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Life expectancy now 71.6 years in Bangladesh

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Published: 11:38, 25 April 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Life expectancy now 71.6 years in Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: The people's average life expectancy of Bangladesh has risen to 71 years and six months.

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal made the announcement after Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting on Tuesday.

The minister said that according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), life expectancy for males is 70 years and three months, while it is 72 years and nine months for females.

The people’s average life expectancy in Bangladesh in 2010 was 67.7 years, in 2013 was 70.4 years and in 2014 it reached 70.7 years.


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