Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1971

Bangladesh
1971
Total fertility rate: 6.83
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1971  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 6.83 children per woman in 1971 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (325 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 3,345,133 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.83
Births
3,345,133
Births per 1,000 people
47.6
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
70,276,758
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
10-1425.41.9%105,563
15-19216.715.9%725,132
20-24324.523.8%872,721
25-29292.121.4%704,807
30-34245.718.0%507,716
35-39166.912.2%293,822
40-4473.85.4%111,292
45-4917.91.3%22,955
50-541.10.1%1,125