Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Guyana

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Guyana 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 2.41 in Guyana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Guyana 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	Guyana
1960	6.74	6.33
1961	6.78	6.34
1962	6.81	6.33
1963	6.8	6.31
1964	6.79	6.23
1965	6.77	6.14
1966	6.77	6.02
1967	6.79	5.89
1968	6.79	5.75
1969	6.81	5.58
1970	6.84	5.41
1971	6.83	5.26
1972	6.82	5.08
1973	6.8	4.87
1974	6.78	4.64
1975	6.73	4.45
1976	6.66	4.28
1977	6.58	4.12
1978	6.51	3.97
1979	6.42	3.86
1980	6.33	3.77
1981	6.24	3.72
1982	6.12	3.68
1983	5.91	3.64
1984	5.73	3.54
1985	5.54	3.47
1986	5.3	3.38
1987	5.08	3.31
1988	4.85	3.23
1989	4.7	3.19
1990	4.51	3.18
1991	4.26	3.18
1992	4.03	3.19
1993	3.83	3.2
1994	3.74	3.23
1995	3.59	3.24
1996	3.51	3.23
1997	3.5	3.22
1998	3.43	3.18
1999	3.36	3.13
2000	3.28	3.06
2001	3.2	2.96
2002	3.13	2.84
2003	3.03	2.75
2004	2.94	2.68
2005	2.85	2.65
2006	2.76	2.66
2007	2.67	2.68
2008	2.58	2.7
2009	2.48	2.69
2010	2.38	2.68
2011	2.31	2.69
2012	2.26	2.7
2013	2.25	2.71
2014	2.23	2.7
2015	2.23	2.67
2016	2.23	2.63
2017	2.21	2.59
2018	2.19	2.55
2019	2.18	2.52
2020	2.17	2.49
2021	2.17	2.46
2022	2.18	2.44
2023	2.16	2.41
2024	2.14	2.39
2025	2.11	2.37
2026	2.09	2.35
2027	2.07	2.32
2028	2.05	2.3
2029	2.03	2.28
2030	2.01	2.26
2031	2	2.23
2032	1.98	2.21
2033	1.96	2.2
2034	1.95	2.18
2035	1.93	2.16
2036	1.92	2.15
2037	1.91	2.13
2038	1.9	2.12
2039	1.88	2.11
2040	1.87	2.1
2041	1.86	2.09
2042	1.86	2.07
2043	1.85	2.06
2044	1.84	2.05
2045	1.83	2.03
2046	1.83	2.02
2047	1.82	2.01
2048	1.82	2
2049	1.81	1.98
2050	1.81	1.98

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Guyana
1960	42.1%	46.8%
1961	42.3%	47%
1962	42.5%	47.4%
1963	42.8%	47.6%
1964	43.2%	47.7%
1965	43.5%	47.8%
1966	43.7%	47.7%
1967	43.9%	47.5%
1968	44.1%	47.3%
1969	44.3%	46.9%
1970	44.4%	46.6%
1971	44.5%	46.3%
1972	44.7%	46%
1973	44.8%	45.7%
1974	44.9%	45.3%
1975	44.9%	44.9%
1976	44.9%	44.4%
1977	44.8%	43.9%
1978	44.8%	43.4%
1979	44.8%	42.9%
1980	44.8%	42.5%
1981	44.8%	41.9%
1982	44.8%	41.2%
1983	44.7%	40.5%
1984	44.6%	39.9%
1985	44.5%	39.2%
1986	44.2%	38.6%
1987	43.9%	38%
1988	43.5%	37.5%
1989	43.1%	37.2%
1990	42.7%	36.9%
1991	42.3%	36.7%
1992	41.8%	36.5%
1993	41.3%	36.4%
1994	40.8%	36.4%
1995	40.2%	36.4%
1996	39.6%	36.4%
1997	39%	36.5%
1998	38.4%	36.6%
1999	37.8%	36.6%
2000	37.3%	36.6%
2001	36.9%	36.5%
2002	36.6%	36.4%
2003	36.4%	36.1%
2004	36.1%	35.8%
2005	35.7%	35.3%
2006	35.4%	34.7%
2007	35.1%	34.1%
2008	34.8%	33.5%
2009	34.4%	32.9%
2010	34.1%	32.2%
2011	33.6%	31.6%
2012	33%	31.1%
2013	32.4%	30.8%
2014	31.8%	30.5%
2015	31.2%	30.3%
2016	30.6%	30.1%
2017	30.1%	30%
2018	29.7%	29.5%
2019	29.5%	29.3%
2020	29.3%	29.5%
2021	29.1%	29.4%
2022	28.8%	29.4%
2023	28.4%	29.3%
2024	28%	29.2%
2025	27.6%	28.9%
2026	27.3%	28.7%
2027	27%	28.4%
2028	26.8%	28.1%
2029	26.5%	27.8%
2030	26.3%	27.4%
2031	26%	27%
2032	25.8%	26.7%
2033	25.5%	26.3%
2034	25.2%	26%
2035	24.8%	25.6%
2036	24.5%	25.2%
2037	24%	24.9%
2038	23.6%	24.6%
2039	23.2%	24.3%
2040	22.7%	24.1%
2041	22.3%	23.9%
2042	21.9%	23.6%
2043	21.5%	23.4%
2044	21.2%	23.3%
2045	20.8%	23.1%
2046	20.5%	22.9%
2047	20.2%	22.7%
2048	19.9%	22.6%
2049	19.6%	22.4%
2050	19.4%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 29.2% in Guyana in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 36.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Guyana compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Guyana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +1.36% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	1,418,810	17,867
1961	1,504,524	18,092
1962	1,584,035	18,344
1963	1,612,749	18,606
1964	1,686,591	18,729
1965	1,688,652	18,791
1966	1,794,530	18,862
1967	1,860,743	18,933
1968	1,918,686	19,035
1969	1,985,984	19,133
1970	1,742,287	19,233
1971	542,747	19,273
1972	2,231,204	19,219
1973	2,276,471	18,991
1974	2,312,418	18,589
1975	2,385,302	18,317
1976	2,431,754	18,083
1977	2,475,502	17,805
1978	2,514,509	17,539
1979	2,570,404	17,402
1980	2,615,497	17,298
1981	2,658,613	17,471
1982	2,705,822	17,644
1983	2,694,172	17,753
1984	2,713,094	17,466
1985	2,698,231	17,292
1986	2,685,152	16,940
1987	2,661,768	16,600
1988	2,614,570	16,189
1989	2,623,347	15,947
1990	2,587,558	15,917
1991	2,354,255	15,896
1992	2,453,664	15,990
1993	2,425,139	16,099
1994	2,475,098	16,185
1995	2,477,509	15,991
1996	2,531,581	15,768
1997	2,667,979	15,568
1998	2,740,993	15,292
1999	2,803,597	14,763
2000	2,867,543	14,128
2001	2,905,755	13,307
2002	2,907,604	12,218
2003	2,881,857	11,344
2004	2,849,626	10,767
2005	2,783,029	10,455
2006	2,725,786	10,525
2007	2,666,175	10,741
2008	2,595,770	10,792
2009	2,511,746	10,758
2010	2,408,597	10,652
2011	2,332,126	10,713
2012	2,304,652	10,633
2013	2,312,293	10,887
2014	2,305,499	11,143
2015	2,329,544	11,199
2016	2,356,056	11,168
2017	2,348,293	11,108
2018	2,391,853	10,946
2019	2,433,952	11,665
2020	2,355,279	10,307
2021	2,363,487	8,125
2022	2,633,258	11,042
2023	2,630,818	10,716

