Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 2006

Bangladesh
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.76
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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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 2.76 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (161 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.3 years old. In total, 3,697,001 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.76
Births
3,697,001
Births per 1,000 people
25.3
Mean age of mothers
25.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
26.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
146,405,974
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
10-1411.92.2%94,842
15-19124.422.5%964,793
20-24161.329.2%1,178,481
25-29122.722.2%792,493
30-3478.814.3%438,207
35-3939.57.2%177,633
40-4410.92.0%41,396
45-492.70.5%8,688
50-540.20.0%465