Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Hungary

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Hungary 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 1.51 in Hungary in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Hungary 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	Hungary
1960	6.74	2.02
1961	6.78	1.94
1962	6.81	1.79
1963	6.8	1.82
1964	6.79	1.82
1965	6.77	1.82
1966	6.77	1.89
1967	6.79	2.01
1968	6.79	2.06
1969	6.81	2.04
1970	6.84	1.98
1971	6.83	1.93
1972	6.82	1.93
1973	6.8	1.93
1974	6.78	2.27
1975	6.73	2.35
1976	6.66	2.23
1977	6.58	2.15
1978	6.51	2.06
1979	6.42	2.01
1980	6.33	1.91
1981	6.24	1.88
1982	6.12	1.8
1983	5.91	1.75
1984	5.73	1.75
1985	5.54	1.85
1986	5.3	1.84
1987	5.08	1.82
1988	4.85	1.81
1989	4.7	1.82
1990	4.51	1.87
1991	4.26	1.87
1992	4.03	1.77
1993	3.83	1.68
1994	3.74	1.64
1995	3.59	1.57
1996	3.51	1.46
1997	3.5	1.37
1998	3.43	1.32
1999	3.36	1.28
2000	3.28	1.32
2001	3.2	1.31
2002	3.13	1.3
2003	3.03	1.27
2004	2.94	1.28
2005	2.85	1.31
2006	2.76	1.34
2007	2.67	1.32
2008	2.58	1.35
2009	2.48	1.32
2010	2.38	1.25
2011	2.31	1.23
2012	2.26	1.34
2013	2.25	1.35
2014	2.23	1.44
2015	2.23	1.45
2016	2.23	1.53
2017	2.21	1.54
2018	2.19	1.55
2019	2.18	1.55
2020	2.17	1.59
2021	2.17	1.61
2022	2.18	1.56
2023	2.16	1.51
2024	2.14	1.51
2025	2.11	1.52
2026	2.09	1.52
2027	2.07	1.53
2028	2.05	1.53
2029	2.03	1.53
2030	2.01	1.54
2031	2	1.54
2032	1.98	1.54
2033	1.96	1.54
2034	1.95	1.55
2035	1.93	1.55
2036	1.92	1.55
2037	1.91	1.55
2038	1.9	1.56
2039	1.88	1.56
2040	1.87	1.56
2041	1.86	1.56
2042	1.86	1.56
2043	1.85	1.57
2044	1.84	1.57
2045	1.83	1.57
2046	1.83	1.57
2047	1.82	1.57
2048	1.82	1.57
2049	1.81	1.57
2050	1.81	1.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Hungary
1960	42.1%	25.3%
1961	42.3%	25.1%
1962	42.5%	24.8%
1963	42.8%	24.3%
1964	43.2%	23.8%
1965	43.5%	23.3%
1966	43.7%	22.8%
1967	43.9%	22.4%
1968	44.1%	22%
1969	44.3%	21.4%
1970	44.4%	20.8%
1971	44.5%	20.4%
1972	44.7%	20.1%
1973	44.8%	20%
1974	44.9%	20.1%
1975	44.9%	20.4%
1976	44.9%	20.8%
1977	44.8%	21.1%
1978	44.8%	21.5%
1979	44.8%	21.8%
1980	44.8%	21.9%
1981	44.8%	22.1%
1982	44.8%	22.1%
1983	44.7%	22%
1984	44.6%	21.8%
1985	44.5%	21.6%
1986	44.2%	21.5%
1987	43.9%	21.4%
1988	43.5%	21.2%
1989	43.1%	20.8%
1990	42.7%	20.2%
1991	42.3%	19.7%
1992	41.8%	19.2%
1993	41.3%	18.8%
1994	40.8%	18.5%
1995	40.2%	18.2%
1996	39.6%	17.9%
1997	39%	17.6%
1998	38.4%	17.4%
1999	37.8%	17.1%
2000	37.3%	16.8%
2001	36.9%	16.5%
2002	36.6%	16.2%
2003	36.4%	16%
2004	36.1%	15.8%
2005	35.7%	15.6%
2006	35.4%	15.3%
2007	35.1%	15.1%
2008	34.8%	15%
2009	34.4%	14.8%
2010	34.1%	14.7%
2011	33.6%	14.6%
2012	33%	14.5%
2013	32.4%	14.4%
2014	31.8%	14.5%
2015	31.2%	14.5%
2016	30.6%	14.5%
2017	30.1%	14.5%
2018	29.7%	14.5%
2019	29.5%	14.5%
2020	29.3%	14.6%
2021	29.1%	14.6%
2022	28.8%	14.6%
2023	28.4%	14.5%
2024	28%	14.4%
2025	27.6%	14.4%
2026	27.3%	14.3%
2027	27%	14.3%
2028	26.8%	14.3%
2029	26.5%	14.2%
2030	26.3%	14.2%
2031	26%	14.1%
2032	25.8%	14%
2033	25.5%	13.9%
2034	25.2%	13.8%
2035	24.8%	13.7%
2036	24.5%	13.6%
2037	24%	13.5%
2038	23.6%	13.4%
2039	23.2%	13.4%
2040	22.7%	13.4%
2041	22.3%	13.5%
2042	21.9%	13.5%
2043	21.5%	13.5%
2044	21.2%	13.5%
2045	20.8%	13.6%
2046	20.5%	13.6%
2047	20.2%	13.7%
2048	19.9%	13.7%
2049	19.6%	13.8%
2050	19.4%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 14.4% in Hungary in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 20.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Hungary compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Hungary by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and -0.43% in Hungary. 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	Hungary
1960	1,418,810	44,926
1961	1,504,524	44,123
1962	1,584,035	21,128
1963	1,612,749	32,282
1964	1,686,591	31,371
1965	1,688,652	24,355
1966	1,794,530	36,643
1967	1,860,743	39,845
1968	1,918,686	39,997
1969	1,985,984	38,105
1970	1,742,287	32,048
1971	542,747	26,956
1972	2,231,204	34,315
1973	2,276,471	33,382
1974	2,312,418	60,777
1975	2,385,302	63,243
1976	2,431,754	52,993
1977	2,475,502	45,787
1978	2,514,509	27,780
1979	2,570,404	23,549
1980	2,615,497	3,213
1981	2,658,613	-2,142
1982	2,705,822	-10,705
1983	2,694,172	-21,379
1984	2,713,094	-21,336
1985	2,698,231	-18,103
1986	2,685,152	-18,072
1987	2,661,768	-15,919
1988	2,614,570	-15,895
1989	2,623,347	-20,963
1990	2,587,558	-19,710
1991	2,354,255	-17,635
1992	2,453,664	-26,960
1993	2,425,139	-33,144
1994	2,475,098	-31,030
1995	2,477,509	-34,086
1996	2,531,581	-38,152
1997	2,667,979	-38,075
1998	2,740,993	-43,120
1999	2,803,597	-49,140
2000	2,867,543	-37,780
2001	2,905,755	-35,657
2002	2,907,604	-36,571
2003	2,881,857	-41,531
2004	2,849,626	-37,396
2005	2,783,029	-38,331
2006	2,725,786	-32,228
2007	2,666,175	-35,195
2008	2,595,770	-31,118
2009	2,511,746	-34,077
2010	2,408,597	-40,000
2011	2,332,126	-40,884
2012	2,304,652	-38,689
2013	2,312,293	-36,529
2014	2,305,499	-32,449
2015	2,329,544	-39,191
2016	2,356,056	-31,231
2017	2,348,293	-37,934
2018	2,391,853	-37,858
2019	2,433,952	-36,840
2020	2,355,279	-47,385
2021	2,363,487	-61,638
2022	2,633,258	-47,065
2023	2,630,818	-41,247

