Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1989

Bangladesh
1989
Total fertility rate: 4.70
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1989  +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 4.70 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (238 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 26.6 years old. In total, 3,963,797 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.70
Births
3,963,797
Births per 1,000 people
36.2
Mean age of mothers
26.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
25.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.1
Population
109,433,799
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
10-1420.12.1%136,031
15-19184.519.7%1,027,387
20-24237.925.4%1,096,503
25-29199.121.2%817,442
30-34144.815.4%504,571
35-3996.210.3%263,273
40-4442.34.5%94,537
45-4912.01.3%22,912
50-540.70.1%1,140