Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1953

Bangladesh
1953
Total fertility rate: 6.42
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 6.42 children per woman in 1953 — 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 27.8 years old. In total, 2,067,396 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.42
Births
2,067,396
Births per 1,000 people
47.2
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
43,791,391
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%63,427
15-19185.914.5%396,803
20-24295.223.0%546,927
25-29282.822.0%454,816
30-34246.919.2%338,690
35-39162.212.6%187,237
40-4469.15.4%66,245
45-4915.91.2%12,578
50-541.00.1%674