Bangladesh People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
165,650,475 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Bangladeshi(s)
adjective: Bangladeshi
Ethnic groups
Bengali at least 98.9%, 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
Languages
Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2% (2011 est.)
major-language sample(s):
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Religions
Muslim 88.4%, other 11.6% (2020 est.)
Age structure
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.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 47.7
youth dependency ratio: 39.1
elderly dependency ratio: 8.6
potential support ratio: 11.6 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 27.9 years
male: 27.1 years
female: 28.6 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.93% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
17.69 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
5.47 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-2.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 40.5% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 2.88% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
22.478 million DHAKA (capital), 5.253 million Chittagong, 950,000 Khulna, 942,000 Rajshahi, 928,000 Sylhet, Bogra 864,000 (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
18.6 years (2017/18 est.)
note: data represents median age at first birth among women 20-49
Maternal mortality ratio
173 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 30.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 32.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 27.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 74.7 years
male: 72.52 years
female: 76.96 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.09 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
62.7% (2019)
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 99% of population
rural: 98.7% of population
total: 98.9% of population
unimproved: urban: 1% of population
rural: 1.3% of population
total: 1.1% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
2.5% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
0.67 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Hospital bed density
0.8 beds/1,000 population (2016)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 85.3% of population
rural: 73.5% of population
total: 78% of population
unimproved: urban: 14.7% of population
rural: 26.5% of population
total: 22% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
(2021 est.)
Major infectious diseases
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 9 December 2022, Bangladesh has reported a total of 2,036,760 cases of COVID-19 or 1,236.7 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with a total of 29,436 cumulative deaths or a rate of 17.8 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 6 December 2022, 87.12% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
3.6% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 34.7% (2020 est.)
male: 52.2% (2020 est.)
female: 17.1% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
22.6% (2019)
Child marriage
women married by age 15: 15.5%
women married by age 18: 51.4% (2019 est.)
Education expenditures
2.1% of GDP (2021 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 74.9%
male: 77.8%
female: 72% (2020)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 12 years
male: 12 years
female: 13 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 12.8%
male: 10.8%
female: 16.8% (2017 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Bangladesh on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bangladesh 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bangladesh 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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