Bangladesh Flashcards
Population growth
2023 - 2050
173 million to 231 million
Population density
1329 people per sq km
Bangladesh size
144,000 sq km
Bangladesh flood size
10,000 sq km seasonally
IMR
1970 - 2023
250 to 33
TFR
1970 - 2023
6.5 to approximately 1.9
LE
1970 - 2023
42 to 70
Urban education attendance rate
18%
Student migrants
Around 5,000 annually
80% do not return
Bangladeshi labour migrants
7 million
Bangladesh child marriage rate
4th in the world
51% married before 18th birthday
How many child brides
38 million child brides
Child bride birth rate
5 out of 10 before they turn 18
% under 15
27%
Average income
$1,044
Matlab Goal
1 and 2
- 2004 ~> reach replacement rate by 2010
- Stabilise the population at 210 million by 2060
FSSAP requirements
- 75% attendance rate
- Minimum level proficiency
- Remain unmarried
FSSAP date
1994
FSSAP goals
- Increase secondary school enrolments for females
- Improve the secondary school completion rates for females
- Delay age of marriage for women
FSSAP effect on child marriages
- Age of marriage increased by 1 year since FSSAP was introduced
- Women who completed secondary or higher education married five years later
- Around 2 million girls participate each year
FSSAP successes
- Cost effective and good value for money program invested in by the government
- Participation in girl’s schooling increased by 3 years
- Secondary school completion increased by 5%
Matlab successes
- Communities involved became wealthier and healthier
- Acceptance of contraceptives increased across Bangladesh as the project expanded
Geospatial technology
Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS)
HDSS data
- Fertility rates
- Births and deaths
- Age of marriage
- Migrations
- Maternal/child health stats
- LE
HDSS strengths
- Useful, accurate and accessible data, continuously updated
- Led to improvements in female education, vaccination rates, maternal mortality rates, etc.
India child marriage stats
47%
223 million child brides
Niger child marriage
76%
How many migrants leave each year
400,000 labour migrants