Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Morocco

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Morocco 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 2.23 in Morocco in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Morocco 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	Morocco
1960	6.74	6.89
1961	6.78	6.97
1962	6.81	7.05
1963	6.8	7.01
1964	6.79	6.97
1965	6.77	6.93
1966	6.77	6.89
1967	6.79	6.85
1968	6.79	6.79
1969	6.81	6.73
1970	6.84	6.68
1971	6.83	6.62
1972	6.82	6.55
1973	6.8	6.48
1974	6.78	6.4
1975	6.73	6.3
1976	6.66	6.18
1977	6.58	6.04
1978	6.51	5.91
1979	6.42	5.85
1980	6.33	5.78
1981	6.24	5.71
1982	6.12	5.6
1983	5.91	5.41
1984	5.73	5.2
1985	5.54	4.99
1986	5.3	4.77
1987	5.08	4.58
1988	4.85	4.39
1989	4.7	4.22
1990	4.51	4.06
1991	4.26	3.95
1992	4.03	3.76
1993	3.83	3.55
1994	3.74	3.41
1995	3.59	3.3
1996	3.51	3.23
1997	3.5	3.15
1998	3.43	3.04
1999	3.36	2.88
2000	3.28	2.77
2001	3.2	2.69
2002	3.13	2.62
2003	3.03	2.61
2004	2.94	2.61
2005	2.85	2.61
2006	2.76	2.61
2007	2.67	2.62
2008	2.58	2.61
2009	2.48	2.62
2010	2.38	2.63
2011	2.31	2.6
2012	2.26	2.54
2013	2.25	2.48
2014	2.23	2.42
2015	2.23	2.41
2016	2.23	2.4
2017	2.21	2.38
2018	2.19	2.35
2019	2.18	2.34
2020	2.17	2.32
2021	2.17	2.29
2022	2.18	2.26
2023	2.16	2.23
2024	2.14	2.21
2025	2.11	2.18
2026	2.09	2.16
2027	2.07	2.14
2028	2.05	2.12
2029	2.03	2.1
2030	2.01	2.08
2031	2	2.06
2032	1.98	2.05
2033	1.96	2.03
2034	1.95	2.02
2035	1.93	2
2036	1.92	1.99
2037	1.91	1.98
2038	1.9	1.96
2039	1.88	1.95
2040	1.87	1.94
2041	1.86	1.93
2042	1.86	1.92
2043	1.85	1.91
2044	1.84	1.9
2045	1.83	1.89
2046	1.83	1.89
2047	1.82	1.88
2048	1.82	1.88
2049	1.81	1.87
2050	1.81	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Morocco
1960	42.1%	44.9%
1961	42.3%	45.4%
1962	42.5%	45.9%
1963	42.8%	46.3%
1964	43.2%	46.5%
1965	43.5%	46.6%
1966	43.7%	46.8%
1967	43.9%	46.8%
1968	44.1%	46.9%
1969	44.3%	46.8%
1970	44.4%	46.7%
1971	44.5%	46.6%
1972	44.7%	46.4%
1973	44.8%	46.3%
1974	44.9%	46.1%
1975	44.9%	45.8%
1976	44.9%	45.6%
1977	44.8%	45.3%
1978	44.8%	44.9%
1979	44.8%	44.6%
1980	44.8%	44.3%
1981	44.8%	44%
1982	44.8%	43.7%
1983	44.7%	43.4%
1984	44.6%	43.1%
1985	44.5%	42.7%
1986	44.2%	42.3%
1987	43.9%	41.8%
1988	43.5%	41.3%
1989	43.1%	40.8%
1990	42.7%	40.2%
1991	42.3%	39.6%
1992	41.8%	39%
1993	41.3%	38.4%
1994	40.8%	37.7%
1995	40.2%	37%
1996	39.6%	36.4%
1997	39%	35.8%
1998	38.4%	35.2%
1999	37.8%	34.6%
2000	37.3%	34%
2001	36.9%	33.5%
2002	36.6%	32.9%
2003	36.4%	32.4%
2004	36.1%	31.8%
2005	35.7%	31.2%
2006	35.4%	30.7%
2007	35.1%	30.2%
2008	34.8%	29.8%
2009	34.4%	29.5%
2010	34.1%	29.2%
2011	33.6%	29%
2012	33%	28.7%
2013	32.4%	28.5%
2014	31.8%	28.3%
2015	31.2%	28.1%
2016	30.6%	27.8%
2017	30.1%	27.6%
2018	29.7%	27.4%
2019	29.5%	27.2%
2020	29.3%	27%
2021	29.1%	26.7%
2022	28.8%	26.4%
2023	28.4%	26%
2024	28%	25.6%
2025	27.6%	25.2%
2026	27.3%	24.8%
2027	27%	24.3%
2028	26.8%	23.9%
2029	26.5%	23.6%
2030	26.3%	23.2%
2031	26%	22.9%
2032	25.8%	22.5%
2033	25.5%	22.2%
2034	25.2%	21.9%
2035	24.8%	21.6%
2036	24.5%	21.3%
2037	24%	21.1%
2038	23.6%	20.8%
2039	23.2%	20.6%
2040	22.7%	20.4%
2041	22.3%	20.2%
2042	21.9%	20.1%
2043	21.5%	19.9%
2044	21.2%	19.7%
2045	20.8%	19.6%
2046	20.5%	19.4%
2047	20.2%	19.3%
2048	19.9%	19.1%
2049	19.6%	19%
2050	19.4%	18.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 25.6% in Morocco in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Morocco compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Morocco by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +1.25% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	1,418,810	323,499
1961	1,504,524	348,650
1962	1,584,035	363,843
1963	1,612,749	369,250
1964	1,686,591	375,835
1965	1,688,652	383,989
1966	1,794,530	391,881
1967	1,860,743	400,594
1968	1,918,686	407,437
1969	1,985,984	414,931
1970	1,742,287	426,015
1971	542,747	435,104
1972	2,231,204	446,449
1973	2,276,471	455,699
1974	2,312,418	464,147
1975	2,385,302	474,631
1976	2,431,754	482,130
1977	2,475,502	489,173
1978	2,514,509	498,834
1979	2,570,404	515,554
1980	2,615,497	534,448
1981	2,658,613	552,936
1982	2,705,822	564,904
1983	2,694,172	566,301
1984	2,713,094	564,159
1985	2,698,231	560,810
1986	2,685,152	558,105
1987	2,661,768	553,005
1988	2,614,570	545,800
1989	2,623,347	538,996
1990	2,587,558	535,506
1991	2,354,255	539,850
1992	2,453,664	525,680
1993	2,425,139	507,707
1994	2,475,098	501,426
1995	2,477,509	496,573
1996	2,531,581	501,499
1997	2,667,979	500,807
1998	2,740,993	492,604
1999	2,803,597	473,071
2000	2,867,543	461,341
2001	2,905,755	452,621
2002	2,907,604	446,147
2003	2,881,857	452,650
2004	2,849,626	461,756
2005	2,783,029	474,285
2006	2,725,786	483,200
2007	2,666,175	493,526
2008	2,595,770	499,766
2009	2,511,746	509,386
2010	2,408,597	515,804
2011	2,332,126	513,305
2012	2,304,652	504,698
2013	2,312,293	492,284
2014	2,305,499	481,295
2015	2,329,544	477,654
2016	2,356,056	474,637
2017	2,348,293	471,011
2018	2,391,853	464,375
2019	2,433,952	457,307
2020	2,355,279	415,999
2021	2,363,487	407,829
2022	2,633,258	427,903
2023	2,630,818	417,213

