BANGLADESH DEMOGRAPHIC DATA SHEET

Population and FP-MCH Indicators

November, 2013
Number / Rates / Ratios

Country Area

1,47,570 sq km (*BP&H Census

2011)

Total Projected Population (on 16 July

2012)

152.51 million (BP&H Census

2011)

Population Density (Per sq. km.)

1015 persons (BP&H Census

2011)

Population Growth Rate

1.37 (BP&H Census 2011)

Sex Ratio (number of males per 100

females)

103.00 (BP&H Census 2011)

Literacy Rate (7 Yrs &

above)

51.8
54.1 (BP&H Census 2011)
49.4 (BP&H Census 2011)

Both Sex
MALE
FEMALE

Crude Birth Rate - CBR per 1000 population 20.1 (BBS 2010)
Crude Death Rate - CDR per 1000
population

6.1 (BBS 2010)

Total Fertility Rate - TFR per 1000/LB

2.3 (BDHS 2011)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Both Sex
MALE
FEMALE

66.9
65.7 yrs (BBS 2010)
68.3 yrs (BBS 2010)

Maternal Mortality Rate - MMR per

1000/LB

1.94 (BMMS 2010)

Neonatal Mortality Rate (0-30 days) per

1000/LB

32 (BDHS 2011)

Infant Mortality Rate - IMR (0-1yr.) per

1000/LB

43 (BDHS 2011)

Child Mortality Rate (< 5 yrs.) per 1000/LB 53 (BDHS 2011)

Children with Stunting (height for age/ < 5) 41.0 per cent (BDHS 2011)
Children with Wasting (weight for height/ < 16.0 per cent (BDHS 2011)
5)
Children with Underweight (weight for age/ 36.0 per cent (BDHS 2011)
< 5)
BBS: Bangladesh Bureau of
Statistics

BDHS: Bangladesh
Demographic and Health Survey

BMMS: Bangladesh Maternal

MIS: Management Information

Mortality Survey
*BP&H Census: Bangladesh
Population & Housing Census
(2011)

System (DGFP)