page_title: Demographics of Bangladesh
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Demographics of Bangladesh / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: Map showing literacy pattern in Bangladesh districts. Made using data from Statistical Year Book, Bangladesh (2016)
context_page_description: Bangladesh is the eighth-most populated country in the world with almost 2.2% of the world's population. According to the 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects, the population stood at 161,376,708 in 2016.
  Bangladesh is largely ethnically homogeneous, and its name derives from the Bengali ethno-linguistic group which comprises 98% of the population. The Chittagong Hill Tracts, Sylhet, Mymensingh and North Bengal regions are home to diverse indigenous peoples. There are many dialects of Bengali spoken throughout the region. The dialect spoken by those in Chittagong and Sylhet are particularly distinctive. The population is estimated at 161 million. About of Bangladeshis are Muslims, followed by Hindus, Buddhists and Christians and others.
  Bangladesh has one of the highest population densities in the world. The total fertility rate has been reduced by more than two thirds since Independence. The current TFR in Bangladesh is 2.1, globally considered to be a benchmark for replacement level fertility.
  At this TFR, and without migration, Bangladesh's population is expected to soon reach a stage where it neither grows nor shrinks, once the top of its age pyramid fills in.
context_section_description: Bangladesh has a literacy rate of 72.9 percent as of 2018. 75.7 percent for males and 70.09 percent for females.
caption: Literacy rates in Bangladesh districts
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