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- Population: 169.8 million* Children (aged 0-17 years): 56.9 million (33 per cent) ** Infants (aged 0-11 months): 3.4 million** Children under five years of age (aged 0-59 months): 16.3 million** School-aged children (aged 6-17 years): 37.6 million**
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Sources used here are the ones referred to by UNICEF for its work in Bangladesh. Population: 169.8 million*. Children (aged 0-17 years): 56.9 million (33 per cent) **. Infants (aged 0-11 months): 3.4 million**. Children under five years of age (aged 0-59 months): 16.3 million**.
Bangladesh has led the way in reducing child mortality, with neonatal, infant and under-five mortality rates on a constant downward trend over the last 30 years. Yet infant mortality remains high at 34 deaths per 1,000 live births, with two thirds of these deaths occurring within 28 days of birth.
The proportion of under-five children in Bangladesh whose births are reported has risen sharply to 56 per cent in recent years. 6.8 per cent of children aged 5-17 years are involved in child labour. This number is higher among children not attending school (18.9 per cent) compared to those attending school (4.4 per cent).
Preschool education coverage for five-year-olds increased to 87 per cent in 2019, but only 18.9 per cent of children aged 36–59 months attended early childhood education (ECE). Primary school net attendance rose to 85.9 per cent in 2019, while 57.8 per cent of adolescents attended lower secondary. education.
Dec 1, 2019 · The objective of this report is to facilitate the timely dissemination and use of results from the Bangladesh MICS 2019. The report contains detailed information on the survey methodology, and all standard MICS tables.
• At 6 years old, the official starting age for primary school in Bangladesh, nine out of ten children are in school: 63 percent in primary education and 27 percent in pre-primary or ECE. • The children in Grade 1 exhibit significant age variation: 39 percent are the officially sanctioned
The Analysis of the Situation of Children in Bangladesh 2019, hereafter called as SitAn 2019, is a living document to shed lights on the existing status of child well-being while also identifying the current gaps and inequalities which require both immediate and long-term attention.
