: Women outnumber men in Bangladesh’s 16.51cr current population<\/span><\/a>\n\n\nThe population census has revealed that women outnumber males in Bangladesh for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are 12,629 people of the third gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The nation currently has a 74.66 percent literacy rate. In 2011, it was 51.77 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results were made public on Wednesday by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) at a press conference held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a population growth rate of 1.74 percent, Dhaka has the greatest among the eight divisions of the country, while Barisal has the lowest at 0.79 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Population density has increased to 1,119 people per square kilometre. In the previous census, it was 976 per square kilometre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The census and house enumeration activities started simultaneously across the country on Jun 15 and continued until Jun 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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