Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and DR Congo

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs DR Congo 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 6.05 in the DR Congo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs the DR Congo 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	DR Congo
1960	6.74	6.11
1961	6.78	6.12
1962	6.81	6.14
1963	6.8	6.16
1964	6.79	6.19
1965	6.77	6.21
1966	6.77	6.24
1967	6.79	6.27
1968	6.79	6.29
1969	6.81	6.3
1970	6.84	6.33
1971	6.83	6.34
1972	6.82	6.37
1973	6.8	6.39
1974	6.78	6.4
1975	6.73	6.42
1976	6.66	6.44
1977	6.58	6.45
1978	6.51	6.46
1979	6.42	6.48
1980	6.33	6.5
1981	6.24	6.52
1982	6.12	6.54
1983	5.91	6.56
1984	5.73	6.59
1985	5.54	6.61
1986	5.3	6.63
1987	5.08	6.65
1988	4.85	6.66
1989	4.7	6.65
1990	4.51	6.65
1991	4.26	6.65
1992	4.03	6.64
1993	3.83	6.64
1994	3.74	6.64
1995	3.59	6.68
1996	3.51	6.67
1997	3.5	6.69
1998	3.43	6.7
1999	3.36	6.69
2000	3.28	6.7
2001	3.2	6.66
2002	3.13	6.61
2003	3.03	6.55
2004	2.94	6.53
2005	2.85	6.53
2006	2.76	6.55
2007	2.67	6.56
2008	2.58	6.58
2009	2.48	6.59
2010	2.38	6.59
2011	2.31	6.58
2012	2.26	6.56
2013	2.25	6.53
2014	2.23	6.48
2015	2.23	6.44
2016	2.23	6.39
2017	2.21	6.35
2018	2.19	6.3
2019	2.18	6.25
2020	2.17	6.21
2021	2.17	6.16
2022	2.18	6.11
2023	2.16	6.05
2024	2.14	5.98
2025	2.11	5.9
2026	2.09	5.8
2027	2.07	5.71
2028	2.05	5.62
2029	2.03	5.52
2030	2.01	5.42
2031	2	5.32
2032	1.98	5.2
2033	1.96	5.09
2034	1.95	4.99
2035	1.93	4.87
2036	1.92	4.77
2037	1.91	4.64
2038	1.9	4.55
2039	1.88	4.47
2040	1.87	4.38
2041	1.86	4.3
2042	1.86	4.21
2043	1.85	4.14
2044	1.84	4.06
2045	1.83	3.99
2046	1.83	3.92
2047	1.82	3.85
2048	1.82	3.78
2049	1.81	3.72
2050	1.81	3.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	DR Congo
1960	42.1%	42.9%
1961	42.3%	42.8%
1962	42.5%	42.7%
1963	42.8%	42.7%
1964	43.2%	42.7%
1965	43.5%	42.8%
1966	43.7%	42.9%
1967	43.9%	43%
1968	44.1%	43.2%
1969	44.3%	43.3%
1970	44.4%	43.4%
1971	44.5%	43.6%
1972	44.7%	43.8%
1973	44.8%	44%
1974	44.9%	44.2%
1975	44.9%	44.3%
1976	44.9%	44.5%
1977	44.8%	44.6%
1978	44.8%	44.5%
1979	44.8%	44.3%
1980	44.8%	44.2%
1981	44.8%	44.3%
1982	44.8%	44.3%
1983	44.7%	44.2%
1984	44.6%	44.1%
1985	44.5%	44.1%
1986	44.2%	44.1%
1987	43.9%	44.2%
1988	43.5%	44.3%
1989	43.1%	44.3%
1990	42.7%	44.4%
1991	42.3%	44.4%
1992	41.8%	44.5%
1993	41.3%	44.5%
1994	40.8%	44.1%
1995	40.2%	44%
1996	39.6%	44.7%
1997	39%	45.4%
1998	38.4%	45.6%
1999	37.8%	45.6%
2000	37.3%	45.7%
2001	36.9%	45.7%
2002	36.6%	45.7%
2003	36.4%	45.8%
2004	36.1%	45.9%
2005	35.7%	45.9%
2006	35.4%	45.9%
2007	35.1%	46%
2008	34.8%	46%
2009	34.4%	46.1%
2010	34.1%	46.1%
2011	33.6%	46%
2012	33%	46%
2013	32.4%	46%
2014	31.8%	46%
2015	31.2%	46%
2016	30.6%	45.9%
2017	30.1%	45.8%
2018	29.7%	45.9%
2019	29.5%	46%
2020	29.3%	46.1%
2021	29.1%	46.1%
2022	28.8%	46.1%
2023	28.4%	46.1%
2024	28%	46%
2025	27.6%	45.9%
2026	27.3%	45.8%
2027	27%	45.7%
2028	26.8%	45.5%
2029	26.5%	45.3%
2030	26.3%	45%
2031	26%	44.8%
2032	25.8%	44.5%
2033	25.5%	44.2%
2034	25.2%	43.8%
2035	24.8%	43.4%
2036	24.5%	43%
2037	24%	42.6%
2038	23.6%	42.2%
2039	23.2%	41.7%
2040	22.7%	41.3%
2041	22.3%	40.9%
2042	21.9%	40.4%
2043	21.5%	40%
2044	21.2%	39.6%
2045	20.8%	39.2%
2046	20.5%	38.8%
2047	20.2%	38.4%
2048	19.9%	38%
2049	19.6%	37.7%
2050	19.4%	37.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 46% in the DR Congo in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 44.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and the DR Congo compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs DR Congo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +3.29% in the DR Congo. 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	DR Congo
1960	1,418,810	363,517
1961	1,504,524	368,207
1962	1,584,035	383,406
1963	1,612,749	398,972
1964	1,686,591	406,334
1965	1,688,652	429,002
1966	1,794,530	463,397
1967	1,860,743	479,552
1968	1,918,686	497,682
1969	1,985,984	514,800
1970	1,742,287	533,300
1971	542,747	549,343
1972	2,231,204	564,495
1973	2,276,471	578,280
1974	2,312,418	593,539
1975	2,385,302	608,655
1976	2,431,754	624,147
1977	2,475,502	638,242
1978	2,514,509	646,411
1979	2,570,404	691,773
1980	2,615,497	724,111
1981	2,658,613	748,371
1982	2,705,822	774,823
1983	2,694,172	807,122
1984	2,713,094	844,956
1985	2,698,231	885,670
1986	2,685,152	925,334
1987	2,661,768	959,875
1988	2,614,570	995,278
1989	2,623,347	1,027,238
1990	2,587,558	1,063,508
1991	2,354,255	1,114,033
1992	2,453,664	1,152,781
1993	2,425,139	1,209,242
1994	2,475,098	1,259,539
1995	2,477,509	1,395,440
1996	2,531,581	1,380,490
1997	2,667,979	1,392,037
1998	2,740,993	1,375,130
1999	2,803,597	1,450,318
2000	2,867,543	1,549,518
2001	2,905,755	1,594,999
2002	2,907,604	1,631,597
2003	2,881,857	1,679,188
2004	2,849,626	1,731,022
2005	2,783,029	1,800,300
2006	2,725,786	1,889,398
2007	2,666,175	1,963,738
2008	2,595,770	2,044,210
2009	2,511,746	2,126,912
2010	2,408,597	2,212,255
2011	2,332,126	2,310,679
2012	2,304,652	2,405,462
2013	2,312,293	2,489,378
2014	2,305,499	2,580,251
2015	2,329,544	2,665,016
2016	2,356,056	2,753,687
2017	2,348,293	2,883,245
2018	2,391,853	2,993,184
2019	2,433,952	3,075,538
2020	2,355,279	3,156,152
2021	2,363,487	3,227,992
2022	2,633,258	3,347,664
2023	2,630,818	3,467,787

