Out of the population, 8,73,90,000 are women and 8,42,00,000 are men.
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) disclosed the data while officially releasing the “Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics 2023: Key Findings” at the BBS headquarters in Dhaka’s Agargaon on Sunday.
The country’s population rose by 17,61,089, while as per the last national report based on the 2022 census, the population was 16,98,28,911.