. That's called dependency.



BD's textile industry relies on US and EU's free trade rules because BD is a low income country.

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=108330

Indian companies have to pay duties while BD doesn't. And this privilege is temporary. After that, BD will have to compete with India on even grounds.

And I don't think you should be talking about scale because India is still the second largest producer of textiles in the world.

https://www.ibef.org/industry/textiles.aspx
The Indian textiles industry, currently estimated at around US$ 108 billion, is expected to reach US$ 223 billion by 2021.

India's overall textile exports during FY 2015-16 stood at US$ 40 billion.

http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Eco...vertake-Bangladesh-Vietnam-in-garment-exports
"Bangladesh, as a least-developed country, gets preferential access in terms of duties to both to the EU and the U.S.," said Arvind Singhal, chairman of Technopak, a consultancy that focuses on fashion retailing and other sectors. "For Vietnam, it is the same in the case of the U.S., which is the largest clothing importing market [along with] the EU. So, there's certainly an advantage in favor of Bangladesh and Vietnam."

For India, a country of 1.25 billion, however, "it is the domestic market which is much bigger than the export market," Singhal said. "So India does not have to worry only about exports. The garment industry will do well in India [due to rising] domestic demand as its economy grows."

Basically, India's textile industry employs 40 million people versus BD's 4 million while Indian companies are a lot richer due to the size of the industry. So there is no comparison.

He got no idea about what he is talking about,every year we are adding nearly double installed capacity than their total installed capacity... he can ask about power sector, which iscmy field...

 

[fallstuff]

Nope. First, an independent BD will not get ahead of India, the difference is too much and is still growing. There are some states in India which are far, far ahead compared to BD and those states are growing much faster than BD ever will because they are able to sell their goods to 1.3 billion people.

Second, if BD gets prosperous, then it will get treated as a state in India. BD will most likely completely integrate economically with India. It's because the people in power and the top people in the economy will collaborate to make that happen.

Lastly, no one in India gives a damn about BD's or Pakistan's economy.

Considering your rate of progress since 1947, I wouldn't say that if I were you.

Your GDP per capita should be at least 4 times more as India was much more industrialized on partition, had a head start of 24 years from 1947, and didn't go through a war as Bangladesh did.

Your kind is the rare kind who would do chest thumping being third in a three way race !!!

 

[Homo Sapiens]

see you are being selective in your comaprisons, We are net exporter of grains while you are net importer. We are net exporter of Cement while you are net importer etc

I don't know how Pakistan manage to export grain after feeding 200 million people by producing only 40 million ton of grain.While Bangladesh produce 38 million ton of grain and all is required to feed 170 million people.Bangladesh also 7th largest potato producer in the world.Which supplement grain a lot.

Even our fertility rate is high but so our area is also. We have 7 times larger area than Bangladesh. over population in comparison with area and resources you have.

Wrong.Pakistan is not 7 times larger in area.It is precisely 796095/147610 sq. km=5.39 times larger than BD. But this 5.4 times larger area gave Pakistan not any significant benefit. 68 percent of this areas are uninhabitable desert. That's why Pakistan's food production(vital to determine overpopulation) is not much higher than BD. Pakistan is about to enter the ranks of countries which are regarded water stressed(per capita availability less than 1000 cubic meter per year) posing threat to irrigated agriculture.Bangladesh is abundant in fresh water(another parameter to determine overpopulation)So Pakistan is actually more overpopulated than Bangladesh.
Pakistan may run dry by 2025: study
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1112704/pakistan-may-run-dry-2025-study/

Japan Area is 350K KM while bangladesh is 147K Km, their Population density is 347 while your one is 1350.

So i dont know how you can compare with Japan. Even taiwan population density is half than yours.

Real population density of Japan and Taiwan are higher than Bangladesh.80 percent of Japan and Taiwan are forested mountainous areas.Their population is squeezed in to 15-20 percent of total land areas.On the other hands 90 percent of Bangladesh is flat fertile land.So Japan and Taiwan are in real term more overpopulated than Bangladesh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...lation_density_based_on_food_growing_capacity

 

[Flynn Swagmire]

Considering your rate of progress since 1947, I wouldn't say that if I were you.

