Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Bangladesh

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Bangladesh chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Bahamas was 1.37 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.16 in Bangladesh in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Bahamas vs Bangladesh population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahamas	Bangladesh
1960	5.09	6.74
1961	5.16	6.78
1962	5.13	6.81
1963	5.06	6.8
1964	4.97	6.79
1965	4.88	6.77
1966	4.79	6.77
1967	4.69	6.79
1968	4.56	6.79
1969	4.38	6.81
1970	4.21	6.84
1971	4.06	6.83
1972	3.89	6.82
1973	3.73	6.8
1974	3.57	6.78
1975	3.42	6.73
1976	3.3	6.66
1977	3.17	6.58
1978	3.05	6.51
1979	2.94	6.42
1980	2.84	6.33
1981	2.77	6.24
1982	2.71	6.12
1983	2.65	5.91
1984	2.59	5.73
1985	2.55	5.54
1986	2.53	5.3
1987	2.52	5.08
1988	2.52	4.85
1989	2.52	4.7
1990	2.52	4.51
1991	2.51	4.26
1992	2.71	4.03
1993	2.61	3.83
1994	2.47	3.74
1995	2.42	3.59
1996	2.35	3.51
1997	2.29	3.5
1998	2.23	3.43
1999	2.13	3.36
2000	2.06	3.28
2001	2.02	3.2
2002	1.98	3.13
2003	1.97	3.03
2004	1.98	2.94
2005	2.01	2.85
2006	2.02	2.76
2007	2.04	2.67
2008	2	2.58
2009	2.01	2.48
2010	1.84	2.38
2011	1.79	2.31
2012	1.76	2.26
2013	1.74	2.25
2014	1.69	2.23
2015	1.57	2.23
2016	1.5	2.23
2017	1.42	2.21
2018	1.4	2.19
2019	1.4	2.18
2020	1.39	2.17
2021	1.38	2.17
2022	1.38	2.18
2023	1.37	2.16
2024	1.37	2.14
2025	1.36	2.11
2026	1.36	2.09
2027	1.35	2.07
2028	1.35	2.05
2029	1.35	2.03
2030	1.35	2.01
2031	1.36	2
2032	1.36	1.98
2033	1.36	1.96
2034	1.37	1.95
2035	1.37	1.93
2036	1.37	1.92
2037	1.38	1.91
2038	1.38	1.9
2039	1.38	1.88
2040	1.39	1.87
2041	1.39	1.86
2042	1.39	1.86
2043	1.39	1.85
2044	1.4	1.84
2045	1.4	1.83
2046	1.4	1.83
2047	1.4	1.82
2048	1.41	1.82
2049	1.41	1.81
2050	1.41	1.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Bangladesh
1960	41.1%	42.1%
1961	41%	42.3%
1962	40.9%	42.5%
1963	40.8%	42.8%
1964	40.7%	43.2%
1965	40.7%	43.5%
1966	40.6%	43.7%
1967	40.6%	43.9%
1968	40.4%	44.1%
1969	40.3%	44.3%
1970	40.1%	44.4%
1971	40%	44.5%
1972	39.9%	44.7%
1973	39.7%	44.8%
1974	39.4%	44.9%
1975	39%	44.9%
1976	38.4%	44.9%
1977	37.8%	44.8%
1978	37%	44.8%
1979	36.1%	44.8%
1980	35.3%	44.8%
1981	34.4%	44.8%
1982	33.6%	44.8%
1983	32.8%	44.7%
1984	32%	44.6%
1985	31.2%	44.5%
1986	30.6%	44.2%
1987	30%	43.9%
1988	29.5%	43.5%
1989	29.2%	43.1%
1990	28.9%	42.7%
1991	28.7%	42.3%
1992	28.6%	41.8%
1993	28.6%	41.3%
1994	28.6%	40.8%
1995	28.5%	40.2%
1996	28.5%	39.6%
1997	28.4%	39%
1998	28.2%	38.4%
1999	28.1%	37.8%
2000	27.8%	37.3%
2001	27.5%	36.9%
2002	27.2%	36.6%
2003	26.8%	36.4%
2004	26.3%	36.1%
2005	25.9%	35.7%
2006	25.4%	35.4%
2007	24.9%	35.1%
2008	24.3%	34.8%
2009	23.8%	34.4%
2010	23.3%	34.1%
2011	22.8%	33.6%
2012	22.4%	33%
2013	22%	32.4%
2014	21.6%	31.8%
2015	21.3%	31.2%
2016	20.9%	30.6%
2017	20.6%	30.1%
2018	20.2%	29.7%
2019	19.8%	29.5%
2020	19.5%	29.3%
2021	19.1%	29.1%
2022	18.8%	28.8%
2023	18.3%	28.4%
2024	17.9%	28%
2025	17.5%	27.6%
2026	17.2%	27.3%
2027	16.9%	27%
2028	16.7%	26.8%
2029	16.4%	26.5%
2030	16.2%	26.3%
2031	16%	26%
2032	15.9%	25.8%
2033	15.8%	25.5%
2034	15.7%	25.2%
2035	15.6%	24.8%
2036	15.5%	24.5%
2037	15.4%	24%
2038	15.3%	23.6%
2039	15.3%	23.2%
2040	15.2%	22.7%
2041	15.1%	22.3%
2042	15%	21.9%
2043	14.9%	21.5%
2044	14.9%	21.2%
2045	14.8%	20.8%
2046	14.7%	20.5%
2047	14.7%	20.2%
2048	14.6%	19.9%
2049	14.5%	19.6%
2050	14.4%	19.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 28% in Bangladesh in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 42.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Bangladesh compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Bangladesh by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas and +1.47% in Bangladesh. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bahamas	Bangladesh
1960	3,351	1,418,810
1961	3,577	1,504,524
1962	3,748	1,584,035
1963	3,901	1,612,749
1964	4,037	1,686,591
1965	4,193	1,688,652
1966	4,339	1,794,530
1967	4,502	1,860,743
1968	4,622	1,918,686
1969	4,688	1,985,984
1970	4,726	1,742,287
1971	4,690	542,747
1972	4,583	2,231,204
1973	4,467	2,276,471
1974	4,352	2,312,418
1975	4,249	2,385,302
1976	4,167	2,431,754
1977	4,069	2,475,502
1978	3,987	2,514,509
1979	3,899	2,570,404
1980	3,845	2,615,497
1981	3,851	2,658,613
1982	3,863	2,705,822
1983	3,888	2,694,172
1984	3,892	2,713,094
1985	3,918	2,698,231
1986	3,998	2,685,152
1987	4,090	2,661,768
1988	4,198	2,614,570
1989	4,323	2,623,347
1990	4,432	2,587,558
1991	4,498	2,354,255
1992	5,064	2,453,664
1993	4,877	2,425,139
1994	4,558	2,475,098
1995	4,434	2,477,509
1996	4,265	2,531,581
1997	4,107	2,667,979
1998	3,949	2,740,993
1999	3,688	2,803,597
2000	3,487	2,867,543
2001	3,377	2,905,755
2002	3,249	2,907,604
2003	3,181	2,881,857
2004	3,165	2,849,626
2005	3,220	2,783,029
2006	3,205	2,725,786
2007	3,243	2,666,175
2008	3,134	2,595,770
2009	3,163	2,511,746
2010	2,662	2,408,597
2011	2,558	2,332,126
2012	2,485	2,304,652
2013	2,432	2,312,293
2014	2,259	2,305,499
2015	1,840	2,329,544
2016	1,569	2,356,056
2017	1,289	2,348,293
2018	1,173	2,391,853
2019	740	2,433,952
2020	631	2,355,279
2021	-93	2,363,487
2022	947	2,633,258
2023	854	2,630,818

