Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1987

Bangladesh
1987
Total fertility rate: 5.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 5.08 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (252 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.9 years old. In total, 4,013,410 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.08
Births
4,013,410
Births per 1,000 people
38.2
Mean age of mothers
26.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
25.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
104,959,291
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
10-1421.02.1%136,771
15-19192.719.0%1,003,656
20-24252.124.9%1,109,632
25-29213.121.0%833,672
30-34160.615.8%520,484
35-39111.111.0%277,138
40-4448.94.8%105,811
45-4913.81.4%25,012
50-540.80.1%1,231