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Our demographic challenges demand a functioning population council (opens the original)
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The population story of Bangladesh has long been regarded as a major development success. Fertility fell considerably, child survival improved, life expectancy increased, and the country entered a favourable period in which working-age people outnumbered dependants. However, this story can no longer guide the country’s population policy on its own. Bangladesh is entering a more complicated demographic period, while the institution intended to coordinate its response, the National Population Coun
The many nuances behind Bangladesh’s 0.1 rise in total fertility (opens the original)
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Bangladesh became a global success story by bringing down its fertility rate over the decades. But that success is now being questioned over a single decimal point. The 2025 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) puts the total fertility rate (TFR) at 2.4 children per woman. This is the TFR’s first real movement in over 10 years, after sitting at exactly 2.3 in both the 2012-13 and 2019 surveys. Meanwhile, longer-running international estimates put Bangladesh closer to 2.1, near replacement le
Time is running out for our demographic dividend (opens the original)
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Bangladesh is now home to more than 17.5 crore people. Roughly one in four is 15-29 years of age, a cohort of around 4.7 crore, larger than the population of many countries. More than half the population is below 25, and the median age is about 27, against a global median of roughly 31. Close to 20 lakh young Bangladeshis reach working age each year, and most will not find the work they trained for. Many prioritise taking government job exams until they reach the cutoff age (32 years), then turn
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