Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Czech Republic

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Czech Republic 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 1.45 in the Czech Republic in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs the Czech Republic 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	Czech Republic
1960	6.74	2.09
1961	6.78	2.11
1962	6.81	2.12
1963	6.8	2.31
1964	6.79	2.34
1965	6.77	2.18
1966	6.77	2.02
1967	6.79	1.91
1968	6.79	1.84
1969	6.81	1.87
1970	6.84	1.92
1971	6.83	2
1972	6.82	2.09
1973	6.8	2.31
1974	6.78	2.46
1975	6.73	2.43
1976	6.66	2.39
1977	6.58	2.34
1978	6.51	2.33
1979	6.42	2.27
1980	6.33	2.08
1981	6.24	2
1982	6.12	2
1983	5.91	1.97
1984	5.73	1.97
1985	5.54	1.95
1986	5.3	1.92
1987	5.08	1.91
1988	4.85	1.94
1989	4.7	1.87
1990	4.51	1.9
1991	4.26	1.86
1992	4.03	1.71
1993	3.83	1.67
1994	3.74	1.44
1995	3.59	1.28
1996	3.51	1.18
1997	3.5	1.17
1998	3.43	1.16
1999	3.36	1.13
2000	3.28	1.15
2001	3.2	1.15
2002	3.13	1.17
2003	3.03	1.18
2004	2.94	1.23
2005	2.85	1.29
2006	2.76	1.34
2007	2.67	1.45
2008	2.58	1.51
2009	2.48	1.51
2010	2.38	1.51
2011	2.31	1.43
2012	2.26	1.45
2013	2.25	1.46
2014	2.23	1.53
2015	2.23	1.57
2016	2.23	1.63
2017	2.21	1.69
2018	2.19	1.71
2019	2.18	1.71
2020	2.17	1.74
2021	2.17	1.83
2022	2.18	1.64
2023	2.16	1.45
2024	2.14	1.46
2025	2.11	1.47
2026	2.09	1.48
2027	2.07	1.48
2028	2.05	1.49
2029	2.03	1.49
2030	2.01	1.5
2031	2	1.51
2032	1.98	1.51
2033	1.96	1.52
2034	1.95	1.52
2035	1.93	1.53
2036	1.92	1.53
2037	1.91	1.54
2038	1.9	1.54
2039	1.88	1.54
2040	1.87	1.55
2041	1.86	1.55
2042	1.86	1.55
2043	1.85	1.55
2044	1.84	1.56
2045	1.83	1.56
2046	1.83	1.56
2047	1.82	1.56
2048	1.82	1.56
2049	1.81	1.57
2050	1.81	1.57

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Czech Republic
1960	42.1%	25.6%
1961	42.3%	25.1%
1962	42.5%	24.5%
1963	42.8%	23.9%
1964	43.2%	23.5%
1965	43.5%	23.2%
1966	43.7%	22.7%
1967	43.9%	22.3%
1968	44.1%	21.9%
1969	44.3%	21.6%
1970	44.4%	21.3%
1971	44.5%	21.1%
1972	44.7%	21.1%
1973	44.8%	21.2%
1974	44.9%	21.6%
1975	44.9%	22.1%
1976	44.9%	22.6%
1977	44.8%	22.9%
1978	44.8%	23.2%
1979	44.8%	23.4%
1980	44.8%	23.4%
1981	44.8%	23.5%
1982	44.8%	23.5%
1983	44.7%	23.5%
1984	44.6%	23.5%
1985	44.5%	23.4%
1986	44.2%	23.2%
1987	43.9%	23%
1988	43.5%	22.6%
1989	43.1%	22%
1990	42.7%	21.4%
1991	42.3%	20.9%
1992	41.8%	20.3%
1993	41.3%	19.8%
1994	40.8%	19.2%
1995	40.2%	18.7%
1996	39.6%	18.2%
1997	39%	17.7%
1998	38.4%	17.3%
1999	37.8%	16.9%
2000	37.3%	16.5%
2001	36.9%	16.1%
2002	36.6%	15.7%
2003	36.4%	15.3%
2004	36.1%	15%
2005	35.7%	14.7%
2006	35.4%	14.4%
2007	35.1%	14.3%
2008	34.8%	14.2%
2009	34.4%	14.2%
2010	34.1%	14.4%
2011	33.6%	14.6%
2012	33%	14.8%
2013	32.4%	14.9%
2014	31.8%	15.1%
2015	31.2%	15.3%
2016	30.6%	15.4%
2017	30.1%	15.6%
2018	29.7%	15.8%
2019	29.5%	15.9%
2020	29.3%	16%
2021	29.1%	16.1%
2022	28.8%	15.9%
2023	28.4%	15.7%
2024	28%	15.4%
2025	27.6%	15.1%
2026	27.3%	14.8%
2027	27%	14.6%
2028	26.8%	14.4%
2029	26.5%	14.2%
2030	26.3%	14%
2031	26%	13.8%
2032	25.8%	13.5%
2033	25.5%	13.3%
2034	25.2%	13%
2035	24.8%	12.9%
2036	24.5%	12.7%
2037	24%	12.5%
2038	23.6%	12.5%
2039	23.2%	12.6%
2040	22.7%	12.7%
2041	22.3%	12.8%
2042	21.9%	12.9%
2043	21.5%	13.1%
2044	21.2%	13.2%
2045	20.8%	13.4%
2046	20.5%	13.5%
2047	20.2%	13.7%
2048	19.9%	13.8%
2049	19.6%	13.9%
2050	19.4%	14%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 15.4% in the Czech Republic in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and the Czech Republic compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Czech Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and -0.07% in the Czech Republic. 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	Czech Republic
1960	1,418,810	34,567
1961	1,504,524	36,430
1962	1,584,035	29,836
1963	1,612,749	48,353
1964	1,686,591	52,531
1965	1,688,652	43,029
1966	1,794,530	35,355
1967	1,860,743	29,558
1968	1,918,686	21,728
1969	1,985,984	22,762
1970	1,742,287	24,646
1971	542,747	31,445
1972	2,231,204	44,404
1973	2,276,471	57,549
1974	2,312,418	66,923
1975	2,385,302	67,393
1976	2,431,754	61,768
1977	2,475,502	55,009
1978	2,514,509	52,234
1979	2,570,404	44,257
1980	2,615,497	17,517
1981	2,658,613	13,391
1982	2,705,822	10,315
1983	2,694,172	3,097
1984	2,713,094	5,165
1985	2,698,231	4,135
1986	2,685,152	1,034
1987	2,661,768	4,138
1988	2,614,570	7,249
1989	2,623,347	1,036
1990	2,587,558	1,034
1991	2,354,255	4,124
1992	2,453,664	1,032
1993	2,425,139	3,099
1994	2,475,098	-11,367
1995	2,477,509	-21,687
1996	2,531,581	-21,662
1997	2,667,979	-21,639
1998	2,740,993	-18,530
1999	2,803,597	-20,568
2000	2,867,543	-17,433
2001	2,905,755	-16,347
2002	2,907,604	-15,296
2003	2,881,857	-17,330
2004	2,849,626	-9,177
2005	2,783,029	-6,126
2006	2,725,786	1,024
2007	2,666,175	9,268
2008	2,595,770	14,538
2009	2,511,746	10,444
2010	2,408,597	10,475
2011	2,332,126	2,099
2012	2,304,652	0
2013	2,312,293	-2,103
2014	2,305,499	4,210
2015	2,329,544	0
2016	2,356,056	5,283
2017	2,348,293	3,178
2018	2,391,853	1,063
2019	2,433,952	0
2020	2,355,279	-19,257
2021	2,363,487	-28,365
2022	2,633,258	-19,209
2023	2,630,818	-21,729