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Bangladesh

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 76 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Bahamas, compared to 115 deaths in Bangladesh.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Bangladesh
1985	70	926
1986	68	891
1987	66	884
1988	66	881
1989	65	877
1990	65	870
1991	67	890
1992	67	827
1993	66	791
1994	64	749
1995	63	707
1996	62	664
1997	59	626
1998	57	589
1999	54	554
2000	51	523
2001	48	495
2002	46	465
2003	57	436
2004	69	406
2005	70	378
2006	74	352
2007	78	334
2008	80	310
2009	84	293
2010	79	275
2011	74	258
2012	71	244
2013	74	230
2014	78	217
2015	83	204
2016	77	191
2017	79	179
2018	82	168
2019	82	157
2020	84	152
2021	174	194
2022	80	131
2023	76	115

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas and 3.06% in Bangladesh. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bahamas	Bangladesh
1960	-	26.2%
1961	-	25.5%
1962	-	24.9%
1963	-	24.3%
1964	-	23.8%
1965	-	23.3%
1966	-	23%
1967	-	22.8%
1968	2.94%	22.7%
1969	2.99%	22.7%
1970	3.03%	27.1%
1971	3.07%	36.7%
1972	3.1%	22.8%
1973	3.13%	22.8%
1974	3.14%	22.7%
1975	3.13%	22.5%
1976	3.1%	22.3%
1977	3.07%	21.9%
1978	3.03%	21.5%
1979	2.99%	21.1%
1980	2.95%	20.6%
1981	2.91%	20.1%
1982	2.88%	19.6%
1983	2.84%	19%
1984	2.81%	18.4%
1985	2.78%	17.8%
1986	2.73%	17.2%
1987	2.65%	16.5%
1988	2.55%	15.9%
1989	2.45%	15.2%
1990	2.34%	14.6%
1991	2.23%	14%
1992	2.12%	13.4%
1993	2.03%	12.7%
1994	1.93%	12.1%
1995	1.84%	11.5%
1996	1.76%	10.9%
1997	1.69%	10.3%
1998	1.65%	9.7%
1999	1.62%	9.1%
2000	1.62%	8.54%
2001	1.63%	8.01%
2002	1.65%	7.53%
2003	1.67%	7.09%
2004	1.69%	6.69%
2005	1.69%	6.32%
2006	1.68%	5.98%
2007	1.65%	5.67%
2008	1.62%	5.39%
2009	1.58%	5.13%
2010	1.54%	4.89%
2011	1.5%	4.67%
2012	1.47%	4.47%
2013	1.44%	4.27%
2014	1.42%	4.07%
2015	1.39%	3.88%
2016	1.38%	3.69%
2017	1.36%	3.52%
2018	1.35%	3.37%
2019	2.35%	3.24%
2020	1.33%	3.15%
2021	1.31%	3.1%
2022	1.29%	3.07%
2023	1.27%	3.06%