Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1966

Bangladesh
1966
Total fertility rate: 6.77
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 6.77 children per woman in 1966 — 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 27.6 years old. In total, 2,940,984 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.77
Births
2,940,984
Births per 1,000 people
47.7
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
61,669,806
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
10-1425.11.9%86,076
15-19201.814.9%561,607
20-24326.024.1%816,039
25-29299.322.1%644,307
30-34248.718.4%457,920
35-39165.712.3%262,305
40-4468.55.1%92,818
45-4916.71.2%18,936
50-541.00.1%980