Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Ghana

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Ghana 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 3.4 in Ghana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Ghana 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	Ghana
1960	6.74	6.89
1961	6.78	6.91
1962	6.81	6.94
1963	6.8	6.94
1964	6.79	6.9
1965	6.77	6.88
1966	6.77	6.86
1967	6.79	6.89
1968	6.79	6.89
1969	6.81	6.95
1970	6.84	6.95
1971	6.83	6.95
1972	6.82	6.92
1973	6.8	6.87
1974	6.78	6.82
1975	6.73	6.76
1976	6.66	6.7
1977	6.58	6.64
1978	6.51	6.56
1979	6.42	6.51
1980	6.33	6.47
1981	6.24	6.42
1982	6.12	6.31
1983	5.91	6.23
1984	5.73	6.15
1985	5.54	6.12
1986	5.3	6.08
1987	5.08	6.02
1988	4.85	5.92
1989	4.7	5.82
1990	4.51	5.74
1991	4.26	5.63
1992	4.03	5.52
1993	3.83	5.41
1994	3.74	5.25
1995	3.59	5.11
1996	3.51	4.96
1997	3.5	4.88
1998	3.43	4.83
1999	3.36	4.82
2000	3.28	4.83
2001	3.2	4.77
2002	3.13	4.69
2003	3.03	4.6
2004	2.94	4.5
2005	2.85	4.5
2006	2.76	4.4
2007	2.67	4.29
2008	2.58	4.22
2009	2.48	4.18
2010	2.38	4.18
2011	2.31	4.18
2012	2.26	4.15
2013	2.25	4.11
2014	2.23	4.03
2015	2.23	3.98
2016	2.23	3.87
2017	2.21	3.72
2018	2.19	3.65
2019	2.18	3.59
2020	2.17	3.54
2021	2.17	3.49
2022	2.18	3.43
2023	2.16	3.4
2024	2.14	3.34
2025	2.11	3.3
2026	2.09	3.26
2027	2.07	3.22
2028	2.05	3.18
2029	2.03	3.14
2030	2.01	3.1
2031	2	3.06
2032	1.98	3.03
2033	1.96	2.99
2034	1.95	2.96
2035	1.93	2.93
2036	1.92	2.9
2037	1.91	2.87
2038	1.9	2.84
2039	1.88	2.81
2040	1.87	2.78
2041	1.86	2.76
2042	1.86	2.73
2043	1.85	2.71
2044	1.84	2.68
2045	1.83	2.66
2046	1.83	2.64
2047	1.82	2.62
2048	1.82	2.59
2049	1.81	2.57
2050	1.81	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Ghana
1960	42.1%	45.4%
1961	42.3%	45.9%
1962	42.5%	46.4%
1963	42.8%	46.8%
1964	43.2%	47.1%
1965	43.5%	47.4%
1966	43.7%	47.6%
1967	43.9%	47.8%
1968	44.1%	47.9%
1969	44.3%	48.1%
1970	44.4%	48.2%
1971	44.5%	48.4%
1972	44.7%	48.4%
1973	44.8%	48.4%
1974	44.9%	48.3%
1975	44.9%	48.2%
1976	44.9%	47.9%
1977	44.8%	47.5%
1978	44.8%	47%
1979	44.8%	46.5%
1980	44.8%	46.2%
1981	44.8%	45.9%
1982	44.8%	45.7%
1983	44.7%	45.4%
1984	44.6%	45.2%
1985	44.5%	45.3%
1986	44.2%	45.4%
1987	43.9%	45.5%
1988	43.5%	45.4%
1989	43.1%	45.4%
1990	42.7%	45.3%
1991	42.3%	45.2%
1992	41.8%	45%
1993	41.3%	44.8%
1994	40.8%	44.5%
1995	40.2%	44.2%
1996	39.6%	43.9%
1997	39%	43.5%
1998	38.4%	43.1%
1999	37.8%	42.7%
2000	37.3%	42.3%
2001	36.9%	41.9%
2002	36.6%	41.5%
2003	36.4%	41.1%
2004	36.1%	40.7%
2005	35.7%	40.4%
2006	35.4%	40.1%
2007	35.1%	39.8%
2008	34.8%	39.5%
2009	34.4%	39.3%
2010	34.1%	39.1%
2011	33.6%	39%
2012	33%	38.9%
2013	32.4%	38.9%
2014	31.8%	38.8%
2015	31.2%	38.6%
2016	30.6%	38.4%
2017	30.1%	38.1%
2018	29.7%	37.8%
2019	29.5%	37.6%
2020	29.3%	37.2%
2021	29.1%	36.9%
2022	28.8%	36.5%
2023	28.4%	36.2%
2024	28%	35.8%
2025	27.6%	35.4%
2026	27.3%	35%
2027	27%	34.6%
2028	26.8%	34.1%
2029	26.5%	33.7%
2030	26.3%	33.3%
2031	26%	32.8%
2032	25.8%	32.5%
2033	25.5%	32.2%
2034	25.2%	31.9%
2035	24.8%	31.6%
2036	24.5%	31.4%
2037	24%	31.2%
2038	23.6%	30.9%
2039	23.2%	30.7%
2040	22.7%	30.5%
2041	22.3%	30.3%
2042	21.9%	30.1%
2043	21.5%	29.8%
2044	21.2%	29.6%
2045	20.8%	29.4%
2046	20.5%	29.2%
2047	20.2%	29%
2048	19.9%	28.8%
2049	19.6%	28.5%
2050	19.4%	28.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 35.8% in Ghana in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 45.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Ghana compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Ghana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +2.1% in Ghana. 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	Ghana
1960	1,418,810	217,134
1961	1,504,524	222,372
1962	1,584,035	223,842
1963	1,612,749	225,367
1964	1,686,591	226,685
1965	1,688,652	229,061
1966	1,794,530	231,440
1967	1,860,743	237,156
1968	1,918,686	242,821
1969	1,985,984	251,925
1970	1,742,287	257,938
1971	542,747	265,442
1972	2,231,204	275,236
1973	2,276,471	283,385
1974	2,312,418	290,796
1975	2,385,302	298,267
1976	2,431,754	305,769
1977	2,475,502	315,429
1978	2,514,509	324,428
1979	2,570,404	334,848
1980	2,615,497	346,816
1981	2,658,613	359,572
1982	2,705,822	369,061
1983	2,694,172	379,846
1984	2,713,094	392,053
1985	2,698,231	401,722
1986	2,685,152	411,191
1987	2,661,768	419,328
1988	2,614,570	425,031
1989	2,623,347	432,541
1990	2,587,558	442,211
1991	2,354,255	448,159
1992	2,453,664	452,156
1993	2,425,139	454,669
1994	2,475,098	449,589
1995	2,477,509	451,748
1996	2,531,581	450,259
1997	2,667,979	459,822
1998	2,740,993	471,313
1999	2,803,597	487,210
2000	2,867,543	508,738
2001	2,905,755	519,382
2002	2,907,604	528,620
2003	2,881,857	536,656
2004	2,849,626	543,339
2005	2,783,029	563,234
2006	2,725,786	569,474
2007	2,666,175	572,332
2008	2,595,770	579,695
2009	2,511,746	592,825
2010	2,408,597	613,133
2011	2,332,126	631,501
2012	2,304,652	646,595
2013	2,312,293	658,638
2014	2,305,499	660,829
2015	2,329,544	667,729
2016	2,356,056	659,910
2017	2,348,293	641,218
2018	2,391,853	641,551
2019	2,433,952	642,403
2020	2,355,279	637,469
2021	2,363,487	635,805
2022	2,633,258	646,441
2023	2,630,818	651,094

