Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Belize

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Belize chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bangladesh was 2.16 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.01 in Belize in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bangladesh	Belize
1960	6.74	6.5
1961	6.78	6.48
1962	6.81	6.46
1963	6.8	6.44
1964	6.79	6.42
1965	6.77	6.4
1966	6.77	6.38
1967	6.79	6.36
1968	6.79	6.34
1969	6.81	6.32
1970	6.84	6.3
1971	6.83	6.29
1972	6.82	6.28
1973	6.8	6.29
1974	6.78	6.29
1975	6.73	6.28
1976	6.66	6.25
1977	6.58	6.2
1978	6.51	6.11
1979	6.42	5.99
1980	6.33	5.85
1981	6.24	5.68
1982	6.12	5.5
1983	5.91	5.31
1984	5.73	5.12
1985	5.54	5
1986	5.3	4.94
1987	5.08	4.88
1988	4.85	4.87
1989	4.7	4.86
1990	4.51	4.8
1991	4.26	4.6
1992	4.03	4.43
1993	3.83	4.21
1994	3.74	3.97
1995	3.59	3.88
1996	3.51	3.76
1997	3.5	3.74
1998	3.43	3.75
1999	3.36	3.73
2000	3.28	3.63
2001	3.2	3.53
2002	3.13	3.43
2003	3.03	3.34
2004	2.94	3.25
2005	2.85	3.17
2006	2.76	3.02
2007	2.67	2.89
2008	2.58	2.78
2009	2.48	2.66
2010	2.38	2.55
2011	2.31	2.53
2012	2.26	2.51
2013	2.25	2.5
2014	2.23	2.47
2015	2.23	2.43
2016	2.23	2.4
2017	2.21	2.37
2018	2.19	2.34
2019	2.18	2.14
2020	2.17	2.04
2021	2.17	1.84
2022	2.18	1.95
2023	2.16	2.01
2024	2.14	2.02
2025	2.11	2.01
2026	2.09	1.99
2027	2.07	1.98
2028	2.05	1.96
2029	2.03	1.94
2030	2.01	1.93
2031	2	1.92
2032	1.98	1.91
2033	1.96	1.9
2034	1.95	1.89
2035	1.93	1.88
2036	1.92	1.86
2037	1.91	1.85
2038	1.9	1.85
2039	1.88	1.84
2040	1.87	1.83
2041	1.86	1.82
2042	1.86	1.82
2043	1.85	1.81
2044	1.84	1.81
2045	1.83	1.8
2046	1.83	1.8
2047	1.82	1.79
2048	1.82	1.79
2049	1.81	1.78
2050	1.81	1.78

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Belize
1960	42.1%	44.9%
1961	42.3%	45.4%
1962	42.5%	46%
1963	42.8%	46.6%
1964	43.2%	47.2%
1965	43.5%	47.8%
1966	43.7%	48.3%
1967	43.9%	48.8%
1968	44.1%	49.2%
1969	44.3%	49.4%
1970	44.4%	49.2%
1971	44.5%	48.7%
1972	44.7%	48.2%
1973	44.8%	47.7%
1974	44.9%	47.2%
1975	44.9%	46.7%
1976	44.9%	46.2%
1977	44.8%	45.7%
1978	44.8%	45.3%
1979	44.8%	44.9%
1980	44.8%	44.6%
1981	44.8%	44.4%
1982	44.8%	44.4%
1983	44.7%	44.4%
1984	44.6%	44.5%
1985	44.5%	44.7%
1986	44.2%	44.8%
1987	43.9%	44.7%
1988	43.5%	44.6%
1989	43.1%	44.5%
1990	42.7%	44.3%
1991	42.3%	44.1%
1992	41.8%	43.8%
1993	41.3%	43.5%
1994	40.8%	43.2%
1995	40.2%	42.7%
1996	39.6%	42.1%
1997	39%	41.5%
1998	38.4%	40.9%
1999	37.8%	40.4%
2000	37.3%	39.9%
2001	36.9%	39.5%
2002	36.6%	39.1%
2003	36.4%	38.7%
2004	36.1%	38.3%
2005	35.7%	37.9%
2006	35.4%	37.5%
2007	35.1%	37.1%
2008	34.8%	36.7%
2009	34.4%	36.2%
2010	34.1%	35.5%
2011	33.6%	34.7%
2012	33%	34%
2013	32.4%	33.3%
2014	31.8%	32.5%
2015	31.2%	31.8%
2016	30.6%	31.1%
2017	30.1%	30.4%
2018	29.7%	29.9%
2019	29.5%	29.4%
2020	29.3%	28.9%
2021	29.1%	28.3%
2022	28.8%	27.6%
2023	28.4%	27%
2024	28%	26.6%
2025	27.6%	26.3%
2026	27.3%	26%
2027	27%	25.7%
2028	26.8%	25.4%
2029	26.5%	25%
2030	26.3%	24.6%
2031	26%	24.2%
2032	25.8%	23.8%
2033	25.5%	23.4%
2034	25.2%	23%
2035	24.8%	22.7%
2036	24.5%	22.5%
2037	24%	22.2%
2038	23.6%	21.9%
2039	23.2%	21.6%
2040	22.7%	21.2%
2041	22.3%	20.9%
2042	21.9%	20.5%
2043	21.5%	20.2%
2044	21.2%	19.8%
2045	20.8%	19.5%
2046	20.5%	19.2%
2047	20.2%	18.9%
2048	19.9%	18.7%
2049	19.6%	18.4%
2050	19.4%	18.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 26.6% in Belize in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 44.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Belize compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Belize by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +1.45% in Belize. 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
	Bangladesh	Belize
1960	1,418,810	2,903
1961	1,504,524	2,657
1962	1,584,035	2,961
1963	1,612,749	2,983
1964	1,686,591	3,010
1965	1,688,652	3,045
1966	1,794,530	3,092
1967	1,860,743	3,158
1968	1,918,686	3,240
1969	1,985,984	3,346
1970	1,742,287	3,486
1971	542,747	3,651
1972	2,231,204	3,814
1973	2,276,471	3,974
1974	2,312,418	4,136
1975	2,385,302	4,294
1976	2,431,754	4,484
1977	2,475,502	4,659
1978	2,514,509	4,804
1979	2,570,404	4,929
1980	2,615,497	5,029
1981	2,658,613	5,132
1982	2,705,822	5,155
1983	2,694,172	5,161
1984	2,713,094	5,128
1985	2,698,231	5,155
1986	2,685,152	5,238
1987	2,661,768	5,328
1988	2,614,570	5,465
1989	2,623,347	5,629
1990	2,587,558	5,728
1991	2,354,255	5,656
1992	2,453,664	5,562
1993	2,425,139	5,436
1994	2,475,098	5,283
1995	2,477,509	5,339
1996	2,531,581	5,339
1997	2,667,979	5,494
1998	2,740,993	5,733
1999	2,803,597	5,914
2000	2,867,543	5,934
2001	2,905,755	5,915
2002	2,907,604	5,967
2003	2,881,857	5,968
2004	2,849,626	5,997
2005	2,783,029	6,030
2006	2,725,786	5,874
2007	2,666,175	5,728
2008	2,595,770	5,643
2009	2,511,746	5,506
2010	2,408,597	5,381
2011	2,332,126	5,509
2012	2,304,652	5,628
2013	2,312,293	5,767
2014	2,305,499	5,864
2015	2,329,544	5,899
2016	2,356,056	5,931
2017	2,348,293	6,042
2018	2,391,853	6,112
2019	2,433,952	5,516
2020	2,355,279	4,993
2021	2,363,487	4,186
2022	2,633,258	4,825
2023	2,630,818	5,386

