Urbanization in Bangladesh 2023

The share of urban population in Bangladesh increased by 0.8 percentage points (+2.01 percent) in 2023. With 40.47 percent, the share thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. Notably, the share continuously increased over the last years.
A country's urbanization rate refers to the share of the total population living in an urban setting. International comparisons of urbanization rates may be inconsistent, due to discrepancies between definitions of what constitutes an urban center (based on population size, area, or space between dwellings, among others).

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