Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Russia

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	6.74	2.52
1961	6.78	2.45
1962	6.81	2.36
1963	6.8	2.27
1964	6.79	2.18
1965	6.77	2.13
1966	6.77	2.1
1967	6.79	2.04
1968	6.79	1.99
1969	6.81	1.97
1970	6.84	1.99
1971	6.83	2.03
1972	6.82	2.04
1973	6.8	2.01
1974	6.78	2
1975	6.73	1.98
1976	6.66	1.97
1977	6.58	1.95
1978	6.51	1.92
1979	6.42	1.9
1980	6.33	1.89
1981	6.24	1.91
1982	6.12	2.04
1983	5.91	2.11
1984	5.73	2.06
1985	5.54	2.05
1986	5.3	2.15
1987	5.08	2.22
1988	4.85	2.12
1989	4.7	2.01
1990	4.51	1.89
1991	4.26	1.73
1992	4.03	1.55
1993	3.83	1.39
1994	3.74	1.4
1995	3.59	1.34
1996	3.51	1.27
1997	3.5	1.22
1998	3.43	1.23
1999	3.36	1.16
2000	3.28	1.2
2001	3.2	1.22
2002	3.13	1.29
2003	3.03	1.32
2004	2.94	1.34
2005	2.85	1.29
2006	2.76	1.31
2007	2.67	1.42
2008	2.58	1.5
2009	2.48	1.54
2010	2.38	1.57
2011	2.31	1.58
2012	2.26	1.69
2013	2.25	1.71
2014	2.23	1.75
2015	2.23	1.78
2016	2.23	1.76
2017	2.21	1.62
2018	2.19	1.58
2019	2.18	1.5
2020	2.17	1.51
2021	2.17	1.51
2022	2.18	1.42
2023	2.16	1.41
2024	2.14	1.42
2025	2.11	1.43
2026	2.09	1.43
2027	2.07	1.43
2028	2.05	1.44
2029	2.03	1.44
2030	2.01	1.45
2031	2	1.45
2032	1.98	1.45
2033	1.96	1.46
2034	1.95	1.46
2035	1.93	1.46
2036	1.92	1.47
2037	1.91	1.47
2038	1.9	1.47
2039	1.88	1.47
2040	1.87	1.48
2041	1.86	1.48
2042	1.86	1.48
2043	1.85	1.48
2044	1.84	1.49
2045	1.83	1.49
2046	1.83	1.49
2047	1.82	1.49
2048	1.82	1.5
2049	1.81	1.5
2050	1.81	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Russia
1960	42.1%	30.5%
1961	42.3%	30.9%
1962	42.5%	30.8%
1963	42.8%	30.6%
1964	43.2%	30.2%
1965	43.5%	29.5%
1966	43.7%	28.9%
1967	43.9%	28.3%
1968	44.1%	27.6%
1969	44.3%	26.9%
1970	44.4%	26.1%
1971	44.5%	25.4%
1972	44.7%	24.8%
1973	44.8%	24.2%
1974	44.9%	23.6%
1975	44.9%	23%
1976	44.9%	22.5%
1977	44.8%	22.1%
1978	44.8%	21.8%
1979	44.8%	21.7%
1980	44.8%	21.7%
1981	44.8%	21.7%
1982	44.8%	21.9%
1983	44.7%	22.1%
1984	44.6%	22.4%
1985	44.5%	22.6%
1986	44.2%	22.8%
1987	43.9%	22.9%
1988	43.5%	23%
1989	43.1%	23%
1990	42.7%	22.9%
1991	42.3%	22.7%
1992	41.8%	22.4%
1993	41.3%	22%
1994	40.8%	21.6%
1995	40.2%	21.2%
1996	39.6%	20.7%
1997	39%	20.2%
1998	38.4%	19.5%
1999	37.8%	18.8%
2000	37.3%	18%
2001	36.9%	17.3%
2002	36.6%	16.6%
2003	36.4%	16%
2004	36.1%	15.6%
2005	35.7%	15.2%
2006	35.4%	14.9%
2007	35.1%	14.8%
2008	34.8%	14.9%
2009	34.4%	15%
2010	34.1%	15.2%
2011	33.6%	15.4%
2012	33%	15.7%
2013	32.4%	16.1%
2014	31.8%	16.5%
2015	31.2%	16.9%
2016	30.6%	17.2%
2017	30.1%	17.5%
2018	29.7%	17.6%
2019	29.5%	17.6%
2020	29.3%	17.7%
2021	29.1%	17.7%
2022	28.8%	17.7%
2023	28.4%	17.5%
2024	28%	17.3%
2025	27.6%	17%
2026	27.3%	16.7%
2027	27%	16.3%
2028	26.8%	15.9%
2029	26.5%	15.5%
2030	26.3%	15%
2031	26%	14.6%
2032	25.8%	14.2%
2033	25.5%	14%
2034	25.2%	13.8%
2035	24.8%	13.7%
2036	24.5%	13.6%
2037	24%	13.6%
2038	23.6%	13.6%
2039	23.2%	13.7%
2040	22.7%	13.9%
2041	22.3%	14%
2042	21.9%	14.2%
2043	21.5%	14.4%
2044	21.2%	14.6%
2045	20.8%	14.8%
2046	20.5%	15%
2047	20.2%	15.2%
2048	19.9%	15.4%
2049	19.6%	15.5%
2050	19.4%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	1,418,810	1,962,834
