2 GeoFroggy

Languages

Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2% (2011 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Bengali at least 98.9%
Other indigenous ethnic groups 1.1%
(2011 est.)%

Urbanization

Urban population: 40.5% of total population (2023)

Rate of urbanization: 2.88% annual rate of change (2020-25 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.)

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.)

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.)

Mothers Mean Age at First Birth

18.6 years (2017/18 est.)

Maternal Mortality Ratio

173 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Alcohol Consumption Per Capita

Total population: 74.7 years

Male: 72.52 years

Female: 76.96 years (2022 est.)

Tobacco Use

Total: 34.7% (2020 est.)

Male: 52.2% (2020 est.)

Female: 17.1% (2020 est.)

Total Fertility Rate

2.09 children born/woman (2022 est.)

Contraceptive Prevalence Rate

62.7% (2019)

Drinking Water Source

Improved: urban

Rural: 1.3% of population

Total: 1.1% of population (2020 est.)

Unimproved: urban

Current Health Expenditure

2.5% of GDP (2019)

Physicians Density

0.67 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Sanitation Facility Access

Improved: Urban

Rural: 26.5% of population

Total: 22% of population (2020 est.)

Unimproved: Urban

Child Marriage

Array

Women married by age 15: 15.5%

Women married by age 18: 51.4% (2019 est.)

HIV Aids Adult Prevalence Rate

(2021 est.) <0.1%

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)

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

22.6% (2019)

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

Total: 12 years

Male: 12 years

Female: 13 years (2020)

Year

Population

  • 165,650,475

Nationality 2022

  • Bangladeshi(s) noun


  • Bangladeshi adjective


Religions

  • Muslim
    88.40%
  • Other Est
    11.62%

Population Growth Rate

  • 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.)

Migration Rate

  • -2.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)

Urban Areas Population

  • DHAKA
    23.210 million
  • Chittagong
    5.380 million
  • 955
  • 000 Khulna
  • 962
  • 000 Rajshahi
  • 964
  • 000 Sylhet
  • 906
  • (2023)
    000 Bogra

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)