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 - : 33.6% (male 27,489,425/ female 26,705,051)

15-64 years - : 61.6% (male 47,035,450/ female 52,164,097)

65 years and over - : 4.8% (male 3,763,528/ female 3,926,253) (2012 est.)

population pyramid - :

Median Age

Total: 23.6 years

Male: 23.1 years

Female: 24.1 years (2012 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.04 male(s)/female

under 15 years - : 1.03 male(s)/female

15-64 years - : 0.9 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.96 male(s)/female

total population - : 0.95 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 48.99 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 51.48 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 46.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 70.06 years

Male: 68.21 years

Female: 71.98 years (2012 est.)

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

less than 0.1% (2009 est.)country comparison to the world: 112

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: 56.8%

Male: 61.3%

Female: 52.2% (2010 est.)

Year

Population

  • 161,083,804

Nationality

  • Bangladeshi(s) noun


  • Bangladeshi adjective


Religions

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

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    1.579% (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 75

Birth Rate

  • 22.53 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 74

Death Rate

  • 5.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 172

Migration Rate

  • -1.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 152

Health Expenditure

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

Physicians Density

  • 0.295 physicians/1,000 population (2007)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.4 beds/1,000 population (2005)

Total fertility rate

  • 2.55 children born/woman (2012 est.)country comparison to the world: 83