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Guyana

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 75 deaths in Guyana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Guyana
1985	926	241
1986	891	238
1987	884	234
1988	881	230
1989	877	227
1990	870	224
1991	890	219
1992	827	208
1993	791	205
1994	749	204
1995	707	207
1996	664	202
1997	626	195
1998	589	184
1999	554	178
2000	523	171
2001	495	163
2002	465	164
2003	436	164
2004	406	162
2005	378	166
2006	352	167
2007	334	158
2008	310	153
2009	293	146
2010	275	141
2011	258	135
2012	244	133
2013	230	128
2014	217	121
2015	204	117
2016	191	114
2017	179	110
2018	168	105
2019	157	107
2020	152	109
2021	194	189
2022	131	83
2023	115	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 2.57% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	26.2%	9.19%
1961	25.5%	8.81%
1962	24.9%	8.49%
1963	24.3%	8.21%
1964	23.8%	7.99%
1965	23.3%	7.8%
1966	23%	7.66%
1967	22.8%	7.56%
1968	22.7%	7.48%
1969	22.7%	7.43%
1970	27.1%	7.39%
1971	36.7%	7.37%
1972	22.8%	7.35%
1973	22.8%	7.33%
1974	22.7%	7.31%
1975	22.5%	7.27%
1976	22.3%	7.24%
1977	21.9%	7.19%
1978	21.5%	7.14%
1979	21.1%	7.08%
1980	20.6%	7.02%
1981	20.1%	6.96%
1982	19.6%	6.89%
1983	19%	6.82%
1984	18.4%	6.74%
1985	17.8%	6.66%
1986	17.2%	6.57%
1987	16.5%	6.47%
1988	15.9%	6.35%
1989	15.2%	6.22%
1990	14.6%	6.08%
1991	14%	5.92%
1992	13.4%	5.77%
1993	12.7%	5.6%
1994	12.1%	5.45%
1995	11.5%	5.3%
1996	10.9%	5.16%
1997	10.3%	5.02%
1998	9.7%	4.89%
1999	9.1%	4.77%
2000	8.54%	4.65%
2001	8.01%	4.53%
2002	7.53%	4.42%
2003	7.09%	4.32%
2004	6.69%	4.23%
2005	6.32%	4.14%
2006	5.98%	4.05%
2007	5.67%	3.97%
2008	5.39%	3.89%
2009	5.13%	3.81%
2010	4.89%	3.73%
2011	4.67%	3.65%
2012	4.47%	3.58%
2013	4.27%	3.49%
2014	4.07%	3.4%
2015	3.88%	3.31%
2016	3.69%	3.21%
2017	3.52%	3.11%
2018	3.37%	3.02%
2019	3.24%	2.93%
2020	3.15%	2.84%
2021	3.1%	2.75%
2022	3.07%	2.66%
2023	3.06%	2.57%