Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1969

Bangladesh
1969
Total fertility rate: 6.81
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1969  +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 6.81 children per woman in 1969 — 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 27.7 years old. In total, 3,184,509 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.81
Births
3,184,509
Births per 1,000 people
47.3
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.30
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
67,294,133
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%95,914
15-19206.315.2%638,637
20-24325.824.0%856,351
25-29295.021.7%685,260
30-34248.618.3%494,695
35-39168.812.4%287,009
40-4471.95.3%104,740
45-4917.01.2%20,871
50-541.00.1%1,028