Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Established as an independent country in 1971 (it was formerly East Pakistan), Bangladesh has a land area of 140,570 square kilometers. Current population is 168 million of which 50.6 percent are men and 49.4 percent are women. There are 64 million children which is 40 percent of the total population.

Due to natural disasters in the country, most of the districts get flooded regularly. Many people do not have access to safe drinking water and lose their homes, work and belongings. These situations push people to move to slums in the cities where they cannot access basic facilities or services. The influx of refugees from Rohingya is one of the main crises faced by Bangladesh in recent times with 907,000 refugees being hosted by the country of which 52 percent are children.