MDG Report 2012 - United Nations in Bangladesh

ased on the inputs from UNSD, shows the proportion of population using improvedsanitation facility in Bangladesh during the 1990-2010 period.Table 8.5: Percentage of Population Using an Improved Sanitation Facility, 1990-2010Year Total Urban Rural1990 39 58 341991 39 58 341992 39 58 341993 40 58 351994 41 58 361995 42 58 371996 42 58 381997 44 58 401998 45 58 411999 46 58 422000 47 58 432001 47 57 442002 48 57 452003 49 57 472004 50 57 482005 51 57 492006 52 57 502007 53 57 512008 53 57 522009 54 57 532010 56 57 55Source: mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Target 7.D: By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100million slum dwellersIndicator 7.10: Proportion of urban population living in slumsAccording to the 2011 Population Census, 31.5 million people (23.3 percent of thepopulation) live in urban areas. 11 The vast majority lives in six city corporations andapproximately 300 municipalities. 12 The urban population is increasing at the rate of 3-6percent per annum and is expected to reach 50 million in 2050.The population density in slums is far greater than the average population density ofBangladesh. Steady rural to urban migration is likely to exacerbate the pressure on expansionof basic services in urban areas that are already overstretched and inadequate to meet theminimum needs of safe drinking water, sanitation, sewerage and waste disposal facilities.Table 8.6 shows the proportion of urban population living in slums based on UNSD data.11 There has been definitional changes of what constitute urban areas in 2011 Population Census as compared tothat in 2001 Census, which explains why the percentage of population living in urban area has remained more orless the same (around 23 percent) over the inter-censal period. Also, 2011 Population Census did not estimatethe proportion of urban population residing in slums.12Slums of Urban Bangladesh: Mapping and Census, 2005.89