Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 1999

Bangladesh
1999
Total fertility rate: 3.36
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 3.36 children per woman in 1999 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (186 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.5 years old. In total, 3,945,412 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.36
Births
3,945,412
Births per 1,000 people
29.9
Mean age of mothers
25.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
28.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
132,108,064
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
10-1416.12.4%128,170
15-19152.022.6%1,126,519
20-24185.827.6%1,188,271
25-29147.922.0%803,185
30-3498.614.7%439,246
35-3950.07.4%191,801
40-4418.22.7%58,104
45-493.90.6%9,643
50-540.20.0%473