Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Peru

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Peru 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 1.98 in Peru in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Peru 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	Peru
1960	6.74	6.94
1961	6.78	6.92
1962	6.81	6.9
1963	6.8	6.86
1964	6.79	6.81
1965	6.77	6.75
1966	6.77	6.68
1967	6.79	6.6
1968	6.79	6.51
1969	6.81	6.42
1970	6.84	6.32
1971	6.83	6.21
1972	6.82	6.09
1973	6.8	5.97
1974	6.78	5.84
1975	6.73	5.71
1976	6.66	5.58
1977	6.58	5.44
1978	6.51	5.31
1979	6.42	5.17
1980	6.33	5.04
1981	6.24	4.92
1982	6.12	4.8
1983	5.91	4.68
1984	5.73	4.57
1985	5.54	4.46
1986	5.3	4.35
1987	5.08	4.25
1988	4.85	4.14
1989	4.7	4.03
1990	4.51	3.91
1991	4.26	3.79
1992	4.03	3.67
1993	3.83	3.55
1994	3.74	3.43
1995	3.59	3.32
1996	3.51	3.2
1997	3.5	3.1
1998	3.43	3
1999	3.36	2.92
2000	3.28	2.85
2001	3.2	2.74
2002	3.13	2.69
2003	3.03	2.66
2004	2.94	2.67
2005	2.85	2.64
2006	2.76	2.62
2007	2.67	2.58
2008	2.58	2.53
2009	2.48	2.48
2010	2.38	2.42
2011	2.31	2.41
2012	2.26	2.36
2013	2.25	2.32
2014	2.23	2.27
2015	2.23	2.23
2016	2.23	2.19
2017	2.21	2.15
2018	2.19	2.12
2019	2.18	2.09
2020	2.17	2.06
2021	2.17	2.03
2022	2.18	2
2023	2.16	1.98
2024	2.14	1.96
2025	2.11	1.94
2026	2.09	1.92
2027	2.07	1.91
2028	2.05	1.9
2029	2.03	1.88
2030	2.01	1.87
2031	2	1.86
2032	1.98	1.85
2033	1.96	1.84
2034	1.95	1.83
2035	1.93	1.83
2036	1.92	1.82
2037	1.91	1.81
2038	1.9	1.81
2039	1.88	1.8
2040	1.87	1.79
2041	1.86	1.79
2042	1.86	1.78
2043	1.85	1.78
2044	1.84	1.77
2045	1.83	1.77
2046	1.83	1.76
2047	1.82	1.75
2048	1.82	1.75
2049	1.81	1.75
2050	1.81	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Peru
1960	42.1%	44%
1961	42.3%	44.2%
1962	42.5%	44.3%
1963	42.8%	44.3%
1964	43.2%	44.3%
1965	43.5%	44.3%
1966	43.7%	44.2%
1967	43.9%	44.2%
1968	44.1%	44.2%
1969	44.3%	44.1%
1970	44.4%	44%
1971	44.5%	43.9%
1972	44.7%	43.8%
1973	44.8%	43.7%
1974	44.9%	43.6%
1975	44.9%	43.5%
1976	44.9%	43.4%
1977	44.8%	43.2%
1978	44.8%	43%
1979	44.8%	42.8%
1980	44.8%	42.6%
1981	44.8%	42.4%
1982	44.8%	42.1%
1983	44.7%	41.8%
1984	44.6%	41.5%
1985	44.5%	41.2%
1986	44.2%	40.8%
1987	43.9%	40.5%
1988	43.5%	40.2%
1989	43.1%	39.8%
1990	42.7%	39.4%
1991	42.3%	39.1%
1992	41.8%	38.7%
1993	41.3%	38.3%
1994	40.8%	37.9%
1995	40.2%	37.4%
1996	39.6%	36.9%
1997	39%	36.4%
1998	38.4%	35.8%
1999	37.8%	35.3%
2000	37.3%	34.7%
2001	36.9%	34.1%
2002	36.6%	33.5%
2003	36.4%	32.9%
2004	36.1%	32.3%
2005	35.7%	31.7%
2006	35.4%	31.2%
2007	35.1%	30.7%
2008	34.8%	30.2%
2009	34.4%	29.7%
2010	34.1%	29.3%
2011	33.6%	28.9%
2012	33%	28.5%
2013	32.4%	28.2%
2014	31.8%	27.8%
2015	31.2%	27.5%
2016	30.6%	27.2%
2017	30.1%	26.8%
2018	29.7%	26.4%
2019	29.5%	25.9%
2020	29.3%	25.5%
2021	29.1%	25.1%
2022	28.8%	24.8%
2023	28.4%	24.4%
2024	28%	24%
2025	27.6%	23.6%
2026	27.3%	23.3%
2027	27%	22.9%
2028	26.8%	22.6%
2029	26.5%	22.3%
2030	26.3%	22.1%
2031	26%	21.8%
2032	25.8%	21.6%
2033	25.5%	21.3%
2034	25.2%	21%
2035	24.8%	20.8%
2036	24.5%	20.5%
2037	24%	20.3%
2038	23.6%	20.1%
2039	23.2%	19.8%
2040	22.7%	19.6%
2041	22.3%	19.4%
2042	21.9%	19.1%
2043	21.5%	18.9%
2044	21.2%	18.7%
2045	20.8%	18.5%
2046	20.5%	18.3%
2047	20.2%	18.1%
2048	19.9%	17.9%
2049	19.6%	17.8%
2050	19.4%	17.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 24% in Peru in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 39.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Peru compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Peru by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +1.05% in Peru. 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	Peru
1960	1,418,810	302,924
1961	1,504,524	313,385
1962	1,584,035	321,716
1963	1,612,749	332,352
1964	1,686,591	341,570
1965	1,688,652	349,245
1966	1,794,530	356,819
1967	1,860,743	365,224
1968	1,918,686	372,379
1969	1,985,984	379,347
1970	1,742,287	318,022
1971	542,747	391,506
1972	2,231,204	396,960
1973	2,276,471	400,752
1974	2,312,418	408,299
1975	2,385,302	414,400
1976	2,431,754	420,284
1977	2,475,502	425,428
1978	2,514,509	432,127
1979	2,570,404	439,110
1980	2,615,497	445,100
1981	2,658,613	453,158
1982	2,705,822	461,107
1983	2,694,172	469,781
1984	2,713,094	477,968
1985	2,698,231	488,887
1986	2,685,152	496,712
1987	2,661,768	502,229
1988	2,614,570	508,429
1989	2,623,347	512,152
1990	2,587,558	515,233
1991	2,354,255	513,867
1992	2,453,664	514,618
1993	2,425,139	513,769
1994	2,475,098	512,735
1995	2,477,509	507,894
1996	2,531,581	501,855
1997	2,667,979	495,348
1998	2,740,993	489,436
1999	2,803,597	487,095
2000	2,867,543	484,222
2001	2,905,755	470,154
2002	2,907,604	463,709
2003	2,881,857	459,243
2004	2,849,626	459,617
2005	2,783,029	454,199
2006	2,725,786	445,884
2007	2,666,175	435,122
2008	2,595,770	413,640
2009	2,511,746	396,522
2010	2,408,597	382,510
2011	2,332,126	383,268
2012	2,304,652	376,501
2013	2,312,293	372,694
2014	2,305,499	368,708
2015	2,329,544	362,781
2016	2,356,056	355,859
2017	2,348,293	349,333
2018	2,391,853	343,123
2019	2,433,952	346,981
2020	2,355,279	301,950
2021	2,363,487	235,440
2022	2,633,258	327,859
2023	2,630,818	353,788

