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<text id=94CT0126><title>Bangladesh—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Bangladesh<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 125,149,469 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 2.33% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 35.02 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 11.68 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 106.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 55.08 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 55.35 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 54.8 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 4.47 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Bangladeshi(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Bangladesh
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Bengali 98%, Biharis 250,000, tribals less than 1 million
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, Buddhist, Christian, other
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Bangla (official), English
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 35%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 47%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 22%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 50.1 million
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture 65%, services 21%, industry and mining 14% (1989)
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> extensive export of labor to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Oman (1991)
</list></list></body></article></text>