Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1973

Bangladesh
1973
Total fertility rate: 6.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 6.80 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (317 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.5 years old. In total, 3,528,818 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.80
Births
3,528,818
Births per 1,000 people
47.9
Mean age of mothers
27.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.32
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
73,722,294
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%112,401
15-19226.416.7%819,286
20-24317.323.4%905,615
25-29289.221.3%722,591
30-34240.117.7%519,242
35-39165.312.2%305,053
40-4475.05.5%118,111
45-4918.91.4%25,304
50-541.10.1%1,214