Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and East Timor

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs East Timor 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 2.71 in East Timor in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs East Timor 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	East Timor
1960	6.74	6.32
1961	6.78	6.27
1962	6.81	6.22
1963	6.8	6.16
1964	6.79	6.08
1965	6.77	6.01
1966	6.77	5.93
1967	6.79	5.86
1968	6.79	5.79
1969	6.81	5.72
1970	6.84	5.66
1971	6.83	5.58
1972	6.82	5.49
1973	6.8	5.39
1974	6.78	5.29
1975	6.73	5.19
1976	6.66	5.12
1977	6.58	5.09
1978	6.51	5.09
1979	6.42	5.14
1980	6.33	5.22
1981	6.24	5.53
1982	6.12	5.56
1983	5.91	5.59
1984	5.73	5.61
1985	5.54	5.65
1986	5.3	5.67
1987	5.08	5.68
1988	4.85	5.72
1989	4.7	5.76
1990	4.51	5.81
1991	4.26	5.84
1992	4.03	5.87
1993	3.83	5.88
1994	3.74	5.91
1995	3.59	5.94
1996	3.51	5.94
1997	3.5	5.96
1998	3.43	5.96
1999	3.36	5.97
2000	3.28	5.93
2001	3.2	5.92
2002	3.13	5.9
2003	3.03	5.85
2004	2.94	5.74
2005	2.85	5.61
2006	2.76	5.47
2007	2.67	5.33
2008	2.58	5.17
2009	2.48	4.99
2010	2.38	4.82
2011	2.31	4.61
2012	2.26	4.4
2013	2.25	4.21
2014	2.23	4
2015	2.23	3.78
2016	2.23	3.58
2017	2.21	3.4
2018	2.19	3.24
2019	2.18	3.12
2020	2.17	3.01
2021	2.17	2.89
2022	2.18	2.8
2023	2.16	2.71
2024	2.14	2.63
2025	2.11	2.56
2026	2.09	2.5
2027	2.07	2.45
2028	2.05	2.4
2029	2.03	2.36
2030	2.01	2.32
2031	2	2.29
2032	1.98	2.25
2033	1.96	2.22
2034	1.95	2.19
2035	1.93	2.17
2036	1.92	2.14
2037	1.91	2.12
2038	1.9	2.09
2039	1.88	2.07
2040	1.87	2.05
2041	1.86	2.03
2042	1.86	2.02
2043	1.85	2
2044	1.84	1.99
2045	1.83	1.97
2046	1.83	1.96
2047	1.82	1.95
2048	1.82	1.94
2049	1.81	1.93
2050	1.81	1.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	East Timor
1960	42.1%	40.1%
1961	42.3%	39.7%
1962	42.5%	39.3%
1963	42.8%	39%
1964	43.2%	38.8%
1965	43.5%	38.7%
1966	43.7%	38.9%
1967	43.9%	39.1%
1968	44.1%	39.3%
1969	44.3%	39.5%
1970	44.4%	39.6%
1971	44.5%	39.7%
1972	44.7%	39.7%
1973	44.8%	39.8%
1974	44.9%	39.7%
1975	44.9%	39.4%
1976	44.9%	39%
1977	44.8%	38.5%
1978	44.8%	38%
1979	44.8%	37.5%
1980	44.8%	37.4%
1981	44.8%	37.8%
1982	44.8%	38.4%
1983	44.7%	38.8%
1984	44.6%	39.3%
1985	44.5%	39.7%
1986	44.2%	40.2%
1987	43.9%	40.7%
1988	43.5%	41.3%
1989	43.1%	41.9%
1990	42.7%	42.2%
1991	42.3%	42.4%
1992	41.8%	42.6%
1993	41.3%	42.7%
1994	40.8%	42.9%
1995	40.2%	43%
1996	39.6%	43%
1997	39%	43%
1998	38.4%	42.9%
1999	37.8%	42.7%
2000	37.3%	42.6%
2001	36.9%	42.5%
2002	36.6%	42.4%
2003	36.4%	42.2%
2004	36.1%	42%
2005	35.7%	42.1%
2006	35.4%	42.2%
2007	35.1%	42.3%
2008	34.8%	42.1%
2009	34.4%	41.9%
2010	34.1%	41.6%
2011	33.6%	41.3%
2012	33%	40.9%
2013	32.4%	40.4%
2014	31.8%	39.8%
2015	31.2%	39.1%
2016	30.6%	38.4%
2017	30.1%	37.8%
2018	29.7%	37.2%
2019	29.5%	36.6%
2020	29.3%	36%
2021	29.1%	35.4%
2022	28.8%	34.8%
2023	28.4%	34.2%
2024	28%	33.7%
2025	27.6%	33.1%
2026	27.3%	32.6%
2027	27%	32.1%
2028	26.8%	31.6%
2029	26.5%	31%
2030	26.3%	30.4%
2031	26%	29.8%
2032	25.8%	29.2%
2033	25.5%	28.7%
2034	25.2%	28.1%
2035	24.8%	27.6%
2036	24.5%	27.2%
2037	24%	26.9%
2038	23.6%	26.7%
2039	23.2%	26.4%
2040	22.7%	26.2%
2041	22.3%	25.9%
2042	21.9%	25.6%
2043	21.5%	25.4%
2044	21.2%	25.1%
2045	20.8%	24.8%
2046	20.5%	24.5%
2047	20.2%	24.1%
2048	19.9%	23.8%
2049	19.6%	23.5%
2050	19.4%	23.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 33.7% in East Timor in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 42.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and East Timor compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs East Timor by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +1.7% in East Timor. 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	East Timor
1960	1,418,810	7,012
1961	1,504,524	7,330
1962	1,584,035	7,639
1963	1,612,749	7,938
1964	1,686,591	8,235
1965	1,688,652	8,526
1966	1,794,530	8,810
1967	1,860,743	9,089
1968	1,918,686	9,356
1969	1,985,984	9,611
1970	1,742,287	9,824
1971	542,747	9,964
1972	2,231,204	10,030
1973	2,276,471	10,033
1974	2,312,418	8,405
1975	2,385,302	-1,062
1976	2,431,754	783
1977	2,475,502	296
1978	2,514,509	-1,000
1979	2,570,404	987
1980	2,615,497	6,940
1981	2,658,613	9,336
1982	2,705,822	9,579
1983	2,694,172	9,686
1984	2,713,094	10,922
1985	2,698,231	10,788
1986	2,685,152	11,062
1987	2,661,768	11,945
1988	2,614,570	12,118
1989	2,623,347	17,758
1990	2,587,558	18,343
1991	2,354,255	18,605
1992	2,453,664	19,880
1993	2,425,139	20,770
1994	2,475,098	21,746
1995	2,477,509	21,962
1996	2,531,581	22,703
1997	2,667,979	23,501
1998	2,740,993	23,590
1999	2,803,597	21,871
2000	2,867,543	21,579
2001	2,905,755	23,314
2002	2,907,604	25,410
2003	2,881,857	26,900
2004	2,849,626	26,751
2005	2,783,029	26,412
2006	2,725,786	26,221
2007	2,666,175	26,074
2008	2,595,770	25,888
2009	2,511,746	25,696
2010	2,408,597	25,515
2011	2,332,126	25,237
2012	2,304,652	24,890
2013	2,312,293	24,538
2014	2,305,499	24,040
2015	2,329,544	23,391
2016	2,356,056	22,778
2017	2,348,293	22,145
2018	2,391,853	21,650
2019	2,433,952	21,307
2020	2,355,279	21,166
2021	2,363,487	20,101
2022	2,633,258	20,625
2023	2,630,818	20,495