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Peru

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 51 deaths in Peru.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Peru
1985	926	198
1986	891	193
1987	884	192
1988	881	190
1989	877	190
1990	870	191
1991	890	201
1992	827	195
1993	791	192
1994	749	188
1995	707	179
1996	664	166
1997	626	152
1998	589	139
1999	554	124
2000	523	115
2001	495	109
2002	465	106
2003	436	104
2004	406	107
2005	378	103
2006	352	99
2007	334	94
2008	310	91
2009	293	89
2010	275	86
2011	258	83
2012	244	79
2013	230	75
2014	217	73
2015	204	71
2016	191	69
2017	179	67
2018	168	66
2019	157	60
2020	152	75
2021	194	141
2022	131	81
2023	115	51

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 1.58% in Peru. 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	Peru
1960	26.2%	22.9%
1961	25.5%	22.2%
1962	24.9%	21.6%
1963	24.3%	20.9%
1964	23.8%	20.2%
1965	23.3%	19.4%
1966	23%	18.7%
1967	22.8%	18.1%
1968	22.7%	17.5%
1969	22.7%	17%
1970	27.1%	19.7%
1971	36.7%	16.1%
1972	22.8%	15.6%
1973	22.8%	15.1%
1974	22.7%	14.7%
1975	22.5%	14.2%
1976	22.3%	13.8%
1977	21.9%	13.5%
1978	21.5%	13.2%
1979	21.1%	12.9%
1980	20.6%	12.7%
1981	20.1%	12.4%
1982	19.6%	12%
1983	19%	11.6%
1984	18.4%	11.1%
1985	17.8%	10.5%
1986	17.2%	9.97%
1987	16.5%	9.43%
1988	15.9%	8.92%
1989	15.2%	8.46%
1990	14.6%	8.04%
1991	14%	7.63%
1992	13.4%	7.2%
1993	12.7%	6.75%
1994	12.1%	6.29%
1995	11.5%	5.82%
1996	10.9%	5.36%
1997	10.3%	4.92%
1998	9.7%	4.51%
1999	9.1%	4.13%
2000	8.54%	3.79%
2001	8.01%	3.49%
2002	7.53%	3.24%
2003	7.09%	3.01%
2004	6.69%	2.82%
2005	6.32%	2.65%
2006	5.98%	2.5%
2007	5.67%	2.37%
2008	5.39%	2.25%
2009	5.13%	2.14%
2010	4.89%	2.04%
2011	4.67%	1.96%
2012	4.47%	1.89%
2013	4.27%	1.84%
2014	4.07%	1.79%
2015	3.88%	1.76%
2016	3.69%	1.73%
2017	3.52%	1.71%
2018	3.37%	1.69%
2019	3.24%	1.68%
2020	3.15%	1.66%
2021	3.1%	1.64%
2022	3.07%	1.61%
2023	3.06%	1.58%