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% (male 27,393,912/female 26,601,199)

15-24 years - : 18.8% (male 14,337,930/female 16,377,785)

25-54 years - : 37.6% (male 29,091,046/female 32,455,670)

55-64 years - : 5.7% (male 4,775,062/female 4,625,192)

65 years and over - : 4.9% (male 3,918,341/female 4,078,723) (2013 est.)

Dependency Ratios

Total dependency ratio: 53.3 %

Youth dependency ratio: 46 %

Elderly dependency ratio: 7.3 %

Potential support ratio: 13.6 (2013)

Median Age

Total: 23.9 years

Male: 23.4 years

Female: 24.4 years (2013 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.04 male(s)/female

0-14 years - : 1.03 male(s)/female

15-24 years - : 0.87 male(s)/female

25-54 years - : 0.9 male(s)/female

55-64 years - : 1.05 male(s)/female

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

total population - : 0.95 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 47.3 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 49.79 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 44.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 70.36 years

Male: 68.48 years

Female: 72.31 years (2013 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Urban: 15% of population

Rural: 20% of population

Total: 19% of population (2010 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: 105

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 (2013)

Obesity Adult Prevalence Rate

1.1% (2008)country comparison to the world: 190

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

41.3% (2007)country comparison to the world: 4

Education Expenditures

2.2% of GDP (2009)country comparison to the world: 163

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 57.7%

Male: 62%

Female: 53.4% (2011 est.)

Year

Population

  • 163,654,860

Nationality

  • Bangladeshi(s) noun


  • Bangladeshi adjective


Religions

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

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    1.59% (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 76

Birth Rate

  • 22.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 76

Death Rate

  • 5.67 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 174

Migration Rate

  • -0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 136

Urban Areas Population

  • DHAKA (capital) 15.391 million, Chittagong 4.816
    million
  • Khulna
    1.636 million
  • Rajshahi
    853,000 (2011)

Health Expenditure

  • 3.7% of GDP (2011)country comparison to the world: 174

Physicians Density

  • 0.36 physicians/1,000 population (2011)

Hospital Bed Density

  • 0.6 beds/1,000 population (2011)

Total fertility rate

  • 2.5 children born/woman (2013 est.)country comparison to the world: 83