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Morocco

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 70 deaths in Morocco.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Morocco
1985	926	752
1986	891	697
1987	884	650
1988	881	602
1989	877	559
1990	870	522
1991	890	490
1992	827	458
1993	791	428
1994	749	401
1995	707	378
1996	664	354
1997	626	333
1998	589	313
1999	554	291
2000	523	271
2001	495	254
2002	465	238
2003	436	224
2004	406	213
2005	378	196
2006	352	182
2007	334	169
2008	310	158
2009	293	148
2010	275	140
2011	258	130
2012	244	121
2013	230	113
2014	217	106
2015	204	100
2016	191	94
2017	179	88
2018	168	83
2019	157	79
2020	152	81
2021	194	92
2022	131	71
2023	115	70

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 1.66% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	26.2%	24.4%
1961	25.5%	23.9%
1962	24.9%	23.4%
1963	24.3%	22.9%
1964	23.8%	22.3%
1965	23.3%	21.8%
1966	23%	21.2%
1967	22.8%	20.6%
1968	22.7%	20.1%
1969	22.7%	19.6%
1970	27.1%	19.1%
1971	36.7%	18.7%
1972	22.8%	18.3%
1973	22.8%	17.8%
1974	22.7%	17.4%
1975	22.5%	16.8%
1976	22.3%	16.2%
1977	21.9%	15.6%
1978	21.5%	14.9%
1979	21.1%	14.2%
1980	20.6%	13.5%
1981	20.1%	12.8%
1982	19.6%	12.1%
1983	19%	11.5%
1984	18.4%	10.9%
1985	17.8%	10.3%
1986	17.2%	9.79%
1987	16.5%	9.3%
1988	15.9%	8.86%
1989	15.2%	8.45%
1990	14.6%	8.08%
1991	14%	7.73%
1992	13.4%	7.4%
1993	12.7%	7.09%
1994	12.1%	6.78%
1995	11.5%	6.49%
1996	10.9%	6.21%
1997	10.3%	5.94%
1998	9.7%	5.69%
1999	9.1%	5.45%
2000	8.54%	5.22%
2001	8.01%	5.01%
2002	7.53%	4.79%
2003	7.09%	4.57%
2004	6.69%	4.36%
2005	6.32%	4.13%
2006	5.98%	3.91%
2007	5.67%	3.7%
2008	5.39%	3.49%
2009	5.13%	3.29%
2010	4.89%	3.11%
2011	4.67%	2.93%
2012	4.47%	2.77%
2013	4.27%	2.62%
2014	4.07%	2.47%
2015	3.88%	2.34%
2016	3.69%	2.22%
2017	3.52%	2.11%
2018	3.37%	2.02%
2019	3.24%	1.94%
2020	3.15%	1.86%
2021	3.1%	1.79%
2022	3.07%	1.72%
2023	3.06%	1.66%