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Ghana

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 234 deaths in Ghana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Ghana
1985	926	943
1986	891	908
1987	884	873
1988	881	834
1989	877	799
1990	870	769
1991	890	745
1992	827	718
1993	791	696
1994	749	670
1995	707	630
1996	664	591
1997	626	553
1998	589	521
1999	554	490
2000	523	472
2001	495	460
2002	465	434
2003	436	410
2004	406	403
2005	378	390
2006	352	385
2007	334	377
2008	310	380
2009	293	369
2010	275	363
2011	258	356
2012	244	351
2013	230	338
2014	217	317
2015	204	310
2016	191	296
2017	179	287
2018	168	276
2019	157	260
2020	152	253
2021	194	264
2022	131	239
2023	115	234

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 3.71% in Ghana. 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	Ghana
1960	26.2%	20.9%
1961	25.5%	20.7%
1962	24.9%	20.5%
1963	24.3%	20.4%
1964	23.8%	20.3%
1965	23.3%	20.3%
1966	23%	20.3%
1967	22.8%	20.3%
1968	22.7%	20.3%
1969	22.7%	20.3%
1970	27.1%	20.2%
1971	36.7%	20.1%
1972	22.8%	19.9%
1973	22.8%	19.6%
1974	22.7%	19.2%
1975	22.5%	18.7%
1976	22.3%	18.2%
1977	21.9%	17.7%
1978	21.5%	17.2%
1979	21.1%	16.9%
1980	20.6%	16.7%
1981	20.1%	16.6%
1982	19.6%	16.4%
1983	19%	16.2%
1984	18.4%	15.9%
1985	17.8%	15.5%
1986	17.2%	15%
1987	16.5%	14.4%
1988	15.9%	13.8%
1989	15.2%	13.3%
1990	14.6%	12.8%
1991	14%	12.3%
1992	13.4%	12%
1993	12.7%	11.8%
1994	12.1%	11.6%
1995	11.5%	11.5%
1996	10.9%	11.3%
1997	10.3%	11.1%
1998	9.7%	10.8%
1999	9.1%	10.4%
2000	8.54%	10%
2001	8.01%	9.61%
2002	7.53%	9.21%
2003	7.09%	8.85%
2004	6.69%	8.52%
2005	6.32%	8.22%
2006	5.98%	7.93%
2007	5.67%	7.63%
2008	5.39%	7.31%
2009	5.13%	6.99%
2010	4.89%	6.65%
2011	4.67%	6.33%
2012	4.47%	6.02%
2013	4.27%	5.74%
2014	4.07%	5.48%
2015	3.88%	5.25%
2016	3.69%	5.02%
2017	3.52%	4.81%
2018	3.37%	4.6%
2019	3.24%	4.39%
2020	3.15%	4.2%
2021	3.1%	4.02%
2022	3.07%	3.85%
2023	3.06%	3.71%