Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Libya

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Libya 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 2.36 in Libya in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Libya 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	Libya
1960	6.74	7.51
1961	6.78	7.56
1962	6.81	7.61
1963	6.8	7.69
1964	6.79	7.75
1965	6.77	7.82
1966	6.77	7.89
1967	6.79	7.93
1968	6.79	7.97
1969	6.81	8.01
1970	6.84	8.05
1971	6.83	8.1
1972	6.82	8.07
1973	6.8	8.05
1974	6.78	8.02
1975	6.73	7.98
1976	6.66	7.93
1977	6.58	7.87
1978	6.51	7.79
1979	6.42	7.68
1980	6.33	7.54
1981	6.24	7.37
1982	6.12	7.16
1983	5.91	6.91
1984	5.73	6.62
1985	5.54	6.33
1986	5.3	6.02
1987	5.08	5.72
1988	4.85	5.41
1989	4.7	5.09
1990	4.51	4.78
1991	4.26	4.46
1992	4.03	4.16
1993	3.83	3.88
1994	3.74	3.65
1995	3.59	3.44
1996	3.51	3.26
1997	3.5	3.13
1998	3.43	3.04
1999	3.36	2.97
2000	3.28	2.91
2001	3.2	2.87
2002	3.13	2.83
2003	3.03	2.8
2004	2.94	2.77
2005	2.85	2.77
2006	2.76	2.7
2007	2.67	2.65
2008	2.58	2.6
2009	2.48	2.56
2010	2.38	2.6
2011	2.31	2.65
2012	2.26	2.68
2013	2.25	2.72
2014	2.23	2.75
2015	2.23	2.71
2016	2.23	2.67
2017	2.21	2.63
2018	2.19	2.58
2019	2.18	2.54
2020	2.17	2.51
2021	2.17	2.46
2022	2.18	2.4
2023	2.16	2.36
2024	2.14	2.3
2025	2.11	2.25
2026	2.09	2.21
2027	2.07	2.18
2028	2.05	2.14
2029	2.03	2.11
2030	2.01	2.08
2031	2	2.06
2032	1.98	2.03
2033	1.96	2.01
2034	1.95	1.99
2035	1.93	1.97
2036	1.92	1.95
2037	1.91	1.94
2038	1.9	1.92
2039	1.88	1.91
2040	1.87	1.9
2041	1.86	1.89
2042	1.86	1.88
2043	1.85	1.87
2044	1.84	1.86
2045	1.83	1.85
2046	1.83	1.84
2047	1.82	1.83
2048	1.82	1.83
2049	1.81	1.82
2050	1.81	1.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Libya
1960	42.1%	43.6%
1961	42.3%	44.2%
1962	42.5%	44.8%
1963	42.8%	45.5%
1964	43.2%	46.1%
1965	43.5%	47%
1966	43.7%	48.4%
1967	43.9%	49.5%
1968	44.1%	50.3%
1969	44.3%	50.7%
1970	44.4%	50.9%
1971	44.5%	50.9%
1972	44.7%	50.9%
1973	44.8%	50.2%
1974	44.9%	49.3%
1975	44.9%	48.9%
1976	44.9%	48.6%
1977	44.8%	48.2%
1978	44.8%	48%
1979	44.8%	47.9%
1980	44.8%	47.7%
1981	44.8%	47.5%
1982	44.8%	47.3%
1983	44.7%	46.8%
1984	44.6%	46.1%
1985	44.5%	45.5%
1986	44.2%	44.8%
1987	43.9%	44.1%
1988	43.5%	43.4%
1989	43.1%	42.6%
1990	42.7%	41.7%
1991	42.3%	40.7%
1992	41.8%	39.7%
1993	41.3%	38.6%
1994	40.8%	37.4%
1995	40.2%	36.3%
1996	39.6%	35.2%
1997	39%	34.2%
1998	38.4%	33.3%
1999	37.8%	32.5%
2000	37.3%	32%
2001	36.9%	31.7%
2002	36.6%	31.5%
2003	36.4%	31.3%
2004	36.1%	31.2%
2005	35.7%	31.1%
2006	35.4%	30.9%
2007	35.1%	30.6%
2008	34.8%	30.3%
2009	34.4%	30.1%
2010	34.1%	29.9%
2011	33.6%	30.7%
2012	33%	31.5%
2013	32.4%	31.3%
2014	31.8%	31.1%
2015	31.2%	31%
2016	30.6%	30.9%
2017	30.1%	30.6%
2018	29.7%	30.3%
2019	29.5%	29.9%
2020	29.3%	29.5%
2021	29.1%	29%
2022	28.8%	28.5%
2023	28.4%	28%
2024	28%	27.4%
2025	27.6%	26.8%
2026	27.3%	26.2%
2027	27%	25.6%
2028	26.8%	25.1%
2029	26.5%	24.5%
2030	26.3%	23.9%
2031	26%	23.4%
2032	25.8%	23%
2033	25.5%	22.5%
2034	25.2%	22.1%
2035	24.8%	21.8%
2036	24.5%	21.5%
2037	24%	21.3%
2038	23.6%	21%
2039	23.2%	20.9%
2040	22.7%	20.7%
2041	22.3%	20.6%
2042	21.9%	20.5%
2043	21.5%	20.4%
2044	21.2%	20.3%
2045	20.8%	20.2%
2046	20.5%	20.1%
2047	20.2%	20%
2048	19.9%	19.9%
2049	19.6%	19.8%
2050	19.4%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 27.4% in Libya in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Libya compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Libya by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +1.43% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	1,418,810	38,391
1961	1,504,524	42,167
1962	1,584,035	46,252
1963	1,612,749	50,421
1964	1,686,591	55,227
1965	1,688,652	59,134
1966	1,794,530	60,394
1967	1,860,743	61,889
1968	1,918,686	63,971
1969	1,985,984	66,782
1970	1,742,287	70,488
1971	542,747	74,934
1972	2,231,204	77,864
1973	2,276,471	81,256
1974	2,312,418	89,337
1975	2,385,302	94,862
1976	2,431,754	101,146
1977	2,475,502	107,769
1978	2,514,509	114,669
1979	2,570,404	121,469
1980	2,615,497	128,034
1981	2,658,613	130,233
1982	2,705,822	133,511
1983	2,694,172	122,183
1984	2,713,094	110,028
1985	2,698,231	110,194
1986	2,685,152	109,325
1987	2,661,768	107,761
1988	2,614,570	105,469
1989	2,623,347	102,823
1990	2,587,558	99,898
1991	2,354,255	96,582
1992	2,453,664	93,568
1993	2,425,139	90,553
1994	2,475,098	88,765
1995	2,477,509	87,661
1996	2,531,581	86,945
1997	2,667,979	86,899
1998	2,740,993	87,613
1999	2,803,597	88,743
2000	2,867,543	89,814
2001	2,905,755	93,370
2002	2,907,604	97,598
2003	2,881,857	102,144
2004	2,849,626	107,144
2005	2,783,029	112,823
2006	2,725,786	115,645
2007	2,666,175	116,704
2008	2,595,770	117,481
2009	2,511,746	118,102
2010	2,408,597	122,926
2011	2,332,126	121,016
2012	2,304,652	108,855
2013	2,312,293	110,772
2014	2,305,499	110,420
2015	2,329,544	108,096
2016	2,356,056	105,265
2017	2,348,293	103,891
2018	2,391,853	101,619
2019	2,433,952	97,842
2020	2,355,279	92,950
2021	2,363,487	88,005
2022	2,633,258	91,951
2023	2,630,818	75,760

