South Asia
A life that begins in Bangladesh
One in every 38 babies in the world is born here: about 3,511,630 a year, 6.7 a minute.
- Population
- 175,686,899
- Births a year
- 3,511,630
- Life expectancy
- 75
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 30.5
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
76.7
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
73.3
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
24.4
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
30.5
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
115
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.1
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
32
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
0.09
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
15.3
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
2.3
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.14
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
47
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
91
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
64
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
24
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
5
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$8,677
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
31
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
5.9
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
3.8
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
44
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
39
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
79
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
33
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
99
World: 91
Internet users (%)
53
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
4.32
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.05
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.02
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 44 → 2026: 74.5 → 2050: 80.9
World
1960: 264 → 2026: 27 → 2050: 11
World
1960: 6.7 → 2026: 2.1 → 2050: 1.8
World
1960: 5 → 2026: 34 → 2050: 59
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Bangladesh comes up about once in every 38 lives.
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Other countries in South Asia
All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.