Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1954

Bangladesh
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.47
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +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 6.47 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (299 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 2,129,606 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.47
Births
2,129,606
Births per 1,000 people
47.6
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
44,741,296
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%64,910
15-19188.514.6%411,050
20-24299.323.1%565,010
25-29284.221.9%465,952
30-34248.019.2%348,378
35-39162.812.6%192,243
40-4469.15.3%68,340
45-4916.21.2%13,027
50-541.00.1%696