Population: West Bengal data was reported at 99.843 Person mn in 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 99.363 Person mn for 2024. Population: West Bengal data is updated yearly, averaging 87.921 Person mn from Mar 1994 (Median) to 2025, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 99.843 Person mn in 2025 and a record low of 71.637 Person mn in 1994. Population: West Bengal data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under Global Database’s India – Table IN.GAA001: Population. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

48,817 (Persons) in 2024.

Vital Statistics: Birth Rate: per 1000 Population: West Bengal data was reported at 14.600 NA in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 14.900 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Birth Rate: per 1000 Population: West Bengal data is updated yearly, averaging 17.200 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.300 NA in 1998 and a record low of 14.600 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Birth Rate: per 1000 Population: West Bengal data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH002: Vital Statistics: Birth Rate: by States.

The estimated per capita income across the eastern state of West Bengal in India stood at around *** thousand Indian rupees in the financial year 2024. There was a consistent increase in the income per capita in the state since the financial year 2012 till 2020. Sikkim recorded the highest per capita income the country.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Secondary: West Bengal: Urban: Male data was reported at 67.200 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 64.600 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Secondary: West Bengal: Urban: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 64.300 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 67.200 % in 2024 and a record low of 57.500 % in 2019. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Secondary: West Bengal: Urban: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA030: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Secondary.

99,563 (Number) in 2024.

Census: Population: West Bengal: Bolpur data was reported at 80,210.000 Person in 03-01-2011. This records an increase from the previous number of 65,533.000 Person for 03-01-2001. Census: Population: West Bengal: Bolpur data is updated decadal, averaging 21,486.000 Person from Mar 1901 (Median) to 03-01-2011, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 80,210.000 Person in 03-01-2011 and a record low of 7,504.000 Person in 03-01-1901. Census: Population: West Bengal: Bolpur data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAC037: Census: Population: By Towns and Urban Agglomerations: West Bengal.

Census: Population: West Bengal: Siliguri: Female data was reported at 341,739.000 Person in 03-01-2011. This records an increase from the previous number of 221,729.000 Person for 03-01-2001. Census: Population: West Bengal: Siliguri: Female data is updated decadal, averaging 41,345.000 Person from Mar 1931 (Median) to 03-01-2011, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 341,739.000 Person in 03-01-2011 and a record low of 1,885.000 Person in 03-01-1931. Census: Population: West Bengal: Siliguri: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAC037: Census: Population: By Towns and Urban Agglomerations: West Bengal.

In 1800, the population of the area of modern-day Bangladesh was estimated to be just over 19 million, a figure which would rise steadily throughout the 19th century, reaching over 26 million by 1900. At the time, Bangladesh was the eastern part of the Bengal region in the British Raj, and had the most-concentrated Muslim population in the subcontinent's east. At the turn of the 20th century, the British colonial administration believed that east Bengal was economically lagging behind the west, and Bengal was partitioned in 1905 as a means of improving the region's development. East Bengal then became the only Muslim-majority state in the eastern Raj, which led to socioeconomic tensions between the Hindu upper classes and the general population. Bengal Famine During the Second World War, over 2.5 million men from across the British Raj enlisted in the British Army and their involvement was fundamental to the war effort. The war, however, had devastating consequences for the Bengal region, as the famine of 1943-1944 resulted in the deaths of up to three million people (with over two thirds thought to have been in the east) due to starvation and malnutrition-related disease. As the population boomed in the 1930s, East Bengal's mismanaged and underdeveloped agricultural sector could not sustain this growth; by 1942, food shortages spread across the region, millions began migrating in search of food and work, and colonial mismanagement exacerbated this further. On the brink of famine in early-1943, authorities in India called for aid and permission to redirect their own resources from the war effort to combat the famine, however these were mostly rejected by authorities in London. While the exact extent of each of these factors on causing the famine remains a topic of debate, the general consensus is that the British War Cabinet's refusal to send food or aid was the most decisive. Food shortages did not dissipate until late 1943, however famine deaths persisted for another year. Partition to independence Following the war, the movement for Indian independence reached its final stages as the process of British decolonization began. Unrest between the Raj's Muslim and Hindu populations led to the creation of two separate states in1947; the Muslim-majority regions became East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and West Pakistan (now Pakistan), separated by the Hindu-majority India. Although East Pakistan's population was larger, power lay with the military in the west, and authorities grew increasingly suppressive and neglectful of the eastern province in the following years. This reached a tipping point when authorities failed to respond adequately to the Bhola cyclone in 1970, which claimed over half a million lives in the Bengal region, and again when they failed to respect the results of the 1970 election, in which the Bengal party Awami League won the majority of seats. Bangladeshi independence was claimed the following March, leading to a brutal war between East and West Pakistan that claimed between 1.5 and three million deaths in just nine months. The war also saw over half of the country displaced, widespread atrocities, and the systematic rape of hundreds of thousands of women. As the war spilled over into India, their forces joined on the side of Bangladesh, and Pakistan was defeated two weeks later. An additional famine in 1974 claimed the lives of several hundred thousand people, meaning that the early 1970s was one of the most devastating periods in the country's history. Independent Bangladesh In the first decades of independence, Bangladesh's political hierarchy was particularly unstable and two of its presidents were assassinated in military coups. Since transitioning to parliamentary democracy in the 1990s, things have become comparatively stable, although political turmoil, violence, and corruption are persistent challenges. As Bangladesh continues to modernize and industrialize, living standards have increased and individual wealth has risen. Service industries have emerged to facilitate the demands of Bangladesh's developing economy, while manufacturing industries, particularly textiles, remain strong. Declining fertility rates have seen natural population growth fall in recent years, although the influx of Myanmar's Rohingya population due to the displacement crisis has seen upwards of one million refugees arrive in the country since 2017. In 2020, it is estimated that Bangladesh has a population of approximately 165 million people.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Post Graduate and Above: West Bengal: Female data was reported at 45.300 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 44.600 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Post Graduate and Above: West Bengal: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 45.000 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 47.200 % in 2019 and a record low of 35.700 % in 2018. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Post Graduate and Above: West Bengal: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA035: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Post Graduate and Above.

