Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Chad

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Chad 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 6.12 in Chad in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Chad 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	Chad
1960	6.74	6.25
1961	6.78	6.27
1962	6.81	6.29
1963	6.8	6.3
1964	6.79	6.32
1965	6.77	6.34
1966	6.77	6.36
1967	6.79	6.39
1968	6.79	6.43
1969	6.81	6.48
1970	6.84	6.53
1971	6.83	6.58
1972	6.82	6.85
1973	6.8	6.87
1974	6.78	6.86
1975	6.73	6.88
1976	6.66	6.89
1977	6.58	6.9
1978	6.51	6.89
1979	6.42	6.91
1980	6.33	6.91
1981	6.24	6.94
1982	6.12	6.96
1983	5.91	6.98
1984	5.73	7.02
1985	5.54	7.04
1986	5.3	7.07
1987	5.08	7.11
1988	4.85	7.15
1989	4.7	7.19
1990	4.51	7.22
1991	4.26	7.26
1992	4.03	7.3
1993	3.83	7.34
1994	3.74	7.31
1995	3.59	7.29
1996	3.51	7.29
1997	3.5	7.27
1998	3.43	7.27
1999	3.36	7.26
2000	3.28	7.25
2001	3.2	7.23
2002	3.13	7.2
2003	3.03	7.18
2004	2.94	7.16
2005	2.85	7.13
2006	2.76	7.12
2007	2.67	7.09
2008	2.58	7.06
2009	2.48	7.02
2010	2.38	6.99
2011	2.31	6.95
2012	2.26	6.91
2013	2.25	6.84
2014	2.23	6.78
2015	2.23	6.71
2016	2.23	6.62
2017	2.21	6.54
2018	2.19	6.46
2019	2.18	6.41
2020	2.17	6.35
2021	2.17	6.26
2022	2.18	6.22
2023	2.16	6.12
2024	2.14	6.03
2025	2.11	5.94
2026	2.09	5.83
2027	2.07	5.74
2028	2.05	5.63
2029	2.03	5.54
2030	2.01	5.44
2031	2	5.36
2032	1.98	5.25
2033	1.96	5.15
2034	1.95	5.06
2035	1.93	4.97
2036	1.92	4.88
2037	1.91	4.8
2038	1.9	4.72
2039	1.88	4.63
2040	1.87	4.55
2041	1.86	4.47
2042	1.86	4.39
2043	1.85	4.32
2044	1.84	4.24
2045	1.83	4.17
2046	1.83	4.1
2047	1.82	4.04
2048	1.82	3.97
2049	1.81	3.91
2050	1.81	3.85

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Chad
1960	42.1%	41%
1961	42.3%	41.2%
1962	42.5%	41.5%
1963	42.8%	41.7%
1964	43.2%	41.9%
1965	43.5%	42%
1966	43.7%	42.1%
1967	43.9%	42.2%
1968	44.1%	42.4%
1969	44.3%	42.5%
1970	44.4%	42.7%
1971	44.5%	43%
1972	44.7%	43.2%
1973	44.8%	43.5%
1974	44.9%	43.9%
1975	44.9%	44.2%
1976	44.9%	44.6%
1977	44.8%	45%
1978	44.8%	45.4%
1979	44.8%	45.7%
1980	44.8%	46.6%
1981	44.8%	47.5%
1982	44.8%	46.6%
1983	44.7%	45.8%
1984	44.6%	46.5%
1985	44.5%	47.3%
1986	44.2%	47.2%
1987	43.9%	47%
1988	43.5%	46.8%
1989	43.1%	46.8%
1990	42.7%	47.1%
1991	42.3%	47.1%
1992	41.8%	46.9%
1993	41.3%	47.5%
1994	40.8%	48.2%
1995	40.2%	47.9%
1996	39.6%	47.8%
1997	39%	48.2%
1998	38.4%	48.5%
1999	37.8%	48.6%
2000	37.3%	48.8%
2001	36.9%	49%
2002	36.6%	49.1%
2003	36.4%	49%
2004	36.1%	48.7%
2005	35.7%	48.6%
2006	35.4%	48.6%
2007	35.1%	48.7%
2008	34.8%	48.7%
2009	34.4%	48.7%
2010	34.1%	48.8%
2011	33.6%	48.7%
2012	33%	48.7%
2013	32.4%	48.6%
2014	31.8%	48.5%
2015	31.2%	48.5%
2016	30.6%	48.5%
2017	30.1%	48.4%
2018	29.7%	48.2%
2019	29.5%	48.1%
2020	29.3%	48%
2021	29.1%	47.7%
2022	28.8%	47.4%
2023	28.4%	46.7%
2024	28%	46.1%
2025	27.6%	46%
2026	27.3%	46%
2027	27%	45.9%
2028	26.8%	45.8%
2029	26.5%	45.6%
2030	26.3%	45.4%
2031	26%	45.1%
2032	25.8%	44.9%
2033	25.5%	44.6%
2034	25.2%	44.3%
2035	24.8%	44%
2036	24.5%	43.7%
2037	24%	43.3%
2038	23.6%	42.9%
2039	23.2%	42.4%
2040	22.7%	41.9%
2041	22.3%	41.4%
2042	21.9%	40.9%
2043	21.5%	40.5%
2044	21.2%	40%
2045	20.8%	39.6%
2046	20.5%	39.2%
2047	20.2%	38.8%
2048	19.9%	38.4%
2049	19.6%	38.1%
2050	19.4%	37.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 46.1% in Chad in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Chad compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Chad by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +3.18% in Chad. 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	Chad
1960	1,418,810	62,003
1961	1,504,524	63,639
1962	1,584,035	65,312
1963	1,612,749	67,414
1964	1,686,591	69,483
1965	1,688,652	70,913
1966	1,794,530	73,123
1967	1,860,743	76,142
1968	1,918,686	79,465
1969	1,985,984	83,413
1970	1,742,287	87,660
1971	542,747	89,404
1972	2,231,204	101,142
1973	2,276,471	104,418
1974	2,312,418	106,898
1975	2,385,302	109,315
1976	2,431,754	111,324
1977	2,475,502	113,498
1978	2,514,509	115,084
1979	2,570,404	117,780
1980	2,615,497	122,468
1981	2,658,613	111,907
1982	2,705,822	119,121
1983	2,694,172	144,684
1984	2,713,094	151,511
1985	2,698,231	145,845
1986	2,685,152	152,360
1987	2,661,768	156,797
1988	2,614,570	178,489
1989	2,623,347	188,485
1990	2,587,558	191,959
1991	2,354,255	200,102
1992	2,453,664	219,348
1993	2,425,139	229,984
1994	2,475,098	223,996
1995	2,477,509	234,010
1996	2,531,581	254,589
1997	2,667,979	261,030
1998	2,740,993	270,055
1999	2,803,597	278,264
2000	2,867,543	287,173
2001	2,905,755	297,254
2002	2,907,604	302,995
2003	2,881,857	314,740
2004	2,849,626	334,136
2005	2,783,029	352,302
2006	2,725,786	362,027
2007	2,666,175	376,732
2008	2,595,770	387,439
2009	2,511,746	401,937
2010	2,408,597	416,177
2011	2,332,126	428,989
2012	2,304,652	444,246
2013	2,312,293	454,517
2014	2,305,499	467,957
2015	2,329,544	478,010
2016	2,356,056	483,442
2017	2,348,293	494,304
2018	2,391,853	509,642
2019	2,433,952	530,540
2020	2,355,279	541,234
2021	2,363,487	554,851
2022	2,633,258	588,060
2023	2,630,818	605,924

