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Bangladesh has more women than men as population grows to 165 million
Bangladesh has more women than men for the first time in its recorded history, the Xinhua reported.
Government officials at a press briefing Wednesday (July 27) made the announcement, saying the country's population grew to over 165 million in 2022 from 144 million in 2011.
According to preliminary data from the South Asian country's sixth census, Population and Housing Census 2022, Bangladesh now has a population of 165,158,616.
The latest data show about 83.35 million women are living in Bangladesh, compared to 81.71 million men.
Meanwhile, the number of people of the third gender stands currently at 12,629 in the country.
More than 44 million people live in the Dhaka Division including 13 districts.
Bangladesh, country of South Asia, located in the delta of the Padma (Ganges) and Jamuna (Brahmaputra) rivers in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent.
The riverine country of Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, and its people are predominantly Muslim.
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Bangladeshi women have made significant progress since the country's independence in 1971, where women in the region experienced increased political empowerment for women, better job prospects, increased opportunities of education and the adoption of new laws to protect their rights through Bangladesh's policies in the last four decades.
However, women in Bangladesh should continue struggle to achieve equal status to men due to societal norms that enforce restrictive gender roles as well as poor implementation of laws that were set to protect women.
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