Fertility in Bangladesh, 2026

Bangladesh
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.09
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Bangladesh is projected at 2.09 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (130 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 26.2 years old. In total, 3,407,860 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.09
Births
3,407,860
Births per 1,000 people
19.2
Mean age of mothers
26.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.99
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
177,818,044
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
10-141.00.2%7,671
15-1966.015.7%535,034
20-24130.331.0%1,121,806
25-29112.926.9%946,177
30-3472.217.2%553,398
35-3928.56.8%186,425
40-448.01.9%51,654
45-491.20.3%5,489
50-540.10.0%207