Your GDP per capita should be at least 4 times more as India was much more industrialized on partition, had a head start of 24 years from 1947, and didn't go through a war as Bangladesh did.

Your kind is the rare kind who would beat chest being third in a three way race !!!

No no dont say anything to them, they won't understand...

 

[Major Sam]

I don't know how Pakistan manage to export grain after feeding 200 million people by producing only 40 million ton of grain.While Bangladesh produce 38 million ton of grain and all is required to feed 170 million people.Bangladesh also 7th largest potato producer in the world.Which supplement grain a lot.

Wrong.Pakistan is not 7 times larger in area.It is precisely 796095/147610 sq. km=5.39 times larger than BD. But this 5.4 times larger area gave Pakistan not any significant benefit. 68 percent of this areas are uninhabitable desert. That's why Pakistan's food production(vital to determine overpopulation) is not much higher than BD. Pakistan is about to enter the ranks of countries which are regarded water stressed(per capita availability less than 1000 cubic meter per year) posing threat to irrigated agriculture.Bangladesh is abundant in fresh water(another parameter to determine overpopulation)So Pakistan is actually more overpopulated than Bangladesh.
Pakistan may run dry by 2025: study
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1112704/pakistan-may-run-dry-2025-study/

Real population density of Japan and Taiwan are higher than Bangladesh.80 percent of Japan and Taiwan are forested mountainous areas.Their population is squeezed in to 15-20 percent of total land areas.On the other hands 90 percent of Bangladesh is flat fertile land.So Japan and Taiwan are in real term more overpopulated than Bangladesh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...lation_density_based_on_food_growing_capacity

Seriously, Your are statistics are cherry pickings, You just pick things which you like
pakistan area is around 885,000 Km2 , bec the area you have mentioned doesnt consist GB and Azad Kashmir, which are under Pakistan and which idiot told you that pakistan 68% area is Desert? I dont know from kind of school you have studied.
We are largest agriculture producer in many grains , vegs and fruits. So please dont tel me how you able to generate more things than pakistan. Even pakistani Punjab state can produce much more than you guys.

If you are talking About japan adn taiwan like you guys dont have mountains or forests or you want to say you guys live in even caves in bangladesh for equal distribution.

 

[RealNapster]

Pakistan's current base year is 2006. It was changed in 2013. Bangladesh also did the same that year rebasing it to 2006 from previously 1996.

Actually cant call it as rebasing. as it was sort of manipulation of data by than FM just to gain some political leverage. And that manipulation was also based on 1999 GDP base. In other words, He lied.

But as i am not expert in economics. so my knowledge regarding economy is restrain to what "news" tell me.

and which idiot told you that pakistan 68% area is Desert?

It's more like "Uninhabitable" and "Barren" Plus "desert".

 

[Homo Sapiens]

like you GDP is 240 and our will b around 330. so even you guys have 6.9 and we will have 6

These are your made up number.What is the basis of 330 billion? In 2016, it was 284 billion.So it may be around 300 billion this year.Bangladesh increased 23 billion dollar with 7.1 percent growth rate.So how can Pakistan grow 330-284=46 billion in a single year with 4 percent growth of GDP? Do not forget, Pakistan have 30 million more people than Bangladesh.So Per capita wise Bangladesh is about to overtake.

The one more reason change in base year which happened during that time so it also helped you guys to increase the GDP. while our one is still 2000.

We are also using 2005 base year.So base year upgrade will not produce any significant upsurge in case of Pakistan relative to BD.We also have huge shadow economy.

pakistan area is around 885,000 Km2 , bec the area you have mentioned doesnt consist GB and Azad Kashmir,

GB and Azad Kashmir are not constitutionally part of Pakistan.Their status remain unresolved.So they are not counted in official calculation.

which are under Pakistan and which idiot told you that pakistan 68% area is Desert? I dont know from kind of school you have studied.

http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/pagesearch/Search-Engine2008/S.E41.php
According to this site 68 percent of Pakistan receive less than 250mm rainfall and another 24 percent receive between 250-500mm.Only 8 percent of pakistani land get more than 500mm rain.According to Koppen climate classification, areas that receive less than 250mm rainfall are desert and those receiving 250-500mm are semi desert.

