Bangladesh: People & Society#
| Population | 156,186,882 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Bangladeshi(s) adjective: Bangladeshi |
| Ethnic groups | Bengali at least 98%, ethnic groups 1.1% note: Bangladesh's government recognizes 27 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 (2011 est.) |
| Languages | Bangla 98.8% (official, also known as Bengali), other 1.2% (2011 est.) |
| Religions | Muslim 89.1%, Hindu 10%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist, Christian) (2013 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 28.27% (male 22,456,564/female 21,695,491) 15-24 years: 19.53% (male 15,261,363/female 15,247,635) 25-54 years: 39.39% (male 29,565,250/female 31,951,537) 55-64 years: 6.77% (male 5,232,828/female 5,342,822) 65 years and over: 6.04% (male 4,493,557/female 4,939,835) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 52.5% youth dependency ratio: 44.9% elderly dependency ratio: 7.6% potential support ratio: 13.2% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 26.3 years male: 25.6 years female: 26.9 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.05% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 19 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 5.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -3.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 34.3% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 3.55% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | DHAKA (capital) 17.598 million; Chittagong 4.539 million; Khulna 1.022 million; Rajshahi 844,000 (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 18.5 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2014 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 176 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 32.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 35.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 30.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 73.2 years male: 71 years female: 75.4 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.19 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 61.2% (2011) |
| Health expenditures | 2.8% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 0.36 physicians/1,000 population (2011) |
| Hospital bed density | 0.6 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 86.5% of population rural: 87% of population total: 86.9% of population unimproved: urban: 13.5% of population rural: 13% of population total: 13.1% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 57.7% of population rural: 62.1% of population total: 60.6% of population unimproved: urban: 42.3% of population rural: 37.9% of population total: 39.4% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.01% (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 9,600 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 900 (2015 est.) |
| 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 (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 3.3% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 32.6% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 2.2% of GDP (2015) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61.5% male: 64.6% female: 58.5% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2011) |
| Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 4,485,497 percentage: 13% (2006 est.) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 8.7% male: 8.3% female: 9.2% (2010 est.) |