Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and Bangladesh

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs Bangladesh chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 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 Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Bangladesh
1960	7.26	6.74
1961	7.23	6.78
1962	7.19	6.81
1963	7.14	6.8
1964	7.09	6.79
1965	7.03	6.77
1966	6.94	6.77
1967	6.84	6.79
1968	6.71	6.79
1969	6.57	6.81
1970	6.43	6.84
1971	6.28	6.83
1972	6.14	6.82
1973	5.97	6.8
1974	5.79	6.78
1975	5.62	6.73
1976	5.45	6.66
1977	5.29	6.58
1978	5.12	6.51
1979	4.94	6.42
1980	4.76	6.33
1981	4.6	6.24
1982	4.51	6.12
1983	4.41	5.91
1984	4.3	5.73
1985	4.28	5.54
1986	4.25	5.3
1987	4.13	5.08
1988	4.04	4.85
1989	3.96	4.7
1990	3.82	4.51
1991	3.63	4.26
1992	3.55	4.03
1993	3.46	3.83
1994	3.29	3.74
1995	3.13	3.59
1996	2.99	3.51
1997	2.92	3.5
1998	2.89	3.43
1999	2.9	3.36
2000	2.8	3.28
2001	2.65	3.2
2002	2.7	3.13
2003	2.78	3.03
2004	2.77	2.94
2005	2.67	2.85
2006	2.46	2.76
2007	2.28	2.67
2008	2.15	2.58
2009	2.05	2.48
2010	1.99	2.38
2011	2.03	2.31
2012	2.11	2.26
2013	2.17	2.25
2014	2.15	2.23
2015	2.11	2.23
2016	2.04	2.23
2017	1.98	2.21
2018	1.91	2.19
2019	1.84	2.18
2020	1.86	2.17
2021	1.85	2.17
2022	1.84	2.18
2023	1.82	2.16
2024	1.8	2.14
2025	1.78	2.11
2026	1.77	2.09
2027	1.75	2.07
2028	1.74	2.05
2029	1.74	2.03
2030	1.73	2.01
2031	1.72	2
2032	1.72	1.98
2033	1.71	1.96
2034	1.71	1.95
2035	1.7	1.93
2036	1.7	1.92
2037	1.69	1.91
2038	1.69	1.9
2039	1.69	1.88
2040	1.68	1.87
2041	1.68	1.86
2042	1.68	1.86
2043	1.68	1.85
2044	1.68	1.84
2045	1.67	1.83
2046	1.67	1.83
2047	1.67	1.82
2048	1.67	1.82
2049	1.66	1.81
2050	1.66	1.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	Bangladesh
1960	42.7%	42.1%
1961	42.9%	42.3%
1962	43.2%	42.5%
1963	43.6%	42.8%
1964	44.1%	43.2%
1965	44.7%	43.5%
1966	45.3%	43.7%
1967	45.9%	43.9%
1968	46.1%	44.1%
1969	45.8%	44.3%
1970	45.3%	44.4%
1971	44.4%	44.5%
1972	43.4%	44.7%
1973	42.2%	44.8%
1974	41%	44.9%
1975	39.8%	44.9%
1976	38.7%	44.9%
1977	37.7%	44.8%
1978	36.8%	44.8%
1979	36%	44.8%
1980	35.3%	44.8%
1981	34.8%	44.8%
1982	34.4%	44.8%
1983	34%	44.7%
1984	33.7%	44.6%
1985	33.4%	44.5%
1986	33.3%	44.2%
1987	33.3%	43.9%
1988	33.3%	43.5%
1989	33.4%	43.1%
1990	33.6%	42.7%
1991	33.6%	42.3%
1992	33.5%	41.8%
1993	33.1%	41.3%
1994	32.6%	40.8%
1995	32.2%	40.2%
1996	31.7%	39.6%
1997	31.2%	39%
1998	30.7%	38.4%
1999	30.2%	37.8%
2000	29.8%	37.3%
2001	28.9%	36.9%
2002	27.6%	36.6%
2003	26.2%	36.4%
2004	24.9%	36.1%
2005	23.7%	35.7%
2006	22.8%	35.4%
2007	22%	35.1%
2008	21.3%	34.8%
2009	20.6%	34.4%
2010	20.4%	34.1%
2011	20.4%	33.6%
2012	19.9%	33%
2013	19.8%	32.4%
2014	20.3%	31.8%
2015	20.5%	31.2%
2016	20.1%	30.6%
2017	19.8%	30.1%
2018	19.8%	29.7%
2019	20.1%	29.5%
2020	19.9%	29.3%
2021	19.3%	29.1%
2022	19.1%	28.8%
2023	19%	28.4%
2024	18.7%	28%
2025	18.4%	27.6%
2026	18.2%	27.3%
2027	17.9%	27%
2028	17.7%	26.8%
2029	17.6%	26.5%
2030	17.4%	26.3%
2031	17.3%	26%
2032	17.2%	25.8%
2033	17.1%	25.5%
2034	17.1%	25.2%
2035	17.1%	24.8%
2036	17.2%	24.5%
2037	17.3%	24%
2038	17.3%	23.6%
2039	17.3%	23.2%
2040	17.3%	22.7%
2041	17.3%	22.3%
2042	17.3%	21.9%
2043	17.3%	21.5%
2044	17.3%	21.2%
2045	17.3%	20.8%
2046	17.3%	20.5%
2047	17.3%	20.2%
2048	17.2%	19.9%
2049	17.2%	19.6%
2050	17.1%	19.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 28% in Bangladesh in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 42.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and Bangladesh compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs Bangladesh by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Bangladesh
1960	5,513	1,418,810
1961	5,882	1,504,524
1962	6,232	1,584,035
1963	6,557	1,612,749
1964	6,873	1,686,591
1965	7,148	1,688,652
1966	7,342	1,794,530
1967	7,492	1,860,743
1968	7,584	1,918,686
1969	7,277	1,985,984
1970	6,973	1,742,287
1971	6,650	542,747
1972	6,763	2,231,204
1973	7,012	2,276,471
1974	7,265	2,312,418
1975	7,535	2,385,302
1976	7,818	2,431,754
1977	8,093	2,475,502
1978	8,358	2,514,509
1979	8,587	2,570,404
1980	8,802	2,615,497
1981	9,020	2,658,613
1982	9,396	2,705,822
1983	9,821	2,694,172
1984	10,269	2,713,094
1985	10,924	2,698,231
1986	11,455	2,685,152
1987	11,709	2,661,768
1988	11,995	2,614,570
1989	12,293	2,623,347
1990	12,337	2,587,558
1991	11,491	2,354,255
1992	11,577	2,453,664
1993	11,521	2,425,139
1994	11,133	2,475,098
1995	10,824	2,477,509
1996	10,607	2,531,581
1997	10,739	2,667,979
1998	10,970	2,740,993
1999	11,397	2,803,597
2000	11,339	2,867,543
2001	10,948	2,905,755
2002	11,875	2,907,604
2003	13,243	2,881,857
2004	14,454	2,849,626
2005	15,196	2,783,029
2006	15,248	2,725,786
2007	15,393	2,666,175
2008	15,541	2,595,770
2009	15,795	2,511,746
2010	16,474	2,408,597
2011	15,990	2,332,126
2012	16,219	2,304,652
2013	17,044	2,312,293
2014	17,826	2,305,499
2015	18,193	2,329,544
2016	17,996	2,356,056
2017	18,140	2,348,293
2018	17,445	2,391,853
2019	16,639	2,433,952
2020	15,056	2,355,279
2021	15,401	2,363,487
2022	17,058	2,633,258
2023	16,356	2,630,818

