Bangladesh statistics

Official statistics for Bangladesh, with sources: national population, income and prices, economy, plus tables of population, age, income for 8 divisions. Every number comes with the location of the original file from the government office or international organization and the date it was fetched.

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National figures

IndicatorValueYearSource
Population177.82 million people2026UN World Population Prospects 2024
People aged 15–3462.50 million people2026UN World Population Prospects 2024
Median age26.3 years old2026UN World Population Prospects 2024
Share of people living in cities33.24 %2025World Bank WDI
Household consumption per 1 person (price-adjusted)6,488 International dollars2025Calculated
GDP per 1 person (price-adjusted)10,154 International dollars2025World Bank WDI
Total household consumption (price-adjusted)1.14 trillion International dollars2025World Bank WDI
Price level of everyday goods (world average =100)50.17 2021World Bank ICP
Inflation (1 year)8.77 %2025World Bank WDI
Economic growth (1 year)3.49 %2025World Bank WDI
Share of people using the internet53.4 %2024UN SDG
Share of people with an account or mobile money43.28 %2024World Bank WDI
International visitors135,000 people2021Asian Development Bank KIDB
Income inequality (Gini coefficient)30.9 2022World Bank WDI
Unemployment rate3.78 %2025World Bank WDI

Figures by division (8 divisions)

Sorted by population. “―” means there is no figure, or the figure is not published here because its terms of use are unclear.

divisionsPopulation
people · 2022
Population per 1km² (population density)
people/km² · 2022
Share of people aged 0–14
% · 2022
Share of people aged 65+
% · 2022
Prosperity: share of people in the nation's richest 1/5
% (of people in the area) · 2022
Dhaka District47.31 million2,30723.236.1233.8
Chattogram Division32.59 million961.228.947.2418.4
Rajshahi Division20.15 million1,11023.487.6914.3
Rangpur Division17.36 million1,07325.797.578.5
Khulna Division16.13 million723.922.638.6123.9
Sylhet Division12.18 million963.730.577.0417.6
Mymensingh District11.81 million1,10728.58.498.7
Barishal District8.11 million613.326.918.9512.7

Current economy (monthly)

IndicatorLatest valueMonthSource
Inflation (compared with the same month a year earlier)8.282026-07World Bank

Culture

Religion (2022, UNdata UN Demographic Yearbook: population by religion (census)): Islam 91.1%, Hinduism 8%, Buddhism 0.6%, Christianity 0.3%, Other 0.1%

Download the figures

All figures for Bangladesh (CSV, with source and licence columns). One row per number, with the URL of the original file, the location inside it, the date fetched and a fingerprint. When you use them, follow the terms of use of each source.

Source

The figures on this page come from the following public statistics. On the 3D map, click a number to see, for each one, the URL of the original file, the location inside it, the text exactly as written, the date fetched, the file fingerprint (sha256), and for calculated numbers, the formula and inputs.