2 GeoFroggy

Languages

Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English

Ethnic Groups

Bengali 98%
Other 2%
(includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims) (1998)%

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 34.3% (male 27,551,594/female 26,776,647)

15-64 years - : 61.1% (male 45,956,431/female 50,891,519)

65 years and over - : 4.7% (male 3,616,225/female 3,778,119) (2011 est.)

Median Age

Total: 23.3 years

Male: 22.7 years

Female: 23.7 years (2011 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.04 male(s)/female

under 15 years - : 1.01 male(s)/female

15-64 years - : 0.89 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.93 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.93 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 50.73 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 53.23 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 48.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 69.75 years

Male: 67.93 years

Female: 71.65 years (2011 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Improved:

Urban: 15% of population

Rural: 22% of population

Total: 20% of population (2008)

Unimproved:

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

less than 0.1% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 113

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

fewer than 200 (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 101

Major Infectious Diseases

Degree of risk: high

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 disease: leptospirosis

Animal contact disease: rabies

Note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

41.3% (2007)country comparison to the world: 3

Education Expenditures

2.4% of GDP (2008)country comparison to the world: 148

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 47.9%

Male: 54%

Female: 41.4% (2001 Census)

Year

Population

  • 158,570,535

Nationality

  • Bangladeshi(s) noun


  • Bangladeshi adjective


Religions

  • Muslim
    89.50%
  • Hindu
    9.60%
  • Other
    0.92%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    1.566% (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 76

Birth Rate

  • 22.98 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 72

Death Rate

  • 5.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 171

Migration Rate

  • -1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 158

Health Expenditure

  • 3.4% of GDP (2009)country comparison to the world: 172

Physicians Density

  • 0.295 physicians/1,000 population (2007)country comparison to the world: 139

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.4 beds/1,000 population (2005)country comparison to the world: 172

Total fertility rate

  • 2.6 children born/woman (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 81