Rajshahi Leads in Marriage Rate, Sylhet at the Bottom

In Bangladesh, the Rajshahi division has the highest marriage rate, with 68.97% of people over 10 years old currently married, while Sylhet has the lowest at 55.59%. Khulna follows Rajshahi closely with a 68.85% marriage rate. Overall, 65.26% of individuals aged 10 and above are married, 28.65% are unmarried, and the rest are widowed or divorced. Women show a higher marriage rate at 67.47%, compared to 63.02% of men. This data comes from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) analysis of marital status in the Population and Housing Census 2022.