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People
156,118,464 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
7
0-14 years: 34.6% (male 27,065,625/female 26,913,961)
15-64 years: 61.4% (male 45,222,182/female 50,537,052)
65 years and over: 4% (male 3,057,255/female 3,254,808) (2010 est.)
total: 22.9 years
male: 22.4 years
female: 23.4 years (2010 est.)
1.55% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
23.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
5.81 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 172
-2.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 174
urban population: 27% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 3.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.89 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 52.54 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 48
male: 55.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 49.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 69.44 years
country comparison to the world: 148
male: 67.64 years
female: 71.3 years (2010 est.)
2.65 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 79
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 139
12,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
fewer than 500 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
degree of risk: high
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 disease: leptospirosis
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)
noun: Bangladeshi(s)
adjective: Bangladeshi
Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims) (1998)
Muslim 89.5%, Hindu 9.6%, other 0.9% (2004)
Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 47.9%
male: 54%
female: 41.4% (2001 Census)
total: 8 years
male: 8 years
female: 8 years (2007)
2.4% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 163
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