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs East Timor

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 192 deaths in East Timor.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	East Timor
1985	926	1,916
1986	891	1,860
1987	884	1,763
1988	881	1,743
1989	877	1,511
1990	870	1,477
1991	890	1,439
1992	827	1,368
1993	791	1,308
1994	749	1,254
1995	707	1,239
1996	664	1,193
1997	626	1,166
1998	589	1,157
1999	554	1,488
2000	523	796
2001	495	761
2002	465	724
2003	436	714
2004	406	683
2005	378	648
2006	352	600
2007	334	559
2008	310	518
2009	293	477
2010	275	439
2011	258	404
2012	244	374
2013	230	349
2014	217	327
2015	204	305
2016	191	287
2017	179	269
2018	168	251
2019	157	237
2020	152	257
2021	194	263
2022	131	235
2023	115	192

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 5% in East Timor. 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	East Timor
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%	-
1970	27.1%	-
1971	36.7%	-
1972	22.8%	-
1973	22.8%	-
1974	22.7%	-
1975	22.5%	-
1976	22.3%	-
1977	21.9%	-
1978	21.5%	-
1979	21.1%	-
1980	20.6%	-
1981	20.1%	-
1982	19.6%	-
1983	19%	-
1984	18.4%	-
1985	17.8%	27.1%
1986	17.2%	26.3%
1987	16.5%	24.4%
1988	15.9%	24.1%
1989	15.2%	23%
1990	14.6%	22.5%
1991	14%	22.2%
1992	13.4%	21.1%
1993	12.7%	20%
1994	12.1%	19.2%
1995	11.5%	19.3%
1996	10.9%	18.5%
1997	10.3%	17.7%
1998	9.7%	18%
1999	9.1%	19.4%
2000	8.54%	11.1%
2001	8.01%	10.6%
2002	7.53%	10.1%
2003	7.09%	9.61%
2004	6.69%	9.17%
2005	6.32%	8.75%
2006	5.98%	8.36%
2007	5.67%	8.01%
2008	5.39%	7.68%
2009	5.13%	7.38%
2010	4.89%	7.11%
2011	4.67%	6.86%
2012	4.47%	6.63%
2013	4.27%	6.42%
2014	4.07%	6.23%
2015	3.88%	6.06%
2016	3.69%	5.91%
2017	3.52%	5.78%
2018	3.37%	5.66%
2019	3.24%	5.55%
2020	3.15%	5.42%
2021	3.1%	5.28%
2022	3.07%	5.14%
2023	3.06%	5%