This article is about the demographic features of the population of Bangladesh, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Demographics of Bangladesh
Population:	150,448,000
Growth rate:	1.292% (2009 est.)
Birth rate:	24.68 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Death rate:	8 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Life expectancy:	60.00 years (2009 est.)
–male:	57.57 years
–female:	63.03 years
Fertility rate:	2.74 children born/woman (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate:	{{{infant_mortality}}}
Age structure:
0-14 years:	34.6% (male 24,957,997/female 23,533,894)
15-64 years:	61.4% (male 47,862,774/female 45,917,674)
65-over:	4% (male 2,731,578/female 2,361,435) (2006 est.)
Sex ratio:
At birth:	1.04 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Under 15:	1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years:	0.9 male(s)/female
65-over:	0.94 male(s)/female
Nationality:
Nationality:	noun: Bengali(s) adjective: Bangladeshi
Major ethnic:	Bengali
Minor ethnic:	Santhals, Chakmas, Garos, Biharis, Oraons and Mundas
Language:
Official:	Bengali
Spoken:	Bengali, Chittagonian, Sylheti, Tribal languages and English

Bangladesh is a largely ethnically homogeneous. Indeed, its name derives from the Bengali ethnic and linguistic group, which comprises 98% of the population. Bengalis, who are also present in large number in the West Bengal province of India are one of the most populous ethnic groups in the world. Variations in Bengali culture and language do exist of course. There are many dialects of Bengali spoken throughout the country. The dialect spoken by those in Chittagong & Sylhet are particularly distinctive. The population estimates from over 150 million as of 2007, and the largest religion practiced by the people is Islam with nearly 90% of the population.

[edit] CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

[edit] Population

Bangladesh had one of the highest rates of population growth in the world in the 1960s and 1970's. Since then however it has seen a marked reduction in its total fertility rate, from 6.2 thirty years ago to 3.2 (2003 UNDP figures).

156,050,883 (July 2009 est.)

county comparison to the world: 8

[edit] Genetics

Bangladesh has the worlds highest frequency of M An enormous haplogroup spanning many continents, the macro-haplogroup M is a branch of the haplogroup L3. It is the single most common mtDNA haplogroup in Asia,^[1] and is ubiquitous in Bangladesh^[2] where it represents about 83% of maternal lineages.^[2]

[edit] Age structure

0–14 years: 32.9% (male 24,957,997/female 23,533,894)

15–64 years: 63.6% (male 47,862,774/female 45,917,674)

65 years and over: 3.5% (male 2,731,578/female 2,361,435) (2006 est..)

[edit] Median age

Total: 23.3 years

Male: 22.9 years

Female: 23.5 (2009 est.)

[edit] Population growth rate

Demographic evolution of Bangladesh (1961-2003), Data of FAO; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

1.292% (2009 est.)

county comparison to the world: 104

[edit] Birth rate

24.68 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

county comparison to the world: 71

[edit] Death rate

8 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.)

county comparison to the world: 82

[edit] Net migration rate

-2.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

county comparison to the world: 145

[edit] Urbanization

Urban population: 27% of total population (2009 est.)

Rate of urbanization: 3.5% annual rate of change (2005-2010 est.)

[edit] Gender ratio

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.)

[edit] Infant mortality rate

Total: 59.02 deaths/1,000 live births

county comparison to the world: 39

Male: 66.12 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 51.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

[edit] Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 60.25 years

county comparison to the world: 183

Male: 57.57 years

Female: 63.03 years (2009 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

2.74 children born/woman (2009 est.)

county comparison to the world: 82

[edit] HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

county comparison to the world: 102

People living with HIV/AIDS: 12,000 (2007 est.)

county comparison to the world: 85

Deaths: fewer than 500 (2007 est.)

county comparison to the world: 8s

[edit] 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 (2005)

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[edit] Ethnic groups

The most significant minorities are the Urdu speaking Biharis around Dhaka, Rangpur and elsewhere and various tribal groups such as the Chakma concentrated in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. There are also small communities of Meitei people in the Sylhet district. The Biharis emigrated from the Indian province of Bihar during the 1947 partition of India. In the 1971 independence struggle they supported West Pakistan, and those that remained became refugees. Refugees International has called them a neglected and stateless people as they are denied citizenship and much of the 300,000 of them live in refugee camps, many being born there.^[3]

[edit] Ethnic group

Bengalis 98 %, Meitei, Khasi, Santhals, Chakmas, Garos, Biharis, Oraons and Mundas

[edit] Religions

The largest religion of Bangladesh is Islam where according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics 89.7% are Muslims, 9.2% are Hindus and the remaining include Buddhism, Christianity and others.^[4]

According the 2001 Census, the largest religion in Bangladesh was Islam with over 130 million Muslims at a percentage of nearly 90%, making it the majority religion in the country, the second largest was Hinduism with nearly 9% followed by others, which includes Buddhists, Christians and Animists.^[5] The majority of the Muslims are Sunni consisting of 95% of the Muslim population, and the remaining are Shi'a and other sects.

Hindus constitute 9.2% of the population. In 1961, they consistuted 18.5% of the population, but this population had significantly declined during the Bangladesh Liberation War due to the 1971 Bangladesh atrocities carried out by the Pakistan Army. As a result, millions of Hindus fled to India and their population in Bangladesh had fallen to 13.5% by 1974. Since then, the Hindu population hasn't grown as much as the Muslim population, partly due to many converting to Islam in some areas.

See also: Islam in Bangladesh, Hinduism in Bangladesh, Buddhism in Bangladesh, Christianity in Bangladesh

[edit] Languages

• Official language: Bengali (also known as Bangla)
• Dialects: Chittagonian and Sylheti (both also regarded as languages in their own right)
• Tribal languages: Bishnupriya Manipuri, Arakanese,Chakma, Garo, Ho, Kokborok and Kurukh
• Other languages: English (spoken and known widely in upper-class & politics), Arabic (spoken by many Muslims), Urdu (understood by some, and spoken by Biharis)'

[edit] Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 43.1%

Male: 53.9%

Female: 31.8% (2003 est.)

[edit] Education expenditures

2.7% of GDP (2005)

county comparison to the world: 151

[edit] Other demographic statistics

Naturally there is some degree of uncertainty about the population, especially in a developing country such as Bangladesh with a high level of illiteracy and rural population. Thus the margin of error is such that in 2005 it was unknown which of Bangladesh and Russia has the larger population. For example the UN's ESA ranked Russia 7th and Bangladesh 8th, whereas the CIA World Factbook ranked Bangladesh 7th and Russia 8th. At any rate, the population of Russia is in decline while that of Bangladesh is growing. Most rankings in 2007 now show Bangladesh to be larger. The following table lists various recent estimates of the population.

[edit] See also

• Bangladeshi society

[edit] References

•  This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2006 edition".

•  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of State (Background Notes).