Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1982

Bangladesh
1982
Total fertility rate: 6.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1982  +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 6.12 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (280 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.6 years old. In total, 4,079,896 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.12
Births
4,079,896
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
27.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
23.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
92,814,507
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
10-1420.41.7%112,547
15-19207.216.9%938,139
20-24279.822.9%1,107,799
25-29261.321.4%867,355
30-34216.017.7%557,207
35-39153.012.5%340,967
40-4467.55.5%127,075
45-4917.41.4%27,551
50-540.90.1%1,257