Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Bangladesh

Total fertility rate in Bangladesh in 2024 — 2.14 births. Ranked 95 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 68.3%.

2024 2.14 births −1.16% vs 2023
World rank 95of 217
Period maximum 6.84 births1970
Period minimum 2.14 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Bangladesh, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.74 births1962: 6.81 births1964: 6.79 births1966: 6.77 births1968: 6.79 births1970: 6.84 births1972: 6.82 births1974: 6.78 births1976: 6.66 births1978: 6.51 births1980: 6.33 births1982: 6.12 births1984: 5.73 births1986: 5.3 births1988: 4.85 births1990: 4.51 births1992: 4.03 births1994: 3.74 births1996: 3.51 births1998: 3.43 births2000: 3.28 births2002: 3.13 births2004: 2.94 births2006: 2.76 births2008: 2.58 births2010: 2.38 births2012: 2.26 births2014: 2.23 births2016: 2.23 births2018: 2.19 births2020: 2.18 births2022: 2.18 births2024: 2.14 births
Change over the period: −4.6 (−68.29%) Average annual rate: -1.78 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bangladesh

Bangladesh 2.14 births
World 2.19 births
South Asia 1.98 births
Southern Asia computed 2.21 births
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.55 births
Total fertility rate — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.14 −0.02 −1.16%
2023 2.16 −0.02 −0.73%
2022 2.18 +0.01 +0.28%
2021 2.17 −0 −0.09%
2020 2.18 −0.01 −0.23%
2019 2.18 −0.01 −0.59%
2018 2.19 −0.01 −0.54%
2017 2.21 −0.02 −0.99%
2016 2.23 +0 +0%
2015 2.23 −0 −0.04%
2014 2.23 −0.02 −0.85%
2013 2.25 −0.02 −0.71%
2012 2.26 −0.05 −1.99%
2011 2.31 −0.07 −2.98%
2010 2.38 −0.1 −4.19%
2009 2.48 −0.09 −3.61%
2008 2.58 −0.09 −3.34%
2007 2.67 −0.09 −3.23%
2006 2.76 −0.09 −3.2%
2005 2.85 −0.09 −3.2%
2004 2.94 −0.09 −2.94%
2003 3.03 −0.1 −3.1%
2002 3.13 −0.08 −2.4%
2001 3.2 −0.08 −2.32%
2000 3.28 −0.08 −2.32%
1999 3.36 −0.07 −2.04%
1998 3.43 −0.07 −2.14%
1997 3.5 −0 −0.09%
1996 3.51 −0.08 −2.31%
1995 3.59 −0.15 −3.99%
1994 3.74 −0.09 −2.48%
1993 3.83 −0.2 −4.84%
1992 4.03 −0.23 −5.49%
1991 4.26 −0.25 −5.44%
1990 4.51 −0.19 −4.03%
1989 4.7 −0.15 −3.18%
1988 4.85 −0.23 −4.45%
1987 5.08 −0.23 −4.28%
1986 5.3 −0.24 −4.28%
1985 5.54 −0.19 −3.37%
1984 5.73 −0.17 −2.95%
1983 5.91 −0.21 −3.47%
1982 6.12 −0.12 −1.91%
1981 6.24 −0.09 −1.41%
1980 6.33 −0.1 −1.48%
1979 6.42 −0.09 −1.35%
1978 6.51 −0.07 −1.12%
1977 6.58 −0.08 −1.16%
1976 6.66 −0.07 −1.01%
1975 6.73 −0.05 −0.74%
1974 6.78 −0.02 −0.32%
1973 6.8 −0.02 −0.23%
1972 6.82 −0.02 −0.22%
1971 6.83 −0.01 −0.12%
1970 6.84 +0.03 +0.48%
1969 6.81 +0.01 +0.22%
1968 6.79 +0 +0.01%
1967 6.79 +0.02 +0.35%
1966 6.77 −0 −0.07%
1965 6.77 −0.01 −0.21%
1964 6.79 −0.01 −0.19%
1963 6.8 −0.01 −0.12%
1962 6.81 +0.03 +0.38%
1961 6.78 +0.04 +0.56%
1960 6.74

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.