164,098,818 (July 2021 est.)
noun: Bangladeshi(s)
adjective: Bangladeshi
Bengali at least 98%, other indigenous ethnic groups 1.1% (2011 est.)
note: Bangladesh's government recognizes 27 indigenous ethnic groups under the 2010 Cultural Institution for Small Anthropological Groups Act; other sources estimate there are about 75 ethnic groups; critics of the 2011 census claim that it underestimates the size of Bangladesh's ethnic population
Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2% (2011 est.)
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Muslim 89.1%, Hindu 10%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist, Christian) (2013 est.)
0-14 years: 26.48% (male 21,918,651/female 21,158,574)
15-24 years: 18.56% (male 15,186,470/female 15,001,950)
25-54 years: 40.72% (male 31,694,267/female 34,535,643)
55-64 years: 7.41% (male 5,941,825/female 6,115,856)
65 years and over: 6.82% (male 5,218,206/female 5,879,411) (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 47
youth dependency ratio: 39.3
elderly dependency ratio: 7.7
potential support ratio: 13 (2020 est.)
total: 27.9 years
male: 27.1 years
female: 28.6 years (2020 est.)
0.95% (2021 est.)
17.88 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
5.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
-2.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
urban population: 38.9% of total population (2021)
rate of urbanization: 2.88% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
21.741 million DHAKA (capital), 5.133 million Chittagong, 949,000 Khulna, 924,000 Rajshahi, 890,000 Sylhet, Bogra 820,000 (2021)
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
18.6 years (2017/18 est.)
note: median age at first birth among women 20-49
173 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
total: 31.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 33.82 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 28.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total population: 74.43 years
male: 72.25 years
female: 76.7 years (2021 est.)
2.1 children born/woman (2021 est.)
62.7% (2019)
improved: urban: 98.9% of population
rural: 98.4% of population
total: 98.6% of population
unimproved: urban: 1.1% of population
rural: 1.6% of population
total: 1.4% of population (2017 est.)
2.3% (2018)
0.58 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
0.8 beds/1,000 population (2016)
improved: urban: 82.5% of population
rural: 64.4% of population
total: 70.9% of population
unimproved: urban: 17.5% of population
rural: 35.6% of population
total: 29.1% of population (2017 est.)
<.1 est.>
14,000 (2018 est.)
degree of risk: high (2020)
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations
water contact diseases: leptospirosis
animal contact diseases: rabies
note: widespread ongoing transmission of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is occurring throughout Bangladesh; as of 19 July 2021, Bangladesh has reported a total of 1,128,889 cases of COVID-19 or 685.47 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 11.13 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 3.54% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
3.6% (2016)
22.6% (2019)
1.3% of GDP (2019)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.7%
male: 77.4%
female: 72% (2019)
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 12 years (2018)
total: 12.8%
male: 10.8%
female: 16.8% (2017 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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