Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1957

Bangladesh
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +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 6.58 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (309 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 2,316,244 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.58
Births
2,316,244
Births per 1,000 people
48.3
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
48,004,669
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
10-1426.12.0%70,121
15-19195.414.9%454,857
20-24308.823.5%619,945
25-29287.821.9%501,213
30-34248.918.9%374,301
35-39162.812.4%207,166
40-4468.15.2%73,178
45-4916.81.3%14,706
50-541.00.1%760