Bangladesh`s total population stands at 16.98 crore

Bangladesh's population stands at 16.98 crore, according to the adjusted population in light of the PEC report of the sixth Population and Housing Census, 2022.

Considering the 2.75 percent Net Coverage Error (NCE), some 46,70,295 people have been added to the initially enumerated population and thus the total number of population stood at 16,98,28,911.

The adjusted population figure in light of the PEC survey of the Census was published on Sunday (April 9) at a function held at the NEC Conference Room in the city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.

Out of the total population, some 68.34 percent or 11,60,66,925 people live in rural areas while 31.66 percent or 5,37,61,986 people live in urban areas.

Planning Minister MA Mannan, Statistics and Informatics Division Secretary Dr Shahnaz Arefin, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Director General Dr Binayek Sen and Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) Director General Md Matiar Rahman and others attended the program.