50,746 (Persons) in 2024.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Graduate: West Bengal: Urban data was reported at 59.700 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 57.200 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Graduate: West Bengal: Urban data is updated yearly, averaging 53.500 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 59.700 % in 2024 and a record low of 49.300 % in 2018. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Graduate: West Bengal: Urban data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA034: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Graduate.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Not Literate: West Bengal data was reported at 59.400 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 55.500 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Not Literate: West Bengal data is updated yearly, averaging 52.500 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 59.400 % in 2024 and a record low of 45.600 % in 2018. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Not Literate: West Bengal data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA027: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Not Literate.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Graduate: West Bengal: Female data was reported at 38.100 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 34.400 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Graduate: West Bengal: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 27.400 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 38.100 % in 2024 and a record low of 22.800 % in 2019. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Graduate: West Bengal: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA034: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Graduate.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Higher Secondary: West Bengal: Female data was reported at 21.500 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 20.000 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Higher Secondary: West Bengal: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 16.600 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.500 % in 2024 and a record low of 11.800 % in 2018. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Higher Secondary: West Bengal: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA032: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Higher Secondary.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Secondary and Above: West Bengal: Urban: Female data was reported at 27.200 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 23.900 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Secondary and Above: West Bengal: Urban: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 21.900 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27.200 % in 2024 and a record low of 16.300 % in 2018. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Secondary and Above: West Bengal: Urban: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA031: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Secondary and Above.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: West Bengal: Male data was reported at 80.500 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 79.000 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: West Bengal: Male data is updated yearly, averaging 77.700 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 80.500 % in 2024 and a record low of 75.300 % in 2018. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: West Bengal: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA026: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Secondary: West Bengal data was reported at 49.300 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 46.500 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Secondary: West Bengal data is updated yearly, averaging 41.000 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49.300 % in 2024 and a record low of 35.700 % in 2019. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Secondary: West Bengal data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA030: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Secondary.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Higher Secondary: West Bengal: Urban data was reported at 41.300 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 38.400 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Higher Secondary: West Bengal: Urban data is updated yearly, averaging 38.300 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41.300 % in 2024 and a record low of 33.200 % in 2018. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: Higher Secondary: West Bengal: Urban data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA032: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level: Higher Secondary.

Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: West Bengal: Rural: Female data was reported at 42.900 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 36.200 % for 2023. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: West Bengal: Rural: Female data is updated yearly, averaging 28.600 % from Jun 2018 (Median) to 2024, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42.900 % in 2024 and a record low of 19.500 % in 2018. Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: Education: West Bengal: Rural: Female data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Labour Market – Table IN.GBA026: Periodic Labour Force Survey: Annual: Worker Population Ratio: Usual Status: by State: Education Level.