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About (91.04%) of Bangladeshis are Muslims, followed by Hindus (largest-minority) at (7.95%), Buddhists (0.61%) and Christians (0.30%) and others (0.12%) as per 2022 census. Bangladesh has one of the highest population densities in the world. The total fertility rate (TFR) has been reduced by more than two thirds since Independence.
According to the 2022 Census, Bangladesh has a population of 165.1 million, and is the eighth-most-populous country in the world, the fifth-most populous country in Asia, and the most densely populated large country in the world, with a headline population density of 1,265 people/km 2 as of 2020.
List of years in Bangladesh. 2016 ( MMXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade. The year 2016 was the 45th year after the independence of Bangladesh.
Demographic Indicators for Bangladesh in 2020; Population, total 164,689,383 Population density (per km 2) 1,265.2 Population growth (annual %) 1.1% Male to Female Ratio (every 100 Female) 102.5 Urban population (% of total) 36.6% Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) Not available Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) Not available
The 2022 Bangladeshi census was a detailed enumeration of the Bangladeshi population constituting the sixth national census in the country. [1] [2] [3] It was scheduled to be held in June 2022, was conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics , and the reference day used for the census will be June 15, 2022.
In July 1975, the Statistics and Informatics Division was created under the Planning Ministry (Bangladesh) and tasked to oversee the BBS. Between 2002 and 2012, the division remained abolished but was later reinstated. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is headquartered in Dhaka. As of 2019, it has 8 Divisional statistical offices, 64 District ...
The census records are made publicly available when 100 years have passed. Since 1900, a census has been conducted every ten years. (However, the 1940 census was postponed to 1946, and the census after 1990 came in 2001.) Since 2001 the population census has been combined with the housing statistics.
Hinduism is the second largest religious affiliation in People's Republic of Bangladesh, as according to the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, approximately 13.1 million people responded that they were Hindus, constituting 7.95% out of the total population of 165.15 million people.