The life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh has slightly increased to 72.4 years in 2022, up from 72.3 years in 2021.
Life expectancy for men increased to 70.8 years in 2022, up from 70.6 years in 2021. On the other hand, the life expectancy for women reached 74.2 years in 2022, against 74.1 years in 2021.
This was revealed at a ceremony for unveiling "Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics 2022," held in the capital’s Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) auditorium on Tuesday. The report was published under the Sample Vital Registration System (SVRS) in Digital Platform project.
Planning Minister MA Mannan spoke on the occasion as the chief guest while State Minister for Planning Shamsul Alam and Statistics and Informatics Division Secretary Shahnaz Arefin spoke as special guests.
The event was chaired by Director General of BBS Porimal Chandra Basu (in routine charge), while SVRS Project Director Md Alamgir Hossain made a power point presentation. BBS Director Masud Alam gave the address of welcome.
According to SVRS 2022, the total number of population in Bangladesh on January 1, 2023, based on Population and Housing Census 2022 was 170.84 million, including 84.58 million males and 86.16 million females.
The total number of primary sampling units remained the same at 2,012 in 2022 while the total sampling population were 13,02,788 including 6,42,845 male, 6,59,873 female and 70 hijra.
While analysing the population by broad age groups in years, it was found that in 2022, some 28.7 per cent of population belonged to 0-14 years group, 53.6 per cent of population belonged to 15-49 years group, 9 per cent of population belonged to 50-59 years group, while 8.7 per cent of population belonged to 60+ years group.
The crude birth rate (per 1,000 population) in 2022 increased to 19.3 up from 18.8 in 2021 while the normal types of delivery in 2022 were 58.5 per cent against C-section of 41.4 per cent.
The SVRS 2022 findings also highlighted that the crude death rate (per 1,000 population) has slightly increased to 5.8 in 2022 up from 5.7 in 2021 while the infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) also increased to 25 in 2022 up from 22 in 2021.
The maternal mortality ratio (per 1,00,000 live births) declined to 156 in 2022 down from 168 in 2021. The crude marriage rate (per 1,000 population) in 2022 increased to 18.1 while the crude divorce rate (per 1,000 population) in 2022 also raised to 1.4 up from 0.7 in 2021.
Speaking on the occasion, the planning minister said the publication of the SVRS 2022 showed that the interest of the common people has increased towards the statistics of BBS.
Noting that the main message of the current Awami League government is becoming self-reliant, he said a "Revolution of Development" is now going on in the country under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Mannan said although the government is now under some pressure due to global uncertainties, the government is not under any crisis.
He said the government of Sheikh Hasina would do its best to give relief to the people from the inflationary pressure. "Let us be economical and don't waste."
State Minister for Planning Shamsul Alam said the SVRS 2022 would help the policymakers in getting data of some 138 indices related to population while it would also help in getting data on some 27 indices related to SDGs.
He noted that the life expectancy at birth, the international migration and the number of internet users have increased in the country while the government would have to give more attention to population management with the increase in population growth.
Statistics and Informatics Division Secretary Shahnaz Arefin informed that the BBS has been working to increase the coverage of SVRS alongside on how to incorporate more data.
The findings revealed that the rate of natural increase of population in 2022 increased to 1.35 per cent up from 1.30 per cent in 2021 while the sex ratio of males was 97.5 per cent against females in 2022 which was 98.1 per cent in 2021.
The density of population also increased to 1,163 per square kilometre in 2022 against 1,153 in 2021.
The key findings of SVRS 2022 showed that the access to drinking water from tap and tube well in the country remained at 97 per cent in 2022 while the source of electricity has increased to 97.14 per cent in 2022 up from 96.86 per cent in 2021.
It said that the literacy rate of population (7+ years) has increased to 76.8 per cent which was 76.4 years in 2021 while the adult literacy rate of population (15+ years) has also raised to 74.4 per cent in 2022 which was 74.1 per cent in 2021.
The SVRS 2022 showed that the proportion of individuals who own a mobile phone (15 years+) increased to 73.8 per cent in 2022 up from 71.3 per cent in 2021.
It said that the proportion of individuals using the internet (15 years +) rose to 45.5 per cent in 2022 up from 43.7 per cent in 2021.
The findings also showed that the internal in-migration rate (per 1,000 population) in 2022 increased to 30.9 which was 24.7 in 2021 while the in-flow mobility rate (per 1,000 population) increased to 110.8 in 2022 up from 60.2 in 2021.
The contraceptive prevalence rate and safely managed sanitation services also declined in 2022 while crude disability rate increased.
