Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1998

Bangladesh
1998
Total fertility rate: 3.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +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 3.43 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (189 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.5 years old. In total, 3,912,452 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.43
Births
3,912,452
Births per 1,000 people
30.2
Mean age of mothers
25.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
28.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
129,622,332
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
10-1417.22.5%136,153
15-19154.122.5%1,117,143
20-24189.427.6%1,175,494
25-29151.222.0%789,299
30-34100.114.6%434,794
35-3950.77.4%190,373
40-4418.92.8%58,209
45-494.40.6%10,417
50-540.30.0%573