Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Latvia

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Latvia 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 1.36 in Latvia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Latvia 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	Latvia
1960	6.74	1.94
1961	6.78	1.94
1962	6.81	1.91
1963	6.8	1.85
1964	6.79	1.79
1965	6.77	1.74
1966	6.77	1.76
1967	6.79	1.8
1968	6.79	1.83
1969	6.81	1.88
1970	6.84	1.96
1971	6.83	2
1972	6.82	2
1973	6.8	1.98
1974	6.78	1.97
1975	6.73	1.96
1976	6.66	1.93
1977	6.58	1.89
1978	6.51	1.87
1979	6.42	1.87
1980	6.33	1.86
1981	6.24	1.88
1982	6.12	1.97
1983	5.91	2.07
1984	5.73	2.09
1985	5.54	2.08
1986	5.3	2.12
1987	5.08	2.15
1988	4.85	2.11
1989	4.7	2.05
1990	4.51	2.02
1991	4.26	1.86
1992	4.03	1.73
1993	3.83	1.51
1994	3.74	1.39
1995	3.59	1.25
1996	3.51	1.16
1997	3.5	1.11
1998	3.43	1.09
1999	3.36	1.16
2000	3.28	1.25
2001	3.2	1.22
2002	3.13	1.26
2003	3.03	1.32
2004	2.94	1.29
2005	2.85	1.39
2006	2.76	1.46
2007	2.67	1.54
2008	2.58	1.58
2009	2.48	1.46
2010	2.38	1.36
2011	2.31	1.33
2012	2.26	1.44
2013	2.25	1.52
2014	2.23	1.65
2015	2.23	1.7
2016	2.23	1.74
2017	2.21	1.69
2018	2.19	1.6
2019	2.18	1.61
2020	2.17	1.55
2021	2.17	1.57
2022	2.18	1.47
2023	2.16	1.36
2024	2.14	1.36
2025	2.11	1.37
2026	2.09	1.38
2027	2.07	1.38
2028	2.05	1.39
2029	2.03	1.39
2030	2.01	1.4
2031	2	1.4
2032	1.98	1.41
2033	1.96	1.41
2034	1.95	1.41
2035	1.93	1.42
2036	1.92	1.42
2037	1.91	1.42
2038	1.9	1.43
2039	1.88	1.43
2040	1.87	1.43
2041	1.86	1.44
2042	1.86	1.44
2043	1.85	1.44
2044	1.84	1.45
2045	1.83	1.45
2046	1.83	1.45
2047	1.82	1.46
2048	1.82	1.46
2049	1.81	1.46
2050	1.81	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Latvia
1960	42.1%	22.2%
1961	42.3%	22.4%
1962	42.5%	22.6%
1963	42.8%	22.5%
1964	43.2%	22.4%
1965	43.5%	22.2%
1966	43.7%	22%
1967	43.9%	21.8%
1968	44.1%	21.7%
1969	44.3%	21.6%
1970	44.4%	21.6%
1971	44.5%	21.5%
1972	44.7%	21.5%
1973	44.8%	21.3%
1974	44.9%	21.2%
1975	44.9%	21%
1976	44.9%	20.8%
1977	44.8%	20.6%
1978	44.8%	20.5%
1979	44.8%	20.4%
1980	44.8%	20.5%
1981	44.8%	20.6%
1982	44.8%	20.8%
1983	44.7%	20.9%
1984	44.6%	21.1%
1985	44.5%	21.2%
1986	44.2%	21.3%
1987	43.9%	21.3%
1988	43.5%	21.4%
1989	43.1%	21.4%
1990	42.7%	21.5%
1991	42.3%	21.5%
1992	41.8%	21.4%
1993	41.3%	21.2%
1994	40.8%	21%
1995	40.2%	20.7%
1996	39.6%	20.2%
1997	39%	19.7%
1998	38.4%	19%
1999	37.8%	18.3%
2000	37.3%	17.7%
2001	36.9%	17%
2002	36.6%	16.4%
2003	36.4%	15.8%
2004	36.1%	15.2%
2005	35.7%	14.7%
2006	35.4%	14.4%
2007	35.1%	14.1%
2008	34.8%	14%
2009	34.4%	14.1%
2010	34.1%	14.2%
2011	33.6%	14.2%
2012	33%	14.4%
2013	32.4%	14.6%
2014	31.8%	14.8%
2015	31.2%	15.1%
2016	30.6%	15.4%
2017	30.1%	15.7%
2018	29.7%	15.8%
2019	29.5%	15.9%
2020	29.3%	16%
2021	29.1%	16%
2022	28.8%	15.9%
2023	28.4%	15.7%
2024	28%	15.4%
2025	27.6%	15.2%
2026	27.3%	15%
2027	27%	14.8%
2028	26.8%	14.5%
2029	26.5%	14.1%
2030	26.3%	13.7%
2031	26%	13.2%
2032	25.8%	12.8%
2033	25.5%	12.4%
2034	25.2%	12.2%
2035	24.8%	11.9%
2036	24.5%	11.7%
2037	24%	11.6%
2038	23.6%	11.6%
2039	23.2%	11.6%
2040	22.7%	11.7%
2041	22.3%	11.7%
2042	21.9%	11.8%
2043	21.5%	12%
2044	21.2%	12.1%
2045	20.8%	12.2%
2046	20.5%	12.4%
2047	20.2%	12.5%
2048	19.9%	12.6%
2049	19.6%	12.7%
2050	19.4%	12.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 15.4% in Latvia in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 21.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Latvia compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Latvia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and -0.54% in Latvia. 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	Latvia
1960	1,418,810	14,211
1961	1,504,524	14,207
1962	1,584,035	11,562
1963	1,612,749	11,055
1964	1,686,591	12,100
1965	1,688,652	8,384
1966	1,794,530	8,677
1967	1,860,743	7,825
1968	1,918,686	7,668
1969	1,985,984	6,561
1970	1,742,287	7,785
1971	542,747	8,793
1972	2,231,204	7,666
1973	2,276,471	6,040
1974	2,312,418	6,824
1975	2,385,302	4,913
1976	2,431,754	4,200
1977	2,475,502	3,480
1978	2,514,509	2,997
1979	2,570,404	2,506
1980	2,615,497	3,265
1981	2,658,613	3,779
1982	2,705,822	6,327
1983	2,694,172	8,147
1984	2,713,094	7,430
1985	2,698,231	5,673
1986	2,685,152	10,660
1987	2,661,768	9,981
1988	2,614,570	9,022
1989	2,623,347	6,401
1990	2,587,558	2,929
1991	2,354,255	0
1992	2,453,664	-3,660
1993	2,425,139	-12,560
1994	2,475,098	-17,645
1995	2,477,509	-17,396
1996	2,531,581	-14,498
1997	2,667,979	-14,841
1998	2,740,993	-15,906
1999	2,803,597	-13,387
2000	2,867,543	-11,838
2001	2,905,755	-13,322
2002	2,907,604	-12,475
2003	2,881,857	-11,439
2004	2,849,626	-11,542
2005	2,783,029	-10,746
2006	2,725,786	-10,204
2007	2,666,175	-9,021
2008	2,595,770	-6,531
2009	2,511,746	-7,924
2010	2,408,597	-10,278
2011	2,332,126	-9,886
2012	2,304,652	-9,154
2013	2,312,293	-8,252
2014	2,305,499	-6,779
2015	2,329,544	-6,526
2016	2,356,056	-6,663
2017	2,348,293	-7,963
2018	2,391,853	-9,636
2019	2,433,952	-8,995
2020	2,355,279	-11,402
2021	2,363,487	-17,337
2022	2,633,258	-14,847
2023	2,630,818	-13,517

