Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1976

Bangladesh
1976
Total fertility rate: 6.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 6.66 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (304 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 3,739,734 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.66
Births
3,739,734
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.0
Population
79,855,318
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
10-1422.81.7%110,196
15-19222.116.7%893,951
20-24304.222.9%982,030
25-29282.221.2%727,969
30-34236.017.7%542,323
35-39165.912.5%325,481
40-4477.35.8%129,309
45-4919.11.4%27,233
50-541.00.1%1,241