Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1962

Bangladesh
1962
Total fertility rate: 6.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 6.81 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (326 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 2,694,801 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.81
Births
2,694,801
Births per 1,000 people
49.1
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
54,881,146
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
10-1426.31.9%76,632
15-19206.515.2%540,885
20-24325.623.9%733,608
25-29305.922.5%592,610
30-34251.618.5%420,703
35-39161.611.9%232,431
40-4465.34.8%79,490
45-4917.21.3%17,515
50-541.10.1%929