Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1952

Bangladesh
1952
Total fertility rate: 6.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 6.41 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (295 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 2,014,888 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.41
Births
2,014,888
Births per 1,000 people
47.0
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.79
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
42,893,011
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-1425.92.0%62,088
15-19184.114.4%384,369
20-24294.623.0%534,622
25-29282.422.0%444,380
30-34246.619.2%329,553
35-39162.212.7%182,795
40-4469.35.4%64,184
45-4915.71.2%12,242
50-541.00.1%652