Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 43.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Bangladesh, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for probability that a man will outlive a woman in Bangladesh is 43.7%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in Bangladesh peaked at 53.8% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 41.0%, in 1971.
That places Bangladesh 31st out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 49.8% | — |
| 1951 | 50.0% | +0.4% |
| 1952 | 50.2% | +0.4% |
| 1953 | 50.4% | +0.4% |
| 1954 | 50.5% | +0.4% |
| 1955 | 50.7% | +0.3% |
| 1956 | 50.8% | +0.2% |
| 1957 | 51.0% | +0.3% |
| 1958 | 51.1% | +0.2% |
| 1959 | 51.1% | +0.2% |
| 1960 | 51.2% | +0.2% |
| 1961 | 51.5% | +0.4% |
| 1962 | 51.4% | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 51.7% | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 51.6% | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 52.1% | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 51.8% | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 51.9% | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 52.0% | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 52.1% | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 53.8% | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 41.0% | -23.8% |
| 1972 | 52.2% | +27.2% |
| 1973 | 52.2% | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 51.9% | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 52.1% | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 52.1% | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 52.2% | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 52.3% | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 52.4% | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 52.4% | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 52.4% | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 52.2% | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 52.0% | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 51.6% | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 51.4% | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 51.0% | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 50.8% | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 50.7% | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 50.6% | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 50.5% | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 51.6% | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 50.3% | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 50.1% | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 49.7% | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 49.3% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 48.9% | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 48.4% | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 48.0% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 47.5% | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 47.1% | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 46.8% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 46.4% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 46.2% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 45.9% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 45.7% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 45.4% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 45.2% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 44.7% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 44.1% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 43.4% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 42.8% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 42.2% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 41.8% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 41.7% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 41.8% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 42.0% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 42.3% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 42.7% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 43.0% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 42.0% | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 43.4% | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 43.3% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 43.7% | +0.8% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 43.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41.9%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's 43.7% is above the median for South Asia, which is 42.8%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +27.2% | 41.0% | 52.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 50.6% | 49.8% | 51.1% | 10 |
| 1960s | 51.7% | 51.2% | 52.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 51.2% | 41.0% | 53.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 51.5% | 50.6% | 52.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.4% | 47.5% | 51.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.7% | 44.1% | 47.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.4% | 41.7% | 43.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.1% | 42.0% | 43.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More gender data for Bangladesh
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 48,868 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.1434 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 137,205 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 137,205 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.43 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 1.66 million (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 1.74 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 1.66 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 1.74 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 1.66 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability that a man will outlive a woman in Bangladesh?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in Bangladesh was 43.7% in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 53.8% in 1970.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.0% in 1971.
- How does Bangladesh rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- Bangladesh ranks 31st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.