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Belize

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 115 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bangladesh, compared to 67 deaths in Belize.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Belize
1985	926	98
1986	891	87
1987	884	83
1988	881	82
1989	877	80
1990	870	77
1991	890	75
1992	827	74
1993	791	73
1994	749	72
1995	707	73
1996	664	74
1997	626	77
1998	589	79
1999	554	77
2000	523	78
2001	495	76
2002	465	68
2003	436	67
2004	406	63
2005	378	60
2006	352	55
2007	334	52
2008	310	48
2009	293	45
2010	275	41
2011	258	39
2012	244	40
2013	230	41
2014	217	44
2015	204	47
2016	191	51
2017	179	56
2018	168	60
2019	157	61
2020	152	88
2021	194	157
2022	131	110
2023	115	67

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 1.27% in Belize. 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
	Bangladesh	Belize
1960	26.2%	-
1961	25.5%	-
1962	24.9%	-
1963	24.3%	-
1964	23.8%	-
1965	23.3%	-
1966	23%	-
1967	22.8%	11.3%
1968	22.7%	10.8%
1969	22.7%	10.3%
1970	27.1%	9.89%
1971	36.7%	9.48%
1972	22.8%	9.08%
1973	22.8%	8.69%
1974	22.7%	8.33%
1975	22.5%	8%
1976	22.3%	7.67%
1977	21.9%	7.38%
1978	21.5%	7.09%
1979	21.1%	6.81%
1980	20.6%	6.55%
1981	20.1%	6.3%
1982	19.6%	6.04%
1983	19%	5.78%
1984	18.4%	5.52%
1985	17.8%	5.25%
1986	17.2%	4.98%
1987	16.5%	4.71%
1988	15.9%	4.44%
1989	15.2%	4.18%
1990	14.6%	3.93%
1991	14%	3.69%
1992	13.4%	3.48%
1993	12.7%	3.3%
1994	12.1%	3.13%
1995	11.5%	2.99%
1996	10.9%	2.86%
1997	10.3%	2.74%
1998	9.7%	2.64%
1999	9.1%	2.54%
2000	8.54%	2.45%
2001	8.01%	2.36%
2002	7.53%	2.28%
2003	7.09%	2.21%
2004	6.69%	2.15%
2005	6.32%	2.1%
2006	5.98%	2.06%
2007	5.67%	2.01%
2008	5.39%	1.97%
2009	5.13%	1.93%
2010	4.89%	1.88%
2011	4.67%	1.83%
2012	4.47%	1.77%
2013	4.27%	1.7%
2014	4.07%	1.63%
2015	3.88%	1.56%
2016	3.69%	1.5%
2017	3.52%	1.44%
2018	3.37%	1.39%
2019	3.24%	1.35%
2020	3.15%	1.32%
2021	3.1%	1.3%
2022	3.07%	1.28%
2023	3.06%	1.27%