Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Bangladesh. Most of the country is situated on deltas of large rivers flowing from the Himalayas: the Ganges unites with the Jamuna (main channel of the Brahmaputra) and later joins the Meghna to eventually empty into the Bay of Bengal. Mother's mean age at first birth is 18.6 years (2017/18 est.) (Note: data represents median age at first birth among women 20-49), whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is 123 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
Location | Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India |
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Geographic coordinates | 24 00 N, 90 00 E |
Map references | Asia |
Tarrain | mostly flat alluvial plain; hilly in southeast |
Natural Resources | natural gas, arable land, timber, coal |
Natural Hazards | droughts; cyclones; much of the country routinely inundated during the summer monsoon season |
Irrigated Land | 81,270 sq km (2020) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | Brahmaputra river mouth (shared with China [s] and India) - 3,969 km; Ganges river mouth (shared with India [s]) - 2,704 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
Major aquifers | Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin |
Land Boundaries | 4,413 km |
Border Countries | Burma 271 km; India 4,142 km |
Coastline | 580 km |
Climate | tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October) |
Area | |
Total Area | |
Land Area | 130,170 sq km |
Water Area | 18,290 sq km |
comparative Area | slightly larger than Pennsylvania and New Jersey combined; slightly smaller than Iowa |
Maritime Claims | |
Territorial sea | 12 nm |
Contiguous zone | 18 nm |
Exclusive economic zone | 200 nm |
Continental shelf | to the outer limits of the continental margin |
Elevations | |
Highest point | Mowdok Taung 1,060 m |
Lowest point | Indian Ocean 0 m |
Mean elevation | 85 m |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 70.1% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 59% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 6.5% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 4.6% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 11.1% (2018 est.) |
Other | 18.8% (2018 est.) |
In Bangladesh, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Bengali at least 99%, other indigenous ethnic groups 1% (2022 est.)
Population | |
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Pop growth rate | 0.89% (2024 est.) |
Birth rate | 17.3 births/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Death rate | 5.5 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Health expenditure | 2.6% of GDP (2020) |
Physicians Density | |
Hospital bed Density | 0.8 beds/1,000 population (2016) |
Total fertility rate | 2.07 children born/woman (2024 est.) |
Gross reproduction rate | 1.01 (2024 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 62.7% (2019) |
Est married women (ages 15-49) | 80.1% (2023 est.) |
Literacy | age 15 and over can read and write |
Education expenditures | 2.1% of GDP (2021 est.) |
Net Migration rate | -2.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Nationality | Bangladeshi | Bangladeshi(s) |
Languages | |
Religions | Muslim 91%, Hindu 8%, other 1% (2022 est.) |
Age Structure | |
0-14 years | 25.1% (male 21,540,493/female 20,800,712) |
15-64 years | 67.1% (male 55,071,592/female 58,180,322) |
65 years and over | 7.8% (2024 est.) (male 6,096,167/female 7,007,898) |
Dependency Ratios | |
Total dependency ratio | 47.7 |
Youth dependency ratio | 39.1 |
Elderly dependency ratio | 8.6 |
Potential support ratio | 11.6 (2021 est.) |
Median Age | |
Total | 29.6 years (2024 est.) |
Male | 28.7 years |
Female | 30.4 years |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 40.5% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 2.88% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 23.210 million DHAKA (capital), 5.380 million Chittagong, 955,000 Khulna, 962,000 Rajshahi, 964,000 Sylhet, 906,000 Bogra (2023). |
Sex Ratio | |
At birth | 1.04 male(s)/female |
0-14 years | 1.04 male(s)/female |
15-64 years | 0.95 male(s)/female |
65 years and over | 0.87 male(s)/female |
Total population | 0.96 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
Infant Motality | |
Total | 28.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.) |
Male | 31.3 deaths/1,000 live births |
Female | 26.3 deaths/1,000 live births |
Life Expectancy at birth | |
Total population | 75.2 years (2024 est.) |
Male | 73.1 years |
Female | 77.5 years |
Drinking Water Sources | |
Improved: urban | urban: 99% of population |
Improved: rural | rural: 98.7% of population |
Improved: total | total: 98.9% of population |
Unimproved: urban | urban: 1% of population |
Unimproved: rural | rural: 1.3% of population |
Unimproved: total | total: 1.1% of population (2020 est.) |
Sanitation facility acess | |
Improved: urban | urban: 85.3% of population |
Improved: rural | rural: 73.5% of population |
Improved: total | total: 78% of population |
Unimproved: urban | urban: 14.7% of population |
Unimproved: rural | rural: 26.5% of population |
Unimproved: total | total: 22% of population (2020 est.) |
Major Infectious diseases | |
Degree of risk | high (2023) |
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 diseases | leptospirosis |
Animal contact diseases | rabies |
Alcohol consumption per capita | |
Total | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Beer | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Wine | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Spirits | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Other alcohols | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
Tobacco use | |
Total | 34.7% (2020 est.) |
Male | 52.2% (2020 est.) |
Female | 17.1% (2020 est.) |
Child marriage | |
Women married by age 15 | 15.5% |
Women married by age 18 | 51.4% (2019 est.) |
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