Demographics & population — Bangladesh
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Demographics & population at a glance
Population size, age structure, migration, ethnicity, language, education, and health indicators. Key figure for Bangladesh: 162,650,853
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Population overview
- Population
162,650,853
- Population Growth Rate
1.59%
- Urban Population
- Population in Major Urban Areas
- DHAKA (capital) 15.391 million
- Chittagong 5.239 million
- Khulna 1.781 million
- Rajshahi 932,000
Age & family
- Age Structure
- Median Age
- Birth Rate - births/1,000 population
22
- Death Rate - deaths/1,000 population
5.67
- Total Fertility Rate - children born/woman
2.5
- Contraceptive Prevalance Rate - female 12-49
61.2%
- Contraceptive Prevalence Rate - female 12-49
61.2%
- Mean Age for Mother's First Birth (age 25-49)
18.1
- Mother's mean age at first birth
18.1
- Sex Ratio at Birth - male/female
Migration
- Net Migration Rate - migrant(s)/1,000 population
-0.52
Ethnicity & language
- Ethnic Groups
Bengali 98%, tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims
- Language Note
Bangla, the official language, is also spoken in India’s West Bengal. People with a university education usually speak English.
- Nationality Noun
Bangladeshi(s)
Education
- Literacy - total population
47.9%
- Literacy - male
53.9%
- Literacy - female
31.8%
- Literacy Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write
- Education Expenditures - percent of GDP
2.2%
- Total School Life Expectancy - (primary to tertiary)
Health & living conditions
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- Infant Mortality Rate
- Infant Mortality Rate - total deaths/1,000 live births
- Maternal Mortality Rate - deaths/100,000 live births
240
- Physicians Density - physicians/1,000 population
.36
- Hospital Bed Density - beds/1,000 population
.6
- Health Expenditures - percent of GDP
3.7%
- Major Infectious Diseases - degree of risk
High
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate
1.1%
- Drinking Water Source - percent of urban population improved
- Sanitation Facility Access - percent of urban population improved
- Underweight - percent of children under five years
36.8%
