Bangladesh’s population is now 16.51 crore

Bangladesh’s total population is now 165,158,616. Of them, the number of male is 81,712,824 and the number of female is 83,347,206.  The population of third gender is 12,629.

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) said this at the first digital “Census and Household Census 2022” preliminary report publication ceremony at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the capital on Wednesday.

For the first time in the country, the work of population census started digitally on June 15.

The census was scheduled to end on 21 June, but due to floods in the northeastern districts, the census continued till 28 June.

According to the BBS report, after the liberation war, the first population census was held in 1974. At that time, the number of population was 7.15 crore. The second population census was held in 1981 while the number of population was 87,119,965. The third population census was held in 1991 and the number of population was 10.63 crore. 

In the 2001 census, Bangladesh had 12.24 crore people.

The BBS last published a population census report in 2011 that estimated Bangladesh’s population at 14.40 crore.

Planning Minister MA Mannan presided over the event while National Parliament Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury attended as the chief guest.

State Minister of Public Administration Farhad Hossain and State Minister of Planning Ministry Dr Shamsul Alam were present as special guests in the programme.