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If 2026 rates held for a lifetime, a woman in Bangladesh would have about 2.09 children, below the 2.1 needed to sustain the population. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.08 children per woman. About 3.4 million babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 19.2 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.99, just under the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children at a mean age of 26.2 years. Mothers aged 15-19 account for 16% of births. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.72 children per woman.
Fertility rate
2.09 children/woman
Birth rate
19.2 per 1,000 people
Total births
3.4M
Mean age at birth
26.2 years
Bangladesh's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 6.8 children per woman in 1970 to 2.09 today, below the 2.1 replacement level. Teen pregnancy remains notable, with 16% of births to mothers aged 15-19.