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Line 1: [[Image:Bangladesh-demography.png\|thumb\|300px\|right\|Total population of Bangladesh, 1961-2003, in thousands. Source: [[FAO]]]] '''Lamar Williams''' (born [[January 14]], [[1949]], in [[Gulfport, Mississippi]], died [[January 21]], [[1983]]) was an [[United States\|American]] musician, most known as the [[bassist]] for [[The Allman Brothers Band]] and [[Sea Level (band)\|Sea Level]]. [[Bangladesh]] is [[Ethnic group\|ethnically]] homogeneous. Indeed its name derives from the [[Bengali]] ethnic and linguistic group which comprises 98% of the population. Bengalis, who are also present in large number in the [[West Bengal]] province of [[India]] are one of the most populous ethnic groups in the world. Variations in Bengali culture and language do exist of course. There are many dialects of Bengali spoken throughout the country. The dialect spoken by those in [[Sylhet]] is particularly distinctive. The most significant minorities are the [[Urdu]] speaking [[Biharis]] around [[Dhaka]], [[Rangpur]] and elsewhere and various tribal groups such as the [[Chakma]] concentrated in the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]]. The Biharis emigrated from the Indian province of [[Bihar]] during the 1947 [[partition of India]]. In the 1971 independence struggle they supported West Pakistan, and those that remained became [[Stranded Pakistanis\|refugees]]. [[Refugees International]] has called them a neglected and stateless people as they are denied citizenship and much of the 300,000 of them live in refugee camps, many being born there.<ref>[http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/7828/ Refugees of Nowhere: The Stateless Biharis of Bangladesh], Refugees International, 2006-02-15</ref> Influenced by players from [[James Jamerson]] to [[Stanley Clarke]], by the 1960s Williams was playing bass in a [[soul music]] band known as Sounds of Soul with [[Jai Johanny Johanson]], the future drummer Jaimoe with the Allman Brothers. In 1968 Williams was drafted into the [[United States Army]] and sent into the [[Vietnam War]]. Opposed to the war and to killing in general, Williams went [[AWOL]] frequently and wandered around the jungles of South Vietnam, occasionally returning to various units. He was given an honorable discharge in 1970. The [[religions]] practiced in the region have changed significantly through history. At various times in the distance past, [[Buddhism]] and [[Hinduism]] were each the dominant religions. The [[Partition of India\|1947 partition]] of Bengal along religious lines augmented the existing [[Sunni]] [[Muslim]] majority in the region. The most recent estimate of religious makeup from the 2001 census reported that the population was 89.58% Muslim, 9.34% Hindu, 0.62% Buddhist, 0.31% Christian and 0.15% Animist. [http://www.bbs.gov.bd/dataindex/census/bang_atg.pdf] .<ref name="bbs">[http://www.bbs.gov.bd/ Bangladesh Burueau of Statistics]</ref><ref name="cia_error">The CIA World Factbook's figures are apparently in error because they are incoherent. The 1990-1996 and 2001-2007 editions report 83% Muslim and 16% Hindu, but the 1997-2000 editions (as well as the 2005 Background Note from the US State Department) give Muslim 88.3%, Hindu 10.5%.</ref> About [[Demographics of Islam\|5%]] of the Muslims (and most of the Biharis) are [[Shia]]. After jamming with a Biloxi group known as the Fungus Blues Band, Williams joined the Allman Brothers in late 1972 after the death of original bassist [[Berry Oakley]], and played in the band at the peak of their commercial success. Williams' style was more traditional than Oakley's lead guitar-like approach, and freed the band's drummers to be more adventurous. After the Allmans dissolved in 1976, Williams founded Sea Level with [[Jaimoe]] and [[Chuck Leavell]] of the Allmans. In Sea Level he played in a looser, more jazz-like fashion. Williams left Sea Level in 1980, shortly before that band broke up. As in neighboring India, more than half of the population lives in [[agrarian]] rural villages. But urbanization is proceeding rapidly and the capitol [[Dhaka]] is one of the fastest growing and largest cities in the world. Other major urban centers include [[Chittagong]] and [[Khulna]]. ~~Williams married Marian Belina in [[1974]] and they had two children.