!!!Bangladesh: People & Society
||Population|156,186,882 (July 2016 est.)
||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.) \\