Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1994

Bangladesh
1994
Total fertility rate: 3.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 3.74 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (199 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.8 years old. In total, 3,740,761 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.74
Births
3,740,761
Births per 1,000 people
31.1
Mean age of mothers
25.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
28.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
120,343,179
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
10-1418.42.5%140,188
15-19163.321.8%1,049,422
20-24199.526.7%1,082,637
25-29162.021.7%739,380
30-34110.914.8%443,122
35-3962.08.3%207,160
40-4424.03.2%62,873
45-497.10.9%15,105
50-540.50.1%873