1961	1,504,524	1,810,538
1962	1,584,035	1,573,701
1963	1,612,749	1,436,077
1964	1,686,591	1,233,520
1965	1,688,652	1,059,335
1966	1,794,530	989,279
1967	1,860,743	854,554
1968	1,918,686	787,621
1969	1,985,984	753,088
1970	1,742,287	785,554
1971	542,747	854,999
1972	2,231,204	872,050
1973	2,276,471	846,561
1974	2,312,418	883,186
1975	2,385,302	843,850
1976	2,431,754	852,237
1977	2,475,502	832,932
1978	2,514,509	812,766
1979	2,570,404	690,135
1980	2,615,497	681,149
1981	2,658,613	713,700
1982	2,705,822	830,855
1983	2,694,172	906,676
1984	2,713,094	756,548
1985	2,698,231	762,447
1986	2,685,152	985,279
1987	2,661,768	977,583
1988	2,614,570	778,343
1989	2,623,347	576,112
1990	2,587,558	325,533
1991	2,354,255	103,876
1992	2,453,664	-222,808
1993	2,425,139	-757,140
1994	2,475,098	-920,129
1995	2,477,509	-845,742
1996	2,531,581	-785,248
1997	2,667,979	-769,159
1998	2,740,993	-694,053
1999	2,803,597	-927,453
2000	2,867,543	-967,540
2001	2,905,755	-963,445
2002	2,907,604	-944,492
2003	2,881,857	-896,822
2004	2,849,626	-792,370
2005	2,783,029	-846,761
2006	2,725,786	-686,638
2007	2,666,175	-471,257
2008	2,595,770	-356,856
2009	2,511,746	-257,014
2010	2,408,597	-242,844
2011	2,332,126	-128,716
2012	2,304,652	0
2013	2,312,293	28,761
2014	2,305,499	28,848
2015	2,329,544	43,392
2016	2,356,056	0
2017	2,348,293	-130,764
2018	2,391,853	-232,637
2019	2,433,952	-319,997
2020	2,355,279	-697,177
2021	2,363,487	-1,027,702
2022	2,633,258	-576,948
2023	2,630,818	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Russia
1985	926	81
1986	891	69
1987	884	65
1988	881	63
1989	877	61
1990	870	58
1991	890	57
1992	827	62
1993	791	76
1994	749	85
1995	707	82
1996	664	69
1997	626	59
1998	589	53
1999	554	53
2000	523	51
2001	495	48
2002	465	47
2003	436	45
2004	406	41
2005	378	38
2006	352	32
2007	334	29
2008	310	27
2009	293	24
2010	275	23
2011	258	19
2012	244	18
2013	230	16
2014	217	16
2015	204	15
2016	191	14
2017	179	12
2018	168	12
2019	157	12
2020	152	19
2021	194	21
2022	131	13
2023	115	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	26.2%	4.55%
1961	25.5%	4.26%
1962	24.9%	3.99%
1963	24.3%	3.76%
1964	23.8%	3.55%
1965	23.3%	3.38%
1966	23%	3.23%
1967	22.8%	3.11%
1968	22.7%	3.02%
1969	22.7%	2.94%
1970	27.1%	2.88%
1971	36.7%	2.84%
1972	22.8%	2.81%
1973	22.8%	2.78%
1974	22.7%	2.77%
1975	22.5%	2.76%
1976	22.3%	2.76%
1977	21.9%	2.76%
1978	21.5%	2.76%
1979	21.1%	2.75%
1980	20.6%	2.73%
1981	20.1%	2.7%
1982	19.6%	2.66%
1983	19%	2.62%
1984	18.4%	2.56%
1985	17.8%	2.5%
1986	17.2%	2.42%
1987	16.5%	2.34%
1988	15.9%	2.26%
1989	15.2%	2.2%
1990	14.6%	2.17%
1991	14%	2.16%
1992	13.4%	2.17%
1993	12.7%	2.19%
1994	12.1%	2.2%
1995	11.5%	2.2%
1996	10.9%	2.17%
1997	10.3%	2.13%
1998	9.7%	2.08%
1999	9.1%	2.02%
2000	8.54%	1.94%
2001	8.01%	1.84%
2002	7.53%	1.73%
2003	7.09%	1.61%
2004	6.69%	1.5%
2005	6.32%	1.39%
2006	5.98%	1.29%
2007	5.67%	1.2%
2008	5.39%	1.13%
2009	5.13%	1.07%
2010	4.89%	1.04%
2011	4.67%	1.02%
2012	4.47%	0.99%
2013	4.27%	0.95%
2014	4.07%	0.89%
2015	3.88%	0.82%
2016	3.69%	0.75%
2017	3.52%	0.69%
2018	3.37%	0.63%
2019	3.24%	0.58%
2020	3.15%	0.54%
2021	3.1%	0.51%
2022	3.07%	0.47%
2023	3.06%	0.45%