Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 2003

Bangladesh
2003
Total fertility rate: 3.03
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 3.03 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (174 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.3 years old. In total, 3,911,233 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.03
Births
3,911,233
Births per 1,000 people
27.7
Mean age of mothers
25.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
27.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.34
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
140,970,351
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
10-1414.72.4%116,883
15-19139.923.0%1,073,064
20-24174.128.6%1,234,116
25-29132.121.7%808,131
30-3487.014.3%440,590
35-3943.27.1%179,404
40-4413.92.3%49,699
45-493.00.5%8,879
50-540.20.0%466