Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Colombia

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Colombia 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 1.65 in Colombia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Colombia 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	Colombia
1960	6.74	6.74
1961	6.78	6.71
1962	6.81	6.66
1963	6.8	6.58
1964	6.79	6.48
1965	6.77	6.33
1966	6.77	6.16
1967	6.79	5.96
1968	6.79	5.74
1969	6.81	5.51
1970	6.84	5.28
1971	6.83	5.06
1972	6.82	4.86
1973	6.8	4.68
1974	6.78	4.53
1975	6.73	4.4
1976	6.66	4.29
1977	6.58	4.16
1978	6.51	4
1979	6.42	3.89
1980	6.33	3.8
1981	6.24	3.71
1982	6.12	3.62
1983	5.91	3.5
1984	5.73	3.35
1985	5.54	3.23
1986	5.3	3.15
1987	5.08	3.09
1988	4.85	3.04
1989	4.7	3.01
1990	4.51	3
1991	4.26	2.98
1992	4.03	2.98
1993	3.83	2.98
1994	3.74	2.94
1995	3.59	2.85
1996	3.51	2.77
1997	3.5	2.74
1998	3.43	2.72
1999	3.36	2.64
2000	3.28	2.57
2001	3.2	2.52
2002	3.13	2.49
2003	3.03	2.45
2004	2.94	2.38
2005	2.85	2.31
2006	2.76	2.24
2007	2.67	2.19
2008	2.58	2.15
2009	2.48	2.1
2010	2.38	2.01
2011	2.31	1.94
2012	2.26	1.9
2013	2.25	1.86
2014	2.23	1.82
2015	2.23	1.77
2016	2.23	1.72
2017	2.21	1.72
2018	2.19	1.72
2019	2.18	1.71
2020	2.17	1.69
2021	2.17	1.68
2022	2.18	1.66
2023	2.16	1.65
2024	2.14	1.63
2025	2.11	1.62
2026	2.09	1.6
2027	2.07	1.6
2028	2.05	1.59
2029	2.03	1.59
2030	2.01	1.58
2031	2	1.58
2032	1.98	1.57
2033	1.96	1.57
2034	1.95	1.57
2035	1.93	1.57
2036	1.92	1.57
2037	1.91	1.57
2038	1.9	1.57
2039	1.88	1.57
2040	1.87	1.57
2041	1.86	1.57
2042	1.86	1.57
2043	1.85	1.57
2044	1.84	1.57
2045	1.83	1.57
2046	1.83	1.57
2047	1.82	1.58
2048	1.82	1.58
2049	1.81	1.58
2050	1.81	1.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Colombia
1960	42.1%	46.8%
1961	42.3%	47%
1962	42.5%	47.1%
1963	42.8%	47.2%
1964	43.2%	47.3%
1965	43.5%	47.2%
1966	43.7%	47.1%
1967	43.9%	46.9%
1968	44.1%	46.7%
1969	44.3%	46.4%
1970	44.4%	46%
1971	44.5%	45.6%
1972	44.7%	45.1%
1973	44.8%	44.6%
1974	44.9%	44%
1975	44.9%	43.4%
1976	44.9%	42.8%
1977	44.8%	42.2%
1978	44.8%	41.5%
1979	44.8%	40.9%
1980	44.8%	40.3%
1981	44.8%	39.7%
1982	44.8%	39.1%
1983	44.7%	38.6%
1984	44.6%	38.1%
1985	44.5%	37.6%
1986	44.2%	37.2%
1987	43.9%	36.9%
1988	43.5%	36.5%
1989	43.1%	36.2%
1990	42.7%	35.9%
1991	42.3%	35.6%
1992	41.8%	35.3%
1993	41.3%	35%
1994	40.8%	34.7%
1995	40.2%	34.4%
1996	39.6%	34%
1997	39%	33.7%
1998	38.4%	33.3%
1999	37.8%	32.9%
2000	37.3%	32.5%
2001	36.9%	32.1%
2002	36.6%	31.7%
2003	36.4%	31.3%
2004	36.1%	30.9%
2005	35.7%	30.4%
2006	35.4%	29.9%
2007	35.1%	29.3%
2008	34.8%	28.7%
2009	34.4%	28.1%
2010	34.1%	27.5%
2011	33.6%	26.9%
2012	33%	26.3%
2013	32.4%	25.7%
2014	31.8%	25.1%
2015	31.2%	24.5%
2016	30.6%	23.9%
2017	30.1%	23.3%
2018	29.7%	22.7%
2019	29.5%	22.1%
2020	29.3%	21.7%
2021	29.1%	21.3%
2022	28.8%	21%
2023	28.4%	20.6%
2024	28%	20.3%
2025	27.6%	20%
2026	27.3%	19.7%
2027	27%	19.5%
2028	26.8%	19.3%
2029	26.5%	19.1%
2030	26.3%	18.8%
2031	26%	18.6%
2032	25.8%	18.4%
2033	25.5%	18.2%
2034	25.2%	18%
2035	24.8%	17.7%
2036	24.5%	17.4%
2037	24%	17.2%
2038	23.6%	16.9%
2039	23.2%	16.7%
2040	22.7%	16.4%
2041	22.3%	16.2%
2042	21.9%	16%
2043	21.5%	15.7%
2044	21.2%	15.5%
2045	20.8%	15.4%
2046	20.5%	15.2%
2047	20.2%	15%
2048	19.9%	14.8%
2049	19.6%	14.7%
2050	19.4%	14.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 20.3% in Colombia in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Colombia compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Colombia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +0.85% in Colombia. 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	Colombia
1960	1,418,810	529,316
1961	1,504,524	545,627
1962	1,584,035	559,985
1963	1,612,749	572,355
1964	1,686,591	581,435
1965	1,688,652	587,677
1966	1,794,530	590,855
1967	1,860,743	591,649
1968	1,918,686	589,407
1969	1,985,984	586,559
1970	1,742,287	583,396
1971	542,747	582,011
1972	2,231,204	581,361
1973	2,276,471	583,608
1974	2,312,418	589,035
1975	2,385,302	598,580
1976	2,431,754	612,265
1977	2,475,502	622,814
1978	2,514,509	626,378
1979	2,570,404	635,747
1980	2,615,497	649,872
1981	2,658,613	662,195
1982	2,705,822	675,339
1983	2,694,172	674,767
1984	2,713,094	666,315
1985	2,698,231	625,379
1986	2,685,152	659,701
1987	2,661,768	659,429
1988	2,614,570	663,796
1989	2,623,347	674,102
1990	2,587,558	682,409
1991	2,354,255	690,266
1992	2,453,664	697,763
1993	2,425,139	709,287
1994	2,475,098	708,660
1995	2,477,509	694,968
1996	2,531,581	682,547
1997	2,667,979	686,073
1998	2,740,993	687,704
1999	2,803,597	668,576
2000	2,867,543	652,176
2001	2,905,755	642,933
2002	2,907,604	640,840
2003	2,881,857	642,144
2004	2,849,626	628,424
2005	2,783,029	610,618
2006	2,725,786	594,388
2007	2,666,175	583,115
2008	2,595,770	576,654
2009	2,511,746	559,017
2010	2,408,597	533,657
2011	2,332,126	511,524
2012	2,304,652	503,285
2013	2,312,293	489,069
2014	2,305,499	470,916
2015	2,329,544	446,778
2016	2,356,056	425,087
2017	2,348,293	426,538
2018	2,391,853	433,622
2019	2,433,952	441,087
2020	2,355,279	378,965
2021	2,363,487	311,122
2022	2,633,258	406,143
2023	2,630,818	422,598

