Bangladesh’s total population stands at 16.98cr
BSS :
Bangladesh’s total population reached 16,98,28,911, according to the national report of the country’s maiden full-fledged digital population and housing census.
Of the total population, 8,41,34,003 are male while 8,56,86,784 are female. Besides, 8,124 third gender people in the country.
These were revealed at the launching of the ‘National Report’ of the Population and Housing Census 2022 held at the auditorium of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in the capital’s Agargaon area on Tuesday.
Planning Minister MA Mannan spoke at the function as the chief guest while Planning Commission member (senior secretary) Mst Nasima Begum, Statistics and Informatics Division Secretary Dr Shahnaz Arefin, and General Economics Division (GED) member of the Planning Commission Dr Md Kawser Ahmed spoke as special guests presided over by Director General of the BBS Mohammad Mizanur Rahman.
Project Director of the Population and Housing Census 2021 Md Dilder Hossain made a power-point presentation on the National Report of the Census while Statistics and Informatics Division Joint Secretary Dr Dipankar Roy moderated the open discussion session.
The National report said from the data that in 2022 census, the enumerated population recorded 16,51,58,616 and the adjusted population 16,98,28,911.
The percentages of adjusted population living in the rural and the urban areas are 68.34% and 31.66% respectively. Out of the total enumerated population of 16,51,58,616, male is 8,17,69,266, fee 8,33,81,226 and hijra 8,124.
The Post Enumeration Check (PEC) survey was carried out by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). As per the PEC survey findings, the Net Coverage Error (NCE) of the Population and Housing Census 2022 was found at 2.75% which is the lowest ever in the census history of Bangladesh.
Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, Planning Minister MA Mannan said that he was satisfied with the overall findings of the census adding that the capacity of the BBS has increased over the years on the whole.
Mannan also suggested for conducting the population census operations in every five years and if possible in real time instead of conducting it in every 10 years.
Planning Commission member Mst Nasima Begum said that the BBS has been able to create the hunger of data among the common people, academicians and students.
Statistics and Informatics Division Secretary Dr Shahnaz Arefin said that after the main operations of the population and housing census, they were able to publish the PEC report and National Report within the shortest possible time.
She also revealed the BBS’s plan to roll out National Population Register in future instead of carrying out population census in every 10 years.
“We’ve discharged our duties accordingly while conducting the census….BBS do act properly while collecting data and thus publishing it,” Nasima added.
Country’s renowned economists Dr Ahsan H Mansoor, while commenting on the national report, said that the BBS has done a tremendous job and now it is high time to translate the findings of the census into the government policies.
In order to let the BBS to operate freely and independently, the eminent economist suggested that the BBS should be entrusted under the jurisdiction of Jatiya Sangsad. “If so, the trust of the common people on the BBS will increase further.”
GED member Md Kawser Ahmed recommended for revealing data by the various bodies in a harmonized manner in a bid to avoid differences in number.
The National report said the total population living in slum areas is 17,36,302 and the total population counted as floating is 22,185. By division, it is evident that the highest number of population, 4,42,15,759 live in Dhaka while the lowest, 91,00,104 in Barishal.
It is found that the percentages of population live in general institutional and other households are 97.03, 1.52 and 1.45 respectively.
In the case of general household, the percentages of male headed and female headed households are 82.10 and 17.90 respectively.
The average annual growth rate of population decreased to 1.22% in 2022 from 1.48% in 2011.
The rates are 1.12% for male and 1.31% for female.
The total population of the city corporation areas is 2,11,22,930, of which male is 1,12,18,546 (53.11%), female 99,02,995 (46.88%) and third gender 1,389 (0.007%).
In the case of density, Dhaka South City Corporation is recorded as the most densely populated area where population of 39,406 live in per square kilometer.
It is observed from the analysis that at the national level, the highest, 10.03% of the total population belong to the age of 15-19 years.