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Latvia

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 19 deaths in Latvia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Latvia
1985	926	51
1986	891	43
1987	884	44
1988	881	42
1989	877	46
1990	870	47
1991	890	46
1992	827	48
1993	791	57
1994	749	65
1995	707	59
1996	664	45
1997	626	41
1998	589	40
1999	554	40
2000	523	34
2001	495	32
2002	465	29
2003	436	30
2004	406	28
2005	378	27
2006	352	28
2007	334	27
2008	310	25
2009	293	24
2010	275	22
2011	258	22
2012	244	20
2013	230	24
2014	217	22
2015	204	22
2016	191	23
2017	179	23
2018	168	23
2019	157	22
2020	152	21
2021	194	42
2022	131	29
2023	115	19

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 0.3% in Latvia. 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	Latvia
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%	2.08%
1980	20.6%	2.07%
1981	20.1%	2.06%
1982	19.6%	2.03%
1983	19%	1.96%
1984	18.4%	1.87%
1985	17.8%	1.75%
1986	17.2%	1.64%
1987	16.5%	1.55%
1988	15.9%	1.53%
1989	15.2%	1.58%
1990	14.6%	1.7%
1991	14%	1.83%
1992	13.4%	1.93%
1993	12.7%	1.99%
1994	12.1%	2%
1995	11.5%	1.98%
1996	10.9%	1.9%
1997	10.3%	1.79%
1998	9.7%	1.67%
1999	9.1%	1.54%
2000	8.54%	1.42%
2001	8.01%	1.33%
2002	7.53%	1.26%
2003	7.09%	1.19%
2004	6.69%	1.12%
2005	6.32%	1.05%
2006	5.98%	0.99%
2007	5.67%	0.93%
2008	5.39%	0.88%
2009	5.13%	0.83%
2010	4.89%	0.78%
2011	4.67%	0.72%
2012	4.47%	0.66%
2013	4.27%	0.6%
2014	4.07%	0.55%
2015	3.88%	0.51%
2016	3.69%	0.47%
2017	3.52%	0.45%
2018	3.37%	0.42%
2019	3.24%	0.4%
2020	3.15%	0.37%
2021	3.1%	0.35%
2022	3.07%	0.32%
2023	3.06%	0.3%