Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1965

Bangladesh
1965
Total fertility rate: 6.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1965  +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 6.77 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (327 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 2,873,709 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.77
Births
2,873,709
Births per 1,000 people
48.0
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
59,902,519
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
10-1425.31.9%83,453
15-19203.115.0%553,030
20-24326.524.1%795,764
25-29301.722.3%632,040
30-34248.918.4%446,794
35-39164.412.1%253,904
40-4467.75.0%89,290
45-4916.81.2%18,463
50-541.10.1%968