| People | Bangladesh |
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Population:
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156,050,883 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 27% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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1,199 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 34.6% (male 27,065,625/female 26,913,961)
15-64 years: 61.4% (male 45,222,182/female 50,537,052)
65 years and over: 4% (male 3,057,255/female 3,254,808) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 23.3 years
male: 22.9 years
female: 23.5 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.292% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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24.68 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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9.23 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-2.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.94 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 59.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 66.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 51.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 60.25 years
male: 57.57 years
female: 63.03 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.74 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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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) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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12,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Bangladeshi(s)
adjective: Bangladeshi |
Ethnic groups:
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Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims) (1998) |
Religions:
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Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998) |
Languages:
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Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 47.9%
male: 54%
female: 41.4% (2001 Census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2004) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2.7% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
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void |
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