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs DR Congo

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 427 deaths in the DR Congo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	DR Congo
1985	926	934
1986	891	902
1987	884	863
1988	881	824
1989	877	791
1990	870	755
1991	890	735
1992	827	709
1993	791	683
1994	749	656
1995	707	644
1996	664	661
1997	626	617
1998	589	605
1999	554	601
2000	523	585
2001	495	588
2002	465	601
2003	436	605
2004	406	607
2005	378	613
2006	352	619
2007	334	631
2008	310	620
2009	293	608
2010	275	601
2011	258	589
2012	244	578
2013	230	567
2014	217	558
2015	204	545
2016	191	526
2017	179	519
2018	168	508
2019	157	493
2020	152	489
2021	194	507
2022	131	456
2023	115	427

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 7.32% in the DR Congo. 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	DR Congo
1960	26.2%	-
1961	25.5%	-
1962	24.9%	-
1963	24.3%	-
1964	23.8%	-
1965	23.3%	-
1966	23%	-
1967	22.8%	-
1968	22.7%	-
1969	22.7%	25.1%
1970	27.1%	24.7%
1971	36.7%	24.3%
1972	22.8%	24%
1973	22.8%	23.7%
1974	22.7%	23.4%
1975	22.5%	23%
1976	22.3%	22.6%
1977	21.9%	22.3%
1978	21.5%	21.9%
1979	21.1%	21.5%
1980	20.6%	21.2%
1981	20.1%	20.9%
1982	19.6%	20.6%
1983	19%	20.3%
1984	18.4%	20%
1985	17.8%	19.7%
1986	17.2%	19.5%
1987	16.5%	19.2%
1988	15.9%	19%
1989	15.2%	18.8%
1990	14.6%	18.5%
1991	14%	18.3%
1992	13.4%	18.1%
1993	12.7%	17.9%
1994	12.1%	17.7%
1995	11.5%	17.5%
1996	10.9%	17.3%
1997	10.3%	17%
1998	9.7%	16.7%
1999	9.1%	16.3%
2000	8.54%	15.9%
2001	8.01%	15.5%
2002	7.53%	15%
2003	7.09%	14.6%
2004	6.69%	14.1%
2005	6.32%	13.6%
2006	5.98%	13.1%
2007	5.67%	12.7%
2008	5.39%	12.2%
2009	5.13%	11.8%
2010	4.89%	11.4%
2011	4.67%	11%
2012	4.47%	10.6%
2013	4.27%	10.3%
2014	4.07%	9.9%
2015	3.88%	9.56%
2016	3.69%	9.23%
2017	3.52%	8.93%
2018	3.37%	8.63%
2019	3.24%	8.35%
2020	3.15%	8.07%
2021	3.1%	7.81%
2022	3.07%	7.57%
2023	3.06%	7.32%