One even can see in naked eyes that Pakistan is mostly desert.Baluchistan which is 40 percent of entire land area is wholly desert.As well as most of Sindh and southern Punjab.Gilgit Baltistan is mostly glaciated polar desert.KP is mostly mountainous.

 

[UKBengali]

I would love Bangladesh to Pass Pakistan economically.

But you are avoiding the fact that there are reason's we are "slow" from previous 10 years.

1. Political Instability.
2. Electricity shortage.
3. WOT
4. Security Issues.

these 4 issues "combinely" reduced our Growth rate by 4-5% if not more. Now as we have

Political stability, Improved Security measures, and working on Electricity sources. In 2-3 year's i "hope" we will easily regain our 7% growth.

Also, BD have rebased it's GDP by 2013-14 which helped you alot. But on the other hand, Pakistan GDP base is still of 2000. we are rebasing our GDP in 2018. Hope for a 100 billion Dollar's Increase. as our informal economy is greater then formal one.

@UKBengali .

We shall see whether Pakistan can increase GDP growth rate to 7% by 2020. That means 5% GDP capita when
you deduct 2% population growth rate. BD GDP capita is currently growing at 6% a year and will get to at least 7% a year by a 2020.

BD uses 2006 base year and will soon upgrade to 2016, so we should see a big jump in BD GDP.

With BD you have a proven track record of high and sustained GDP capita growth, Pakistan is a big "hope"
in the future.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

See you are just playing with words, if you look into reality you dont even have half of the projects currently under construction in pakistan. So all this bull$hit this saving that saving, doesnt make a difference when on ground nothing is going on. you guys cant even build single city like ISD even in decade. Look at your infrastructure it just sucks. One padma bridge will not make Bangladesh hub of everything it take skills and hardwork neither textile will make you tiger of asia.

@farhan_9909 @LA se Karachi @Nilgiri

Do you have any list of project with cost for both countries to claim our ongoing project is not even half of Pakistan?

 

[Major Sam]

These are your made up number.What is the basis of 330 billion? In 2016, it was 284 billion.So it may be around 300 billion this year.Bangladesh increased 23 billion dollar with 7.1 percent growth rate.So how can Pakistan grow 330-284=46 billion in a single year with 4 percent growth of GDP? Do not forget, Pakistan have 30 million more people than Bangladesh.So Per capita wise Bangladesh is about to overtake.

We are also using 2005 base year.So base year upgrade will not produce any significant upsurge in case of Pakistan relative to BD.We also have huge shadow economy.


GB and Azad Kashmir are not constitutionally part of Pakistan.Their status remain unresolved.So they are not counted in official calculation.

http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/pagesearch/Search-Engine2008/S.E41.php
According to this site 68 percent of Pakistan receive less than 250mm rainfall and another 24 percent receive between 250-500mm.Only 8 percent of pakistani land get more than 500mm rain.According to Koppen climate classification, areas that receive less than 250mm rainfall are desert and those receiving 250-500mm are semi desert.

One even can see in naked eyes that Pakistan is mostly desert.Baluchistan which is 40 percent of entire land area is wholly desert.As well as most of Sindh and southern Punjab.Gilgit Baltistan is mostly glaciated polar desert.KP is mostly mountainous.

Man we are talking about resources when GB and Azad Kashmir is under Pakistan then who is getting and using this area? It isnt Lungis right? So surely its utilised by Pakistan. So now put in your dumb mind Pakistan Current Area is 885,000 Km2 which is around 6 times larger than Bangladesh. Got it?

wat ever pakistan is its way more diverse and resourceful than your tiny bangladesh.
For 2017 IMF estimate is 329 Trillion Pkr which will b around 320B usd. there is a reason our GDP PPP increase 80Billion Usd for current year. Its not simple math that you just use 7% growth and you will get the same increase. learn some economy first.

