| Population | 164,098,818 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Bangladeshi(s) adjective: Bangladeshi |
| Ethnic groups | Bengali at least 98%, other indigenous ethnic groups 1.1% (2011 est.) note: Bangladesh's government recognizes 27 indigenous ethnic groups under the 2010 Cultural Institution for Small Anthropological Groups Act; other sources estimate there are about 75 ethnic groups; critics of the 2011 census claim that it underestimates the size of Bangladesh's ethnic population |
| Languages | Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2% (2011 est.) major-language sample(s): ????? ??????, ?????? ?????? ????????? ??? (Bangla) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Muslim 89.1%, Hindu 10%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist, Christian) (2013 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 youth dependency ratio: 39.3 elderly dependency ratio: 7.7 potential support ratio: 13 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 27.9 years male: 27.1 years female: 28.6 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.95% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 17.88 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 5.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -2.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 38.9% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 2.88% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 21.741 million DHAKA (capital), 5.133 million Chittagong, 949,000 Khulna, 924,000 Rajshahi, 890,000 Sylhet, Bogra 820,000 (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 18.6 years (2017/18 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 20-49 |
| Maternal mortality rate | 173 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 31.13 deaths/1,000 live births male: 33.82 deaths/1,000 live births female: 28.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.43 years male: 72.25 years female: 76.7 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.1 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 62.7% (2019) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 98.9% of population rural: 98.4% of population total: 98.6% of population unimproved: urban: 1.1% of population rural: 1.6% of population total: 1.4% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 2.3% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 0.58 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 0.8 beds/1,000 population (2016) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 82.5% of population rural: 64.4% of population total: 70.9% of population unimproved: urban: 17.5% of population rural: 35.6% of population total: 29.1% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1% (2018 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 14,000 (2018 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <1000 (2018 est.) |
| 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 19 July 2021, Bangladesh has reported a total of 1,128,889 cases of COVID-19 or 685.47 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 11.13 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 3.54% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 3.6% (2016) |
| Food insecurity | severe localized food insecurity: due to economic constraints - food insecurity poverty levels have increased due to income losses and a decline in remittances caused by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 22.6% (2019) |
| Education expenditures | 1.3% of GDP (2019) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.7% male: 77.4% female: 72% (2019) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 12 years male: 12 years female: 12 years (2018) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
