| Country | Bangladesh |
Size Of Population | 158,570,535 (July 2011 est.) |
Growth | 1.292% (2009 est.) |
Birth | 24.68 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death | 8 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Life | 60.25 years |
Life Male | 57.57 years |
Life Female | 63.03 years (2009 est.) |
Fertility | 2.6 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Infant Mortality | 59.02 deaths/1,000 live births |
Age 0-14 Years | 34.6% (male 24,957,997/female 23,533,894) |
Age 15-64 Years | 61.4% (male 47,862,774/female 45,917,674) |
Age 65 Years | 4% (male 2,731,578/female 2,361,435) (2006 est.) |
Sr Total Mf Ratio | 0.93 male(s)/female |
Sr At Birth | 1.04 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Sr Under 15 | 1.01 male(s)/female |
Sr 15-64 Years | 0.9 male(s)/female |
Sr 65 Years Over | 0.94 male(s)/female |
Nation | noun: Bengali(s) adjective: Bangladeshi |
Major Ethnic | Bengali |
Minor Ethnic | Santhal, Chakma, Garo, Bihari, Oraon, Munda, Rohingya |
Official | Bengali |
Spoken | Bengali, Sylheti, Chittagonian, Urdu, Tribal languages and English |
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This article is about the demographic features of the population of Bangladesh, including population density, ethnicity, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.Bangladesh is largely ethnically homogeneous. Indeed, its name derives from the Bengali ethno-linguistic group, which comprises 98% of the population. Bengalis, who also predominate 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 region. The dialect spoken by those in Chittagong and Sylhet are particularly distinctive. In 2009 the population was estimated at 156 million. Religiously, about 90% of Bangladeshis are Muslims and the remainder are mostly Hindus.
Bangladesh has the highest population density in the world, excluding a handful of city-states and small countries with populations under 10m, such as Malta and Hong Kong.
Most of the demographic statistics below are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
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