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Bangladesh: Rural population

66.76percent · 2025-5.3% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Bangladesh from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202566.76
202467.322
202367.842
202268.326
202168.601
202068.883
201969.177
201869.482
201769.798
201670.125
201570.46
201470.806
201371.159
201271.521
201171.89
201072.275
200972.689
200873.128
200773.585
200674.052
200574.523
200474.991
200375.447
200275.887
200176.3
200076.685
199977.043
199877.38
199777.705
199678.022
199578.339
199478.662
199378.997
199279.352
199179.733
199080.136
198980.55
198880.975
198781.416
198681.876
198582.36
198482.871
198383.414
198283.993
198184.606
198085.325
197986.247
197887.3
197788.397
197689.449
197590.365
197491.044
197391.513
197291.914
197192.281
197092.618
196992.926
196893.209
196793.47
196693.711
196593.935
196494.145
196394.344
196294.534
196194.723
196094.888

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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