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Colombia

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 59 deaths in Colombia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Colombia
1985	926	143
1986	891	123
1987	884	120
1988	881	113
1989	877	106
1990	870	102
1991	890	99
1992	827	97
1993	791	94
1994	749	93
1995	707	91
1996	664	89
1997	626	90
1998	589	92
1999	554	96
2000	523	95
2001	495	94
2002	465	91
2003	436	87
2004	406	84
2005	378	82
2006	352	81
2007	334	80
2008	310	78
2009	293	77
2010	275	76
2011	258	75
2012	244	73
2013	230	72
2014	217	71
2015	204	70
2016	191	69
2017	179	68
2018	168	67
2019	157	66
2020	152	94
2021	194	147
2022	131	74
2023	115	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 1.2% in Colombia. 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	Colombia
1960	26.2%	13.4%
1961	25.5%	13%
1962	24.9%	12.6%
1963	24.3%	12.2%
1964	23.8%	11.8%
1965	23.3%	11.5%
1966	23%	11.1%
1967	22.8%	10.8%
1968	22.7%	10.4%
1969	22.7%	10.1%
1970	27.1%	9.72%
1971	36.7%	9.36%
1972	22.8%	8.99%
1973	22.8%	8.6%
1974	22.7%	8.2%
1975	22.5%	7.8%
1976	22.3%	7.39%
1977	21.9%	6.98%
1978	21.5%	6.58%
1979	21.1%	6.2%
1980	20.6%	5.84%
1981	20.1%	5.5%
1982	19.6%	5.17%
1983	19%	4.88%
1984	18.4%	4.62%
1985	17.8%	4.89%
1986	17.2%	4.17%
1987	16.5%	3.99%
1988	15.9%	3.84%
1989	15.2%	3.7%
1990	14.6%	3.57%
1991	14%	3.45%
1992	13.4%	3.33%
1993	12.7%	3.21%
1994	12.1%	3.1%
1995	11.5%	2.99%
1996	10.9%	2.88%
1997	10.3%	2.78%
1998	9.7%	2.68%
1999	9.1%	2.59%
2000	8.54%	2.51%
2001	8.01%	2.43%
2002	7.53%	2.35%
2003	7.09%	2.28%
2004	6.69%	2.22%
2005	6.32%	2.15%
2006	5.98%	2.09%
2007	5.67%	2.02%
2008	5.39%	1.96%
2009	5.13%	1.89%
2010	4.89%	1.83%
2011	4.67%	1.77%
2012	4.47%	1.72%
2013	4.27%	1.66%
2014	4.07%	1.61%
2015	3.88%	1.56%
2016	3.69%	1.51%
2017	3.52%	1.46%
2018	3.37%	1.41%
2019	3.24%	1.37%
2020	3.15%	1.32%
2021	3.1%	1.28%
2022	3.07%	1.24%
2023	3.06%	1.2%