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs Bangladesh

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bahrain, compared to 115 deaths in Bangladesh.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	Bangladesh
1985	37	926
1986	37	891
1987	36	884
1988	36	881
1989	35	877
1990	35	870
1991	34	890
1992	34	827
1993	33	791
1994	33	749
1995	31	707
1996	30	664
1997	28	626
1998	27	589
1999	26	554
2000	25	523
2001	24	495
2002	23	465
2003	22	436
2004	21	406
2005	20	378
2006	20	352
2007	19	334
2008	19	310
2009	18	293
2010	18	275
2011	18	258
2012	17	244
2013	17	230
2014	16	217
2015	16	204
2016	17	191
2017	17	179
2018	16	168
2019	17	157
2020	7	152
2021	10	194
2022	5	131
2023	17	115

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Bangladesh
1960	19.8%	26.2%
1961	18.2%	25.5%
1962	16.6%	24.9%
1963	15.2%	24.3%
1964	13.9%	23.8%
1965	12.7%	23.3%
1966	11.5%	23%
1967	10.5%	22.8%
1968	9.5%	22.7%
1969	8.6%	22.7%
1970	7.79%	27.1%
1971	7.05%	36.7%
1972	6.38%	22.8%
1973	5.8%	22.8%
1974	5.29%	22.7%
1975	4.84%	22.5%
1976	4.45%	22.3%
1977	4.11%	21.9%
1978	3.81%	21.5%
1979	3.54%	21.1%
1980	3.3%	20.6%
1981	3.09%	20.1%
1982	2.91%	19.6%
1983	2.76%	19%
1984	2.63%	18.4%
1985	2.52%	17.8%
1986	2.44%	17.2%
1987	2.38%	16.5%
1988	2.34%	15.9%
1989	2.32%	15.2%
1990	2.31%	14.6%
1991	2.27%	14%
1992	2.21%	13.4%
1993	2.1%	12.7%
1994	1.97%	12.1%
1995	1.82%	11.5%
1996	1.66%	10.9%
1997	1.52%	10.3%
1998	1.41%	9.7%
1999	1.32%	9.1%
2000	1.25%	8.54%
2001	1.2%	8.01%
2002	1.16%	7.53%
2003	1.13%	7.09%
2004	1.1%	6.69%
2005	1.06%	6.32%
2006	1.03%	5.98%
2007	0.98%	5.67%
2008	0.94%	5.39%
2009	0.9%	5.13%
2010	0.86%	4.89%
2011	0.83%	4.67%
2012	0.81%	4.47%
2013	0.79%	4.27%
2014	0.78%	4.07%
2015	0.77%	3.88%
2016	0.76%	3.69%
2017	0.77%	3.52%
2018	0.77%	3.37%
2019	0.78%	3.24%
2020	0.8%	3.15%
2021	0.82%	3.1%
2022	0.84%	3.07%
2023	0.86%	3.06%