Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1988

Bangladesh
1988
Total fertility rate: 4.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 4.85 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (243 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.8 years old. In total, 3,960,972 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.85
Births
3,960,972
Births per 1,000 people
36.9
Mean age of mothers
26.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
25.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.87
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.3
Population
107,216,008
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
10-1420.82.1%138,164
15-19186.319.2%1,003,806
20-24242.925.1%1,093,046
25-29205.021.2%822,635
30-34151.315.6%509,286
35-39103.310.7%268,855
40-4445.44.7%100,037
45-4912.91.3%23,944
50-540.80.1%1,198