Pakistan is one of the world's largest producers and suppliers of food and crops according to the different sources .

• Chickpea (3rd)
• Apricot (6th)
• Cotton (4th)
• Milk (5th)
• Date Palm (5th)
• Sugarcane (5th)
• Onion (7th)
• Kinnow, mandarin oranges, clementine (6th)
• Mango (4th)
• Wheat (7th)
• Rice (4th)

Pakistan ranks eighth worldwide in farm output,

Actually cant call it as rebasing. as it was sort of manipulation of data by than FM just to gain some political leverage. And that manipulation was also based on 1999 GDP base. But as i am not expert in economics. so my knowledge regarding economy is restrain to what "news" tell me.



It's more like "Uninhabitable" and "Barren" Plus "desert".

Yes thats correct, basically at that time they planned to chane it and then they manipulated teh data to show higher GDP. But in fact it wasnt changed.

Pakistan has around Diverse land and not ever resource or agriculture needs fertile land. So its subjective. But ofcourse its not desert.

Do you have any list of project with cost for both countries to claim our ongoing project is not even half of Pakistan?

You can google we are going to add around 9GW electricty by next year which will cost around 15Billions USD +, And if you add motorways, Express ways. Then around 8Billion In railway, Airports , dams etc
its way more than you have in last decade in your country.

Then Metros are underconstruction in multiple cities, Canals etc

You can find List here.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=3608

We shall see whether Pakistan can increase GDP growth rate to 7% by 2020. That means 5% GDP capita when
you deduct 2% population growth rate. BD GDP capita is currently growing at 6% a year and will get to at least 7% a year by a 2020.

BD uses 2006 base year and will soon upgrade to 2016, so we should see a big jump in BD GDP.

With BD you have a proven track record of high and sustained GDP capita growth, Pakistan is a big "hope"
in the future.

Good luck man

We shall see whether Pakistan can increase GDP growth rate to 7% by 2020. That means 5% GDP capita when
you deduct 2% population growth rate. BD GDP capita is currently growing at 6% a year and will get to at least 7% a year by a 2020.

BD uses 2006 base year and will soon upgrade to 2016, so we should see a big jump in BD GDP.

With BD you have a proven track record of high and sustained GDP capita growth, Pakistan is a big "hope"
in the future.

yar its not that simple taht you can just increase GDP by percentage like i told our GPD PPP incrased from 988B to 1.060T for current year with only 5.2% growth.

http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/pagesearch/Search-Engine2008/S.E41.php
According to this site 68 percent of Pakistan receive less than 250mm rainfall and another 24 percent receive between 250-500mm.Only 8 percent of pakistani land get more than 500mm rain.According to Koppen climate classification, areas that receive less than 250mm rainfall are desert and those receiving 250-500mm are semi desert.

One even can see in naked eyes that Pakistan is mostly desert.Baluchistan which is 40 percent of entire land area is wholly desert.As well as most of Sindh and southern Punjab.Gilgit Baltistan is mostly glaciated polar desert.KP is mostly mountainous.

This data is from year 2005. Please tel us latest.

Why dont you share your consumption in Oil, Cement, Electricity, Household purchase etc so we can discuss real growth on ground.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Pakistan Current Area is 885,000 Km2 which is around 6 times larger than Bangladesh. Got it?

Ok, be happy with all those waste land.Mongolia got twice the land of Pakistan.I doesn't help them in anyways.

Rice (4th)

This is false.Bangladesh is 4th largest rice producer.Pakistan is not in the top ten.

• Chickpea (3rd)

• Apricot (6th)

• Cotton (4th)

• Milk (5th)

• Date Palm (5th)

• Sugarcane (5th)

• Onion (7th)

• Kinnow, mandarin oranges, clementine (6th)

• Mango (4th)

These are minor agricultural product except milk cotton and sugarcane.Bangladesh is 2nd largest jute producer,4th largest fresh water fish producer.These are major product along with Rice and potato.There are many other agricultural product we are in a top 10.I am not listing that due to time constrain.

