Bangladesh

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
166,368,149 1
Urban
36.60% 1
Rural
63.40% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.9% 2
Homicides
2.51 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
145 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
72 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.14 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
3.80% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
72 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
59.72% 6
Internet Users
10% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$1,080 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
43.7% 6
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
  • 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
406,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
0.24
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
4,173
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
1,550
First Communions per Year
3,835
Confirmations per Year
3,811
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
40,820
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
66,680
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
6,467
Church Marriages per Year
2,171
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
2,006
Priests
405
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
1,045
Catholics per Priest
1,002
Parishes
127
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
243
Catholic Hospitals
11
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
20