Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 2002

Bangladesh
2002
Total fertility rate: 3.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 3.13 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (179 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.3 years old. In total, 3,963,262 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.13
Births
3,963,262
Births per 1,000 people
28.5
Mean age of mothers
25.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
27.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
138,933,658
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
10-1415.32.4%121,006
15-19142.022.6%1,086,546
20-24178.828.5%1,245,620
25-29137.121.9%823,041
30-3490.514.4%442,203
35-3945.17.2%182,831
40-4415.12.4%52,561
45-493.20.5%8,980
50-540.20.0%475