BBS data questionable, total population 19cr: EC Tahmida
According to the Population and Housing Census 2022 by the BBS, the country’s population stood at 16.98 crore.
Election Commissioner Tahmida Ahmed has termed the data provided by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on the country's population as "questionable".
"At first, they [BBS] published one figure, and later it was said to reduce it," she said today (28 September) while speaking at a dialogue with civil society representatives in Agargaon, Dhaka, organised ahead of the upcoming national election.
According to the Election Commission's voter list, the country's current population is 19 crore, she said.
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"We prepared the voter list by visiting households, and that's how we got the information. This is the accurate data. Our total population is 19 crore, of which 1.51 crore are living abroad. In Dhaka city alone, there are 1.51 crore people," she said.
According to the Population and Housing Census 2022 by the BBS, the country's population stood at 16.98 crore.
Advocating for open-space polling to ensure transparency, Tahmida said, "If you want a transparent election, you must create the mindset for conducting voting in open spaces — that would be a truly transparent election."
