Bangladesh Demographics Profile 2013

Population

161,083,804 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 33.6% (male 27,489,425/female 26,705,051)
15-24 years: 18.8% (male 14,079,450/female 16,124,609)
25-54 years: 37.2% (male 28,328,628/female 31,625,777)
55-64 years: 5.6% (male 4,627,372/female 4,413,711)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 3,763,528/female 3,926,253) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 23.6 years
male: 23.1 years
female: 24.1 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

1.579% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

22.53 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

5.71 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

-1.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 28% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 3.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

DHAKA (capital) 14.251 million; Chittagong 4.816 million; Khulna 1.636 million; Rajshahi 853,000 (2009)

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.)

Total fertility rate

2.55 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

less than 0.1% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

6,300 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 200 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 56% of population
rural: 52% of population
total: 53% of population
unimproved:
urban: 44% of population
rural: 48% of population
total: 47% of population

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)

Nationality

noun: Bangladeshi(s)
adjective: Bangladeshi

Ethnic groups

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

Religions

Muslim 89.5%, Hindu 9.6%, other 0.9% (2004)

Languages

Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 56.8%
male: 61.3%
female: 52.2% (2010 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2007)

Education expenditures

2.4% of GDP (2008)

Maternal mortality rate

240 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

41.3% (2007)

Health expenditures

3.4% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

0.295 physicians/1,000 population (2007)

Hospital bed density

0.4 beds/1,000 population (2005)