You can google we are going to add around 9GW electricty by next year which will cost around 15Billions USD +, And if you add motorways, Express ways. Then around 8Billion In railway, Airports , dams etc
its way more than you have in last decade in your country.

Do you think we are not building Metrorail, BRT,motorway,expressway,railway,deep sea port,underwater tunnel,power plants yet?

 

[Major Sam]

Thank you major sam for picking up where i left off. Lol @ these bangladeshis. Pakistan has a higher gdp per capita and nominal gdp than bangladesh. Thats the overall economy. Bangladesh is way behind Pakistan in most economic indices. I wouldnt waste my time with a least developed country (LDC) and an unimportant country. Lol my major sam brother we have a war to fight for kashmir!

Basically the most weird part is they talk about we are progressing faster than Pak and even than india. And how we are going to over take Pak GDP. But when you look at ground level their consumption level in oil, car, electricity, Cement, steel, infrastructure development is either half than ours or sometime even way below than that. So i dont know hot this GDP growth is coming. Either their govt is lying or playing with numbers to show to their people how much develop they are going to be.

Bec on the other hand when i compare pak with india these consumption are in proportion with our GDP differences but tahts not the case with BD. So m sure they pulling these things to looks good for their people.

They dont even have Good major express way, no metro, No big infrastructure project, can you imagine last year they have registered 20000 cars, while in pak this number is 230,000 and in india its around 3million.

Ok, be happy with all those waste land.Mongolia got twice the land of Pakistan.I doesn't help them in anyways.

This is false.Bangladesh is 4th largest rice producer.Pakistan is not in the top ten.

These are minor agricultural product except milk cotton and sugarcane.Bangladesh is 2nd largest jute producer,4th largest fresh water fish producer.These are major product along with Rice and potato.There are many other agricultural product we are in a top 10.I am not listing that due to time constrain.

Do you think we are not building Metrorail, BRT,motorway,expressway,railway,deep sea port,underwater tunnel,power plants yet?

See i told you please provide data of consumption in these things
after all you are building alot of things right.
Cement
Oil
Steel
Electricity.

how much power you gonna add by next year? Your current power generation?
Show us your under-construction projects expressways? motorways? Metros?

then we can compare the reality on ground?

 

[LA se Karachi]

Basically the most weird part is they talk about we are progressing faster than Pak and even than india. And how we are going to over take Pak GDP. But when you look at ground level their consumption level in oil, car, electricity, Cement, steel, infrastructure development is either half than ours or sometime even way below than that. So i dont know hot this GDP growth is coming. Either their govt is lying or playing with numbers to show to their people how much develop they are going to be.

Bec on the other hand when i compare pak with india these consumption are in proportion with our GDP differences but tahts not the case with BD. So m sure they pulling these things to looks good for their people.

They dont even have Good major express way, no metro, No big infrastructure project, can you imagine last year they have registered 20000 cars, while in pak this number is 230,000 and in india its around 3million.



See i told you please provide data of consumption in these things
after all you are building alot of things right.
Cement
Oil
Steel
Electricity.

how much power you gonna add by next year? Your current power generation?
Show us your under-construction projects expressways? motorways? Metros?

then we can compare the reality on ground?

If Bangladesh is growing at a healthy rate, good for it. Let's stay focused on Pakistan. As for comparisons, Bangladesh is behind in many categories, but also ahead in some. In any case, Bangladesh isn't going to surpass Pakistan in per capita GDP (PPP) and poverty levels anytime soon.

Not to mention that much of the gap that they've made up has come from a declining birth rate (fewer people). When Pakistan's fertility rate decreases to around 2.5+ (whenever that occurs), it too will see its per capita GDP figure rise substantially.

As for Pakistan, its growth rate accelerates a little bit each year. CPEC is alleviating Pakistan's chronic energy crisis, and our growth rate will likely continue to rise each year as a result.