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Libya

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 59 deaths in Libya.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Libya
1985	926	86
1986	891	82
1987	884	77
1988	881	74
1989	877	70
1990	870	67
1991	890	64
1992	827	61
1993	791	60
1994	749	59
1995	707	59
1996	664	61
1997	626	64
1998	589	67
1999	554	69
2000	523	71
2001	495	71
2002	465	69
2003	436	68
2004	406	67
2005	378	66
2006	352	66
2007	334	67
2008	310	68
2009	293	70
2010	275	71
2011	258	81
2012	244	74
2013	230	75
2014	217	77
2015	204	76
2016	191	74
2017	179	69
2018	168	66
2019	157	65
2020	152	71
2021	194	98
2022	131	60
2023	115	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 3.08% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	26.2%	27.7%
1961	25.5%	26%
1962	24.9%	24.3%
1963	24.3%	22.7%
1964	23.8%	21.2%
1965	23.3%	19.7%
1966	23%	18.3%
1967	22.8%	17%
1968	22.7%	15.8%
1969	22.7%	14.7%
1970	27.1%	13.6%
1971	36.7%	12.6%
1972	22.8%	11.7%
1973	22.8%	10.9%
1974	22.7%	10.2%
1975	22.5%	9.5%
1976	22.3%	8.91%
1977	21.9%	8.39%
1978	21.5%	7.92%
1979	21.1%	7.5%
1980	20.6%	7.11%
1981	20.1%	6.76%
1982	19.6%	6.42%
1983	19%	6.1%
1984	18.4%	5.79%
1985	17.8%	5.5%
1986	17.2%	5.21%
1987	16.5%	4.94%
1988	15.9%	4.67%
1989	15.2%	4.42%
1990	14.6%	4.19%
1991	14%	3.98%
1992	13.4%	3.78%
1993	12.7%	3.61%
1994	12.1%	3.46%
1995	11.5%	3.32%
1996	10.9%	3.2%
1997	10.3%	3.09%
1998	9.7%	2.99%
1999	9.1%	2.9%
2000	8.54%	2.81%
2001	8.01%	2.73%
2002	7.53%	2.65%
2003	7.09%	2.55%
2004	6.69%	2.44%
2005	6.32%	2.31%
2006	5.98%	2.17%
2007	5.67%	2.02%
2008	5.39%	1.88%
2009	5.13%	1.76%
2010	4.89%	1.66%
2011	4.67%	1.96%
2012	4.47%	1.51%
2013	4.27%	1.45%
2014	4.07%	1.39%
2015	3.88%	1.33%
2016	3.69%	1.28%
2017	3.52%	1.24%
2018	3.37%	1.19%
2019	3.24%	1.16%
2020	3.15%	1.12%
2021	3.1%	1.08%
2022	3.07%	1.05%
2023	3.06%	3.08%