Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1972

Bangladesh
1972
Total fertility rate: 6.82
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1972  +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 6.82 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (321 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 3,454,350 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.82
Births
3,454,350
Births per 1,000 people
48.2
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
71,641,519
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
10-1425.41.9%109,504
15-19221.716.3%774,133
20-24320.823.6%891,461
25-29290.621.3%721,773
30-34242.817.8%516,639
35-39166.112.2%300,568
40-4474.45.5%114,894
45-4918.51.4%24,204
50-541.10.1%1,176