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Completeness of birth registration (%)
Bangladesh · 2006–2019 · Source: UNICEF household surveys (DHS and MICS)
Latest (2019)56%
Earliest (2006)10
Change since 2006+46
About this data
What you should know
Completeness of birth registration is the percentage of children under age 5 whose births were registered at the time of the survey. The numerator of completeness of birth registration includes children whose birth certificate was seen by the interviewer or whose mother or caretaker says the birth has been registered.
- Source
- UNICEF household surveys (DHS and MICS), via World Bank WDI (SP.REG.BRTH.ZS)
- Data updated
- October 19, 2026 · refreshed monthly
- Date range
- 2006–2019 (6 data points)
- Unit
- %
- World Bank code
SP.REG.BRTH.ZS- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
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How to cite this data
UNICEF household surveys (DHS and MICS), via World Bank WDI (SP.REG.BRTH.ZS). Processed by DEEPLAB, https://de3plab.org/data-birth-registration (data updated October 19, 2026).
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| Year | % |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 56 |
| 2018 | 25.2 |
| 2014 | 20.2 |
| 2013 | 37 |
| 2011 | 30.5 |
| 2006 | 10 |