Population challenges for Bangladesh in the coming decades

Streatfield, P.Kim.; Karar, Z.Ahsan.

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition 26(3): 261-272

2008


ISSN/ISBN: 1606-0997
PMID: 18831223
Document Number: 202926
Bangladesh currently has a population approaching 150 million and will add another 100 million before stabilizing, unless fertility can soon drop below replacement level. This level of fertility decline will require a change in marriage patterns, which have been minimal so far, even with increasing female schooling. It would also benefit from a long-awaited shift to long-term contraception.

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