Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1979

Bangladesh
1979
Total fertility rate: 6.42
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 6.42 children per woman in 1979 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (286 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.7 years old. In total, 3,918,405 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.42
Births
3,918,405
Births per 1,000 people
45.6
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.2
Population
85,935,072
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
10-1421.51.7%109,127
15-19215.416.8%928,217
20-24285.722.3%1,033,430
25-29273.321.3%794,263
30-34230.818.0%553,356
35-39162.512.7%337,915
40-4475.35.9%133,288
45-4918.41.4%27,575
50-541.00.1%1,233