~~ <ref>{{cite web ~~Williams was found to have [[lung cancer]] in 1981, caused (his doctors believed) by exposure to [[Agent Orange]] during his Vietnam adventures. He died less than two years later.~~ \| url = http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&srt=npan&col=aohdq&geo=-29 \| publisher = World Gazetteer \| title = Bangladesh: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population \| accessdate = 2006-07-28 }}</ref> The least densely populated areas are in the [[Sundarbans]] jungle and the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Bangladesh had one of the highest rates of population growth in the world in the 1960's and 1970's. Since then however it has seen a marked reduction in its total [[fertility rate]], from 6.2 thirty years ago to 3.2 (2003 UNDP figures). ~~==External links==~~ [http://www.allmanbrothersband.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=userpage&file=content&page_id=23 1980 Guitar Player interview by Jim Schwartz] [http://www.allmanbrothersband.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-Comments&file=index&sid=69&tid=902&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 LAMAR WILLIAMS - OUT OF THE SHADOWS by John Lynskey ] ==Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook== [[Image:Bangladesh population pyramid 2005.png\|thumb\|300px\|[[Population pyramid]] of Bangladesh]] ===Population=== :150,448,339 (July 2007 est.) :124,355,263 (2001 Census) ~~[[Category:1949 births\|Williams, Lamar]]~~ ~~[[Category:1983 deaths\|Williams, Lamar]]~~ ===Age structure=== ~~[[Category:American bassists\|Williams, Lamar]]~~ :0-14 years: 32.9% (male 24,957,997/female 23,533,894) ~~[[Category:Vietnam War veterans\|Williams, Lamar]]~~ :15-64 years: 63.6% (male 47,862,774/female 45,917,674) ~~[[Category:People from Mississippi\|Williams, Lamar]]~~ :65 years and over: 3.5% (male 2,731,578/female 2,361,435) (2006 est.) ~~[[Category:Entertainers who died in their 40s\|Williams, Lamar]]~~ ~~[[Category:Lung cancer deaths\|Williams, Lamar]]~~ ===Median age=== ~~[[Category:American musicians\|Williams, Lamar]]~~ :Total: 22.2 years ~~[[Category:American rock bassists\|Williams, Lamar]]~~ :Male: 22.2 years ~~[[Category:Mississippi musicians\|Williams, Lamar]]~~ :Female: 22.2 years (2006 est.) ~~[[Category:Allman Brothers\|Williams, Lamar]]~~ ===Population growth rate=== :3.09% (2006 est.) ===Birth rate=== :29.8 births/1,000 population (2006 est.) ===Death rate=== :8.27 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.) ===Net migration rate=== :-0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.) ===Sex ratio=== :At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female :Under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female :15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female :65 years and over: 1.16 male(s)/female :Total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2006 est.) ===Infant mortality rate=== :Total: 60.83 deaths/1,000 live births :Male: 61.87 deaths/1,000 live births :Female: 59.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.) ===Life expectancy at birth=== :Total population: 62.46 years :Male: 62.47 years :Female: 62.45 years (2006 est.) ===Total fertility rate=== :3.11 children born/woman (2006 est.) ===HIV/AIDS=== :Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.) :People living with HIV/AIDS: 13,000 (2001 est.) :Deaths: 650 (2001 est.) ===Major infectious diseases=== :Degree of risk: high :Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever :Vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations :Water contact disease: leptospirosis :Animal contact disease: rabies (2005) ===Nationality=== :Noun: Bangladeshi(s) :Adjective: Bangladeshi ===Ethnic groups=== :Bengali 98%, tribal groups, non-Bengali Muslims (1998) ===Religions=== :Muslim - 89.58%, Hindu - 9.34%, Boudhists - 0.62%, Christian - 0.31% and Animists - 0.15% (2001 Census) [http://www.bbs.gov.bd/dataindex/census/bang_atg.pdf] :Muslim - 88.31%, Hindu 10.52%, Boudhists - 0.58%, Christian - 0.33% and Animist - 0.26% (1991 census) :Muslim - 86.65%, Hindu - 12.13%, Boudhists - 0.62%, Christian - 0.31%, Animist - 0.29% (1981 Census) ===Languages=== :Bangla (official, also known as Bengali) ===Literacy=== :Definition: age 15 and over can read and write :Total population: 43.1% :Male: 53.9% :Female: 31.8% (2003 est.) ==Other demographic data== Naturally there is some degree of uncertainty about the population, especially in a developing country such as Bangladesh with a high level of illiteracy and rural population. Thus the margin of error is such that in 2005 it was unknown which of Bangladesh and [[Russia]] has the larger population. For example the UN's ESA ranked Russia 7th and Bangladesh 8th, whereas the CIA World Factbook ranked Bangladesh 7th and Russia 8th. At any rate, the population of Russia is in decline while that of Bangladesh is growing. Most rankings in 2007 now show Bangladesh to be larger. The following table lists various recent estimates of the population. {\|class="wikitable" \|- \| Source \| align="center" \| Year \| align="center" \| Population (millions) \|- \| National Census<ref name="bbs"/> \| align="center" \| 1991 \| align="center" \| 112 \|- \| National Census<ref name="bbs"/> \| align="center" \| 2001 \| align="center" \| 129 \|- \| UN Population Fund<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.unfpa.org/profile/bangladesh.cfm \| publisher = [[United Nations Population Fund]] \| title = Indicators: Bangladesh \| accessdate = 2006-07-28}}</ref> \| align="center" \| 2003 \| align="center" \| 150 \|- \| UN Dept Economic and Social Affairs<ref>Medium fertility variant, {{cite web \| url = http://esa.un.org/unpp/ \| title = World Population Prospects: 2004 Revision \| publisher = UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs}}</ref> \| align="center" \| 2005 \| align="center" \| 142 \|- \| US State Dept<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3452.htm \| publisher = [[U.S. Department of State]] \| title = Background Note: Bangladesh \| date = 2005-08}}</ref> \| align="center" \| 2005 \| align="center" \| 144 \|- \| Population Reference Bureau<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.prb.org/TemplateTop.cfm?Section=PRB_Country_Profiles&template=/customsource/countryprofile/countryprofiledisplay.cfm&Country=395 \| publisher = Population Reference Bureau \| title = Country Profiles: Bangladesh \| accessdate = 2006-07-28}}</ref> \| align="center" \| 2005 \| align="center" \| 144 \|- \| CIA World FactBook<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact2006/geos/bg.html#People \| publisher = CIA \| title = CIA World Factbook 2006 }}</ref> \| align="center" \| 2006 \| align="center" \| 147 \|- \| UN Population Fund<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/english/notes/indicators/e_indicator2.pdf \| publisher = United Nations Population Fund \| title = State of World Population 2006 }}</ref> \| align="center" \| 2006 \| align="center" \| 144 \|- \| CIA World FactBook<ref>{{cite web \| url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html#People \| publisher = CIA \| title = CIA World Factbook 2007 }}</ref> \| align="center" \| 2007 \| align="center" \| 150 \|- \| UN<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/wpp2006_highlights.pdf \| publisher = UN \| title = World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision}}</ref> \| align="center" \| 2007 \| align="center" \| 159 \|} ==References== {{CIA WFB 2006}} {{StateDept}} <!-- ---------------------------------------------------------- See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Footnotes for a discussion of different citation methods and how to generate footnotes using the <ref>, </ref> and <reference /> tags ----------------------------------------------------------- --> <div class="references-small"> <references /> </div> {{Asia in topic\|Demographics of}} {{Asia topic\|Ethnic groups in}} [[Category:Demographics by country\|Bangladesh]] [[Category:Bangladeshi society]] [[fr:Démographie du Bangladesh]]

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