Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Saint Vincent

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Saint Vincent 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 1.78 in Saint Vincent in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Saint Vincent 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	Saint Vincent
1960	6.74	7.25
1961	6.78	7.16
1962	6.81	7.03
1963	6.8	6.92
1964	6.79	6.83
1965	6.77	6.74
1966	6.77	6.64
1967	6.79	6.53
1968	6.79	6.42
1969	6.81	6.28
1970	6.84	6.12
1971	6.83	5.95
1972	6.82	5.77
1973	6.8	5.59
1974	6.78	5.38
1975	6.73	5.17
1976	6.66	4.95
1977	6.58	4.75
1978	6.51	4.55
1979	6.42	4.29
1980	6.33	3.92
1981	6.24	3.85
1982	6.12	3.74
1983	5.91	3.56
1984	5.73	3.28
1985	5.54	3.08
1986	5.3	2.92
1987	5.08	2.82
1988	4.85	2.75
1989	4.7	2.73
1990	4.51	2.73
1991	4.26	2.75
1992	4.03	2.76
1993	3.83	2.74
1994	3.74	2.68
1995	3.59	2.61
1996	3.51	2.53
1997	3.5	2.43
1998	3.43	2.35
1999	3.36	2.31
2000	3.28	2.31
2001	3.2	2.3
2002	3.13	2.22
2003	3.03	2.14
2004	2.94	2.09
2005	2.85	2.07
2006	2.76	2.03
2007	2.67	2.06
2008	2.58	2.15
2009	2.48	2.17
2010	2.38	2.14
2011	2.31	2.08
2012	2.26	2.11
2013	2.25	2.11
2014	2.23	2.14
2015	2.23	2.13
2016	2.23	2.06
2017	2.21	1.94
2018	2.19	1.9
2019	2.18	1.86
2020	2.17	1.83
2021	2.17	1.81
2022	2.18	1.79
2023	2.16	1.78
2024	2.14	1.76
2025	2.11	1.75
2026	2.09	1.73
2027	2.07	1.72
2028	2.05	1.71
2029	2.03	1.71
2030	2.01	1.7
2031	2	1.7
2032	1.98	1.69
2033	1.96	1.69
2034	1.95	1.68
2035	1.93	1.68
2036	1.92	1.68
2037	1.91	1.68
2038	1.9	1.67
2039	1.88	1.67
2040	1.87	1.67
2041	1.86	1.67
2042	1.86	1.67
2043	1.85	1.67
2044	1.84	1.66
2045	1.83	1.66
2046	1.83	1.66
2047	1.82	1.66
2048	1.82	1.66
2049	1.81	1.66
2050	1.81	1.66