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Chad

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 748 deaths in Chad.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Chad
1985	926	1,119
1986	891	1,068
1987	884	1,123
1988	881	1,093
1989	877	1,083
1990	870	1,113
1991	890	1,093
1992	827	1,119
1993	791	1,166
1994	749	1,151
1995	707	1,119
1996	664	1,150
1997	626	1,146
1998	589	1,177
1999	554	1,184
2000	523	1,208
2001	495	1,204
2002	465	1,199
2003	436	1,170
2004	406	1,167
2005	378	1,189
2006	352	1,220
2007	334	1,240
2008	310	1,264
2009	293	1,285
2010	275	1,284
2011	258	1,264
2012	244	1,245
2013	230	1,216
2014	217	1,198
2015	204	1,176
2016	191	1,133
2017	179	1,085
2018	168	1,020
2019	157	958
2020	152	877
2021	194	869
2022	131	775
2023	115	748

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 10.1% in Chad. 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	Chad
1960	26.2%	26.7%
1961	25.5%	26.6%
1962	24.9%	26.5%
1963	24.3%	26.4%
1964	23.8%	26.3%
1965	23.3%	26.1%
1966	23%	26%
1967	22.8%	25.9%
1968	22.7%	25.7%
1969	22.7%	25.6%
1970	27.1%	25.4%
1971	36.7%	25.3%
1972	22.8%	25.2%
1973	22.8%	25%
1974	22.7%	24.8%
1975	22.5%	24.7%
1976	22.3%	24.6%
1977	21.9%	24.4%
1978	21.5%	24.2%
1979	21.1%	24.1%
1980	20.6%	23.8%
1981	20.1%	23.6%
1982	19.6%	23.4%
1983	19%	23.2%
1984	18.4%	22.9%
1985	17.8%	22.6%
1986	17.2%	22.3%
1987	16.5%	22%
1988	15.9%	21.8%
1989	15.2%	21.5%
1990	14.6%	21.2%
1991	14%	20.9%
1992	13.4%	20.6%
1993	12.7%	20.3%
1994	12.1%	20.1%
1995	11.5%	19.8%
1996	10.9%	19.6%
1997	10.3%	19.3%
1998	9.7%	19%
1999	9.1%	18.7%
2000	8.54%	18.4%
2001	8.01%	18%
2002	7.53%	17.7%
2003	7.09%	17.3%
2004	6.69%	17%
2005	6.32%	16.7%
2006	5.98%	16.3%
2007	5.67%	15.9%
2008	5.39%	15.5%
2009	5.13%	15.2%
2010	4.89%	14.8%
2011	4.67%	14.4%
2012	4.47%	14%
2013	4.27%	13.7%
2014	4.07%	13.3%
2015	3.88%	12.9%
2016	3.69%	12.6%
2017	3.52%	12.2%
2018	3.37%	11.8%
2019	3.24%	11.5%
2020	3.15%	11.1%
2021	3.1%	10.8%
2022	3.07%	10.4%
2023	3.06%	10.1%