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Hungary

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 12 deaths in Hungary.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Hungary
1985	926	26
1986	891	26
1987	884	24
1988	881	24
1989	877	25
1990	870	25
1991	890	24
1992	827	24
1993	791	23
1994	749	21
1995	707	19
1996	664	17
1997	626	16
1998	589	15
1999	554	15
2000	523	14
2001	495	13
2002	465	13
2003	436	13
2004	406	12
2005	378	13
2006	352	12
2007	334	13
2008	310	13
2009	293	13
2010	275	13
2011	258	14
2012	244	13
2013	230	13
2014	217	13
2015	204	13
2016	191	13
2017	179	14
2018	168	14
2019	157	13
2020	152	18
2021	194	30
2022	131	14
2023	115	12

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 0.38% in Hungary. 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	Hungary
1960	26.2%	5.41%
1961	25.5%	5.16%
1962	24.9%	4.94%
1963	24.3%	4.75%
1964	23.8%	4.59%
1965	23.3%	4.45%
1966	23%	4.32%
1967	22.8%	4.2%
1968	22.7%	4.08%
1969	22.7%	3.98%
1970	27.1%	3.89%
1971	36.7%	3.83%
1972	22.8%	3.82%
1973	22.8%	3.83%
1974	22.7%	3.77%
1975	22.5%	3.55%
1976	22.3%	3.23%
1977	21.9%	2.93%
1978	21.5%	2.7%
1979	21.1%	2.52%
1980	20.6%	2.37%
1981	20.1%	2.26%
1982	19.6%	2.2%
1983	19%	2.2%
1984	18.4%	2.2%
1985	17.8%	2.15%
1986	17.2%	2.07%
1987	16.5%	1.97%
1988	15.9%	1.87%
1989	15.2%	1.78%
1990	14.6%	1.72%
1991	14%	1.65%
1992	13.4%	1.57%
1993	12.7%	1.45%
1994	12.1%	1.34%
1995	11.5%	1.25%
1996	10.9%	1.19%
1997	10.3%	1.15%
1998	9.7%	1.11%
1999	9.1%	1.06%
2000	8.54%	1.01%
2001	8.01%	0.95%
2002	7.53%	0.9%
2003	7.09%	0.84%
2004	6.69%	0.8%
2005	6.32%	0.75%
2006	5.98%	0.72%
2007	5.67%	0.68%
2008	5.39%	0.65%
2009	5.13%	0.62%
2010	4.89%	0.6%
2011	4.67%	0.59%
2012	4.47%	0.57%
2013	4.27%	0.56%
2014	4.07%	0.53%
2015	3.88%	0.51%
2016	3.69%	0.47%
2017	3.52%	0.45%
2018	3.37%	0.43%
2019	3.24%	0.41%
2020	3.15%	0.4%
2021	3.1%	0.4%
2022	3.07%	0.39%
2023	3.06%	0.38%