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Saint Vincent
1960	42.1%	49%
1961	42.3%	48.8%
1962	42.5%	48.6%
1963	42.8%	48.2%
1964	43.2%	47.7%
1965	43.5%	47.4%
1966	43.7%	47.1%
1967	43.9%	46.8%
1968	44.1%	46.6%
1969	44.3%	46.4%
1970	44.4%	46.2%
1971	44.5%	46%
1972	44.7%	45.8%
1973	44.8%	45.7%
1974	44.9%	45.5%
1975	44.9%	45.3%
1976	44.9%	45%
1977	44.8%	44.7%
1978	44.8%	44.4%
1979	44.8%	44.1%
1980	44.8%	43.5%
1981	44.8%	42.6%
1982	44.8%	41.7%
1983	44.7%	41%
1984	44.6%	40.4%
1985	44.5%	39.9%
1986	44.2%	39.4%
1987	43.9%	38.9%
1988	43.5%	38.4%
1989	43.1%	38%
1990	42.7%	37.5%
1991	42.3%	36.8%
1992	41.8%	36%
1993	41.3%	35.1%
1994	40.8%	34.4%
1995	40.2%	33.7%
1996	39.6%	33.1%
1997	39%	32.5%
1998	38.4%	32%
1999	37.8%	31.6%
2000	37.3%	31.4%
2001	36.9%	31%
2002	36.6%	30.3%
2003	36.4%	29.7%
2004	36.1%	29%
2005	35.7%	28.4%
2006	35.4%	27.8%
2007	35.1%	27.2%
2008	34.8%	26.7%
2009	34.4%	26.1%
2010	34.1%	25.7%
2011	33.6%	25.2%
2012	33%	24.8%
2013	32.4%	24.4%
2014	31.8%	24%
2015	31.2%	23.7%
2016	30.6%	23.4%
2017	30.1%	23%
2018	29.7%	22.7%
2019	29.5%	22.5%
2020	29.3%	22.2%
2021	29.1%	22.1%
2022	28.8%	21.9%
2023	28.4%	21.6%
2024	28%	21.3%
2025	27.6%	20.9%
2026	27.3%	20.4%
2027	27%	20%
2028	26.8%	19.5%
2029	26.5%	19%
2030	26.3%	18.6%
2031	26%	18.1%
2032	25.8%	17.8%
2033	25.5%	17.5%
2034	25.2%	17.3%
2035	24.8%	17.1%
2036	24.5%	17%
2037	24%	16.9%
2038	23.6%	16.9%
2039	23.2%	16.9%
2040	22.7%	16.9%
2041	22.3%	16.9%
2042	21.9%	16.9%
2043	21.5%	16.9%
2044	21.2%	17%
2045	20.8%	17%
2046	20.5%	17%
2047	20.2%	17%
2048	19.9%	16.9%
2049	19.6%	16.9%
2050	19.4%	16.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 21.3% in Saint Vincent in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 37.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Saint Vincent compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Saint Vincent by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +0.24% in Saint Vincent. 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	Saint Vincent
1960	1,418,810	3,029
1961	1,504,524	3,059
1962	1,584,035	3,073
1963	1,612,749	3,086
1964	1,686,591	3,130
1965	1,688,652	3,165
1966	1,794,530	3,194
1967	1,860,743	3,212
1968	1,918,686	3,218
1969	1,985,984	3,200
1970	1,742,287	3,161
1971	542,747	3,102
1972	2,231,204	3,033
1973	2,276,471	2,952
1974	2,312,418	2,863
1975	2,385,302	2,775
1976	2,431,754	2,694
1977	2,475,502	2,622
1978	2,514,509	2,581
1979	2,570,404	2,575
1980	2,615,497	2,362
1981	2,658,613	2,429
1982	2,705,822	2,477
1983	2,694,172	2,411
1984	2,713,094	2,248
1985	2,698,231	2,128
1986	2,685,152	2,020
1987	2,661,768	1,937
1988	2,614,570	1,876
1989	2,623,347	1,843
1990	2,587,558	1,825
1991	2,354,255	1,821
1992	2,453,664	1,849
1993	2,425,139	1,832
1994	2,475,098	1,786
1995	2,477,509	1,715
1996	2,531,581	1,610
1997	2,667,979	1,496
1998	2,740,993	1,379
1999	2,803,597	1,315
2000	2,867,543	1,279
2001	2,905,755	1,231
2002	2,907,604	1,166
2003	2,881,857	1,063
2004	2,849,626	992
2005	2,783,029	949
2006	2,725,786	881
2007	2,666,175	867
2008	2,595,770	904
2009	2,511,746	881
2010	2,408,597	796
2011	2,332,126	676
2012	2,304,652	637
2013	2,312,293	580
2014	2,305,499	580
2015	2,329,544	542
2016	2,356,056	443
2017	2,348,293	340
2018	2,391,853	271
2019	2,433,952	206
2020	2,355,279	-10
2021	2,363,487	-9
2022	2,633,258	96
2023	2,630,818	66

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Saint Vincent

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 56 deaths in Saint Vincent.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Saint Vincent
1985	926	77
1986	891	71
1987	884	69
1988	881	67
1989	877	70
1990	870	72
1991	890	71
1992	827	89
1993	791	76
1994	749	78
1995	707	80
1996	664	79
1997	626	78
1998	589	77
1999	554	72
2000	523	68
2001	495	64
2002	465	62
2003	436	59
2004	406	56
2005	378	55
2006	352	54
2007	334	54
2008	310	56
2009	293	56
2010	275	59
2011	258	59
2012	244	61
2013	230	73
2014	217	64
2015	204	59
2016	191	52
2017	179	58
2018	168	56
2019	157	58
2020	152	57
2021	194	105
2022	131	56
2023	115	56

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 1.06% in Saint Vincent. 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	Saint Vincent
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%	6.03%
1970	27.1%	6.42%
1971	36.7%	6.82%
1972	22.8%	7.2%
1973	22.8%	7.52%
1974	22.7%	7.71%
1975	22.5%	7.7%
1976	22.3%	7.45%
1977	21.9%	7.03%
1978	21.5%	6.49%
1979	21.1%	5.91%
1980	20.6%	5.34%
1981	20.1%	4.82%
1982	19.6%	4.34%
1983	19%	3.91%
1984	18.4%	3.54%
1985	17.8%	3.22%
1986	17.2%	2.96%
1987	16.5%	2.75%
1988	15.9%	2.59%
1989	15.2%	2.47%
1990	14.6%	2.38%
1991	14%	2.31%
1992	13.4%	2.26%
1993	12.7%	2.24%
1994	12.1%	2.23%
1995	11.5%	2.23%
1996	10.9%	2.23%
1997	10.3%	2.24%
1998	9.7%	2.25%
1999	9.1%	2.25%
2000	8.54%	2.25%
2001	8.01%	2.25%
2002	7.53%	2.24%
2003	7.09%	2.25%
2004	6.69%	2.25%
2005	6.32%	2.26%
2006	5.98%	2.26%
2007	5.67%	2.25%
2008	5.39%	2.23%
2009	5.13%	2.19%
2010	4.89%	2.14%
2011	4.67%	2.06%
2012	4.47%	1.98%
2013	4.27%	1.88%
2014	4.07%	1.79%
2015	3.88%	1.69%
2016	3.69%	1.59%
2017	3.52%	1.49%
2018	3.37%	1.39%
2019	3.24%	1.31%
2020	3.15%	1.23%
2021	3.1%	1.17%
2022	3.07%	1.11%
2023	3.06%	1.06%