Table 1.

The age and gender-specific population and number of people living with diabetes in Bangladesh in 2017

Age group	Men			Women
	Population*	Prevalence of diabetes (%)*	Men with diabetes (n)	Population*	Prevalence of diabetes (%)*	Women with diabetes (n)
20–24	7 862 660	1.8	142 542	7 621 330	3.1	235 700
25–29	7 312 030	2.7	197 467	7 357 770	4.2	308 150
30–34	6 796 110	3.9	267 674	7 028 330	5.6	391 801
35–39	6 118 590	5.5	339 234	6 367 610	7.2	458 686
40–44	5 211 850	7.4	387 166	5 294 190	8.9	472 611
45–49	4 626 430	9.4	433 997	4 591 970	10.5	482 417
50–54	4 012 750	11.1	445 988	3 923 260	11.7	458 192
55–59	2 962 960	12.3	365 906	2 818 620	12.3	345 557
Total	44 903 380	5.7	2 579 975	45 003 080	7.0	3 153 114

*Age and gender-specific population estimates and age and gender-specific prevalence of diabetes based on estimates by age and gender from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas for 2017.⁴