Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1968

Bangladesh
1968
Total fertility rate: 6.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1968  +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 6.79 children per woman in 1968 — 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 27.7 years old. In total, 3,096,247 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.79
Births
3,096,247
Births per 1,000 people
47.3
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
65,408,276
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
10-1424.81.8%92,219
15-19201.214.8%595,631
20-24326.524.1%850,862
25-29296.221.9%671,030
30-34249.518.4%484,053
35-39169.212.5%281,024
40-4470.65.2%100,441
45-4916.71.2%19,986
50-541.00.1%1,002