Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1956

Bangladesh
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.54
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +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 6.54 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (306 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 2,250,651 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.54
Births
2,250,651
Births per 1,000 people
48.0
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.95
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
46,854,417
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
10-1426.02.0%68,334
15-19193.214.8%439,999
20-24305.823.4%600,874
25-29285.221.8%486,844
30-34248.819.0%365,951
35-39162.912.5%202,090
40-4468.55.2%71,726
45-4916.61.3%14,093
50-541.00.1%741