| People | Bangladesh |
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Population:
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158,570,535 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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1,219 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 28% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 3.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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DHAKA (capital) 14.251 million; Chittagong 4.816 million; Khulna 1.636 million; Rajshahi 853,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 34.3% (male 27,551,594/female 26,776,647)
15-64 years: 61.1% (male 45,956,431/female 50,891,519)
65 years and over: 4.7% (male 3,616,225/female 3,778,119) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 23.3 years
male: 22.7 years
female: 23.7 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.566% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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22.98 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.75 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 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: 0.89 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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340 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 50.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 53.23 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 48.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 69.75 years
male: 67.93 years
female: 71.65 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.6 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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3.4% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.295 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
Hospital bed density:
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0.4 beds/1,000 population (2005) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 85% of population
rural: 78% of population
total: 80% of population
unimproved:
urban: 15% of population
rural: 22% of population
total: 20% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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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 (2008) |
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% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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6,300 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 200 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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41.3% (2007) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
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 89.5%, Hindu 9.6%, other 0.9% (2004) |
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 (2007) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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2.4% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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void |
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