Country profile · BGD
Bangladesh
Region · South Asia Population · 171.5M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 2.4%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 123 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 2.16
- Expected years of schooling
- 12.3 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 24%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 52% / 17%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.31
- Urban population
- 32%
- Employment in agriculture
- 44%
- Internet use
- 45%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.01%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2.3 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 15.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 76%
- Women married before age 18
- 51%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 3.89
Religion
- Islam91%
- Hinduism8%
- Buddhism1%
Major cities
- Dhaka
- Chittagong
- Khulna
- Rajshahi
Common hazards
- Floods
- Storms and typhoons
Common migration destinations
- Saudi Arabia
- the United Arab Emirates
- Malaysia
- India