The BBS report did not indicate where users obtained most contraceptives. But according to the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2022 of the National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), another body of the government, 55 percent use modern methods and 9 percent use traditional methods of contraception. And 60 percent of the people […]
Field workers of the Directorate of Family Planning distribute free birth control contraceptives to eligible couples. These contraceptives can also be obtained from government centres. These contraceptives include Implanon, condoms, oral birth control pills, emergency contraceptive pills (ECP), IUDs, injections, and implants. Five colors are used on the website to indicate the stock of contraceptives […]
Many studies have been conducted on the increasing population pressure in Dhaka and leaders have given many political speeches on the matter. However, the harsh reality is that effective measures to control Dhaka’s population are not yet visible. In this context, the information presented during a seminar titled ‘Decentralizing Dhaka and the Sustainable Urbanization of […]
This is the lowest figure in the world and has declined sharply to a rate of 1.48 as recently as 2000. In 1980, South Korea’s fertility rate was 2.82 and in 1960 it was 5.95. Experts have warned that the nation needs to maintain a fertility rate of 2.1 in order to maintain a stable […]
Last year, new internal displacements from conflict rose to 28.3 million – nearly double the number from a year earlier and more than three times the annual average over the past decade. Eight million were forced from their homes by Pakistan’s monstrous floods, in addition to the 17 million displaced inside Ukraine last year. Sub-Saharan […]
Last year, China’s population shrank for the first time in six decades, a historic turning point expected to begin a long period of decline in civilian numbers that will have profound effects on its economy and the world. Government data shows that India’s annual population growth has averaged 1.2 percent since 2011, up from 1.7 […]
India is on the verge of overtaking China to become the world’s most populous country, and its economy is one of the fastest growing in the world. But the number of Indian women in the workforce, already among the lowest 20 in the world, has been shrinking over the years. This is not only a […]
Considering the adjusted division-wise population, it is found that Dhaka division has the highest population of 45,643,915 which is 26.88 percent of the total adjusted population. On the other hand, Barishal Division hosts the minimum population of 9,325,818 which is also 5.49 percent of the total adjusted population. In addition, out of the total adjusted […]
Social Marketing Companies (SMCs) supply 45 per cent of oral contraceptive pills and 62 per cent of condoms in the market. The price of this company’s best-selling oral contraceptive Famicon has increased from Rs 34.58 to Rs 40. SMC has seven brands of condoms. Among these, the price of Panther has increased from Rs 15 […]
Planning Minister MA Mannan, Minister of State for Planning Shamsul Alam, BIDS Director General Binayak Sen and BBS Director General Matiur Rahman, among others attended the data release event. The Sixth National Census and House Enumeration activities began simultaneously across the country on 15 June and continued till 28 June. According to a summary released […]
“Our parents think that if they have more children, they can take care more when they are old. But the younger generation no longer thinks so, they have a different mindset. They think that raising a child is already It’s just too tiring.” Population experts said China’s strict zero-COVID policies that were in place for […]
India is expected to overtake China as the world’s most populous country this year, the United Nations says, even though its population growth is slowing. Following are some key points about the demographics of India, according to government statistics: India’s population is estimated to be 1.38 billion as compared to China’s 1.4 billion. Uttar Pradesh […]