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Czech Republic

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 3 deaths in the Czech Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Czech Republic
1985	926	15
1986	891	17
1987	884	15
1988	881	16
1989	877	15
1990	870	15
1991	890	15
1992	827	13
1993	791	12
1994	749	11
1995	707	10
1996	664	8
1997	626	8
1998	589	7
1999	554	7
2000	523	7
2001	495	6
2002	465	6
2003	436	6
2004	406	5
2005	378	5
2006	352	5
2007	334	4
2008	310	4
2009	293	4
2010	275	4
2011	258	4
2012	244	4
2013	230	3
2014	217	3
2015	204	3
2016	191	3
2017	179	3
2018	168	3
2019	157	3
2020	152	3
2021	194	4
2022	131	3
2023	115	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 0.26% in the Czech Republic. 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	Czech Republic
1960	26.2%	2.48%
1961	25.5%	2.44%
1962	24.9%	2.42%
1963	24.3%	2.43%
1964	23.8%	2.44%
1965	23.3%	2.46%
1966	23%	2.47%
1967	22.8%	2.48%
1968	22.7%	2.47%
1969	22.7%	2.46%
1970	27.1%	2.43%
1971	36.7%	2.39%
1972	22.8%	2.34%
1973	22.8%	2.29%
1974	22.7%	2.23%
1975	22.5%	2.16%
1976	22.3%	2.08%
1977	21.9%	1.99%
1978	21.5%	1.89%
1979	21.1%	1.78%
1980	20.6%	1.68%
1981	20.1%	1.59%
1982	19.6%	1.52%
1983	19%	1.47%
1984	18.4%	1.44%
1985	17.8%	1.41%
1986	17.2%	1.38%
1987	16.5%	1.35%
1988	15.9%	1.3%
1989	15.2%	1.25%
1990	14.6%	1.21%
1991	14%	1.17%
1992	13.4%	1.11%
1993	12.7%	1.03%
1994	12.1%	0.94%
1995	11.5%	0.85%
1996	10.9%	0.77%
1997	10.3%	0.7%
1998	9.7%	0.63%
1999	9.1%	0.58%
2000	8.54%	0.55%
2001	8.01%	0.52%
2002	7.53%	0.5%
2003	7.09%	0.48%
2004	6.69%	0.46%
2005	6.32%	0.44%
2006	5.98%	0.41%
2007	5.67%	0.39%
2008	5.39%	0.37%
2009	5.13%	0.35%
2010	4.89%	0.34%
2011	4.67%	0.33%
2012	4.47%	0.32%
2013	4.27%	0.31%
2014	4.07%	0.31%
2015	3.88%	0.32%
2016	3.69%	0.32%
2017	3.52%	0.32%
2018	3.37%	0.31%
2019	3.24%	0.3%
2020	3.15%	0.29%
2021	3.1%	0.28%
2022	3.07%	0.27%
2023	3.06%	0.26%