Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1978

Bangladesh
1978
Total fertility rate: 6.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 6.51 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (291 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.8 years old. In total, 3,851,271 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.51
Births
3,851,271
Births per 1,000 people
45.9
Mean age of mothers
27.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
83,889,655
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
10-1421.71.7%108,417
15-19211.316.2%893,826
20-24291.422.4%1,017,709
25-29279.021.4%771,581
30-34234.818.0%558,246
35-39166.012.8%338,304
40-4477.25.9%134,176
45-4918.81.4%27,753
50-541.00.1%1,259