NationMaster - Bangladeshi People statistics

Age structure > 0-14 years	33.1	[88th of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	63.5	[132nd of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over	3.5 %	[165th of 225]
Chinese population	700	[81st of 127]
Gender development	0.468	[117th of 141]
Gender empowerment	0.223	[66th of 65]
Percentage living in urban areas	24%	[180th of 199]
Population in 2015	168,158	[7th of 225]
Projected population growth	56.24%	[63rd of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	1.04	[44th of 223]
Urbanization	26	[181st of 204]
Urbanization in 1975	9.9%	[155th of 164]
Urbanization in 2015	34.4%	[141st of 164]
Women > Adult literacy rate females as a % of males	61	[125th of 144]
Women > Antenatal care coverage %	40	[127th of 133]
Women > Contraceptive prevalence %	54	[79th of 170]
Women > Life expectancy females as a % of males	102	[155th of 173]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio > reported	380	[38th of 154]
Women > Maternal mortality ratio adjusted	380	[51st of 166]
Women > Skilled attendant at delivery %	12	[170th of 172]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; University Libraries, Ohio University; Human Development Reports, United Nations 2002; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002); UN (United Nations). 2002. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York; UNICEF

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Bangladesh, People's Republic of Bangladesh

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