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  "pillarKey": "population",
  "title": "Population & Demographics",
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  "snapshotDate": "2026-10-18",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-10-08",
  "publisher": "American Bangladesh Foundation",
  "note": "Immutable snapshot. contentHash is SHA-256 over the key-sorted JSON of `content`. Cite the original publisher for any figure you reuse.",
  "content": {
    "key": "population",
    "rows": [
      {
        "year": "2014",
        "population": 158,
        "urbanPct": 29.2
      },
      {
        "year": "2015",
        "population": 159.4,
        "urbanPct": 29.5
      },
      {
        "year": "2016",
        "population": 160.8,
        "urbanPct": 29.9
      },
      {
        "year": "2017",
        "population": 162.2,
        "urbanPct": 30.2
      },
      {
        "year": "2018",
        "population": 163.5,
        "urbanPct": 30.5
      },
      {
        "year": "2019",
        "population": 164.9,
        "urbanPct": 30.8
      },
      {
        "year": "2020",
        "population": 166.3,
        "urbanPct": 31.1
      },
      {
        "year": "2021",
        "population": 167.7,
        "urbanPct": 31.4
      },
      {
        "year": "2022",
        "population": 169.4,
        "urbanPct": 31.7
      },
      {
        "year": "2023",
        "population": 171.5,
        "urbanPct": 32.2
      },
      {
        "year": "2024",
        "population": 173.6,
        "urbanPct": 32.7
      },
      {
        "year": "2025",
        "population": 175.7,
        "urbanPct": 33.2
      }
    ],
    "highlights": [
      {
        "label": "Population",
        "value": "176M",
        "delta": "2025"
      },
      {
        "label": "Urban %",
        "value": "33.2%",
        "delta": "2025"
      },
      {
        "label": "Density",
        "value": "1,350/km²",
        "delta": "#1 large nation"
      }
    ],
    "claims": [
      {
        "claim": "Population level and growth trend",
        "sourceRef": "World Bank WDI SP.POP.TOTL (estimates based on UN WPP and national censuses)"
      }
    ],
    "primarySourceUrl": "https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=BD",
    "additionalSources": [
      {
        "name": "Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics — Census 2022",
        "url": "https://bbs.gov.bd"
      },
      {
        "name": "UN World Population Prospects",
        "url": "https://population.un.org/wpp/"
      }
    ],
    "verification": {
      "registryStatus": "Verified",
      "sourceVerified": true,
      "unverifiedFields": [],
      "knownGaps": [
        "Intercensal years are projections; next census due 2032",
        "Post-enumeration-survey adjustment raised the 2022 headcount ~2.8%",
        "The World Bank cut its urban-share estimates by about 8 points between its July 2025 and December 2025 releases (2023: 40.5% to 32.2%); the release data do not state the reason"
      ]
    }
  }
}