Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Bangladesh, 2011

Bangladesh
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh was 2.31 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.0 years old. In total, 3,242,917 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.31
Births
3,242,917
Births per 1,000 people
21.1
Mean age of mothers
25.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
25.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
153,591,076
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
10-147.21.6%61,956
15-19105.422.8%821,916
20-24142.530.8%1,053,032
25-29108.423.5%745,132
30-3461.613.3%375,691
35-3927.45.9%144,872
40-447.51.6%32,304
45-492.10.5%7,628
50-540.10.0%381