Bangladesh

• Population................................................................................167,184,465 (2023 est.)
• Population growth rate .......................................................................0.91% (2023 est.)
• Birth rate...........................................................17.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
• Death rate..........................................................5.5 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
• Net migration rate.........................................-2.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
• Ethnic groups*.............................................Bengali at least 98.9%, other indigenous ethnic groups 1.1% (2011 est.)

* Bangladesh's government recognizes 27 indigenous ethnic groups under the 2010 Cultural Institution for Small Anthropological Groups Act; other sources estimate there are about 75 ethnic groups; critics of the 2011 census claim that it underestimates the size of Bangladesh's ethnic population

CIA World Factbook