Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Somalia

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Somalia 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 6.13 in Somalia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Somalia 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	Somalia
1960	6.74	7.25
1961	6.78	7.25
1962	6.81	7.26
1963	6.8	7.26
1964	6.79	7.26
1965	6.77	7.26
1966	6.77	7.26
1967	6.79	7.25
1968	6.79	7.23
1969	6.81	7.21
1970	6.84	7.18
1971	6.83	7.15
1972	6.82	7.12
1973	6.8	7.09
1974	6.78	7.06
1975	6.73	7.03
1976	6.66	7.02
1977	6.58	7
1978	6.51	7.13
1979	6.42	7.16
1980	6.33	7.18
1981	6.24	7.23
1982	6.12	7.25
1983	5.91	7.28
1984	5.73	7.3
1985	5.54	7.33
1986	5.3	7.35
1987	5.08	7.37
1988	4.85	7.4
1989	4.7	7.42
1990	4.51	7.44
1991	4.26	7.47
1992	4.03	7.5
1993	3.83	7.53
1994	3.74	7.54
1995	3.59	7.58
1996	3.51	7.62
1997	3.5	7.66
1998	3.43	7.66
1999	3.36	7.66
2000	3.28	7.65
2001	3.2	7.64
2002	3.13	7.63
2003	3.03	7.6
2004	2.94	7.57
2005	2.85	7.53
2006	2.76	7.49
2007	2.67	7.46
2008	2.58	7.42
2009	2.48	7.38
2010	2.38	7.32
2011	2.31	7.27
2012	2.26	7.21
2013	2.25	7.14
2014	2.23	7.06
2015	2.23	6.98
2016	2.23	6.88
2017	2.21	6.77
2018	2.19	6.66
2019	2.18	6.56
2020	2.17	6.45
2021	2.17	6.35
2022	2.18	6.26
2023	2.16	6.13
2024	2.14	6.01
2025	2.11	5.91
2026	2.09	5.8
2027	2.07	5.68
2028	2.05	5.58
2029	2.03	5.47
2030	2.01	5.35
2031	2	5.25
2032	1.98	5.14
2033	1.96	5.04
2034	1.95	4.94
2035	1.93	4.84
2036	1.92	4.74
2037	1.91	4.63
2038	1.9	4.52
2039	1.88	4.44
2040	1.87	4.35
2041	1.86	4.26
2042	1.86	4.16
2043	1.85	4.07
2044	1.84	3.99
2045	1.83	3.91
2046	1.83	3.84
2047	1.82	3.78
2048	1.82	3.71
2049	1.81	3.65
2050	1.81	3.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Somalia
1960	42.1%	44.4%
1961	42.3%	44.7%
1962	42.5%	44.8%
1963	42.8%	45%
1964	43.2%	45.1%
1965	43.5%	45.1%
1966	43.7%	44.9%
1967	43.9%	44.8%
1968	44.1%	44.7%
1969	44.3%	44.6%
1970	44.4%	44.5%
1971	44.5%	44.5%
1972	44.7%	44.4%
1973	44.8%	44.4%
1974	44.9%	44.4%
1975	44.9%	44.3%
1976	44.9%	44.3%
1977	44.8%	44.3%
1978	44.8%	44.4%
1979	44.8%	44.5%
1980	44.8%	44.6%
1981	44.8%	44.8%
1982	44.8%	45%
1983	44.7%	45.2%
1984	44.6%	45.4%
1985	44.5%	45.6%
1986	44.2%	45.8%
1987	43.9%	46%
1988	43.5%	46.3%
1989	43.1%	46.7%
1990	42.7%	47%
1991	42.3%	47%
1992	41.8%	46.5%
1993	41.3%	46.4%
1994	40.8%	46.5%
1995	40.2%	46.7%
1996	39.6%	46.9%
1997	39%	47%
1998	38.4%	47.1%
1999	37.8%	47.2%
2000	37.3%	47.4%
2001	36.9%	47.5%
2002	36.6%	47.6%
2003	36.4%	47.7%
2004	36.1%	47.9%
2005	35.7%	48.2%
2006	35.4%	48.6%
2007	35.1%	48.9%
2008	34.8%	48.9%
2009	34.4%	48.8%
2010	34.1%	48.7%
2011	33.6%	48.3%
2012	33%	47.9%
2013	32.4%	47.8%
2014	31.8%	47.7%
2015	31.2%	47.6%
2016	30.6%	47.5%
2017	30.1%	47.4%
2018	29.7%	47.3%
2019	29.5%	47.1%
2020	29.3%	47%
2021	29.1%	47%
2022	28.8%	46.8%
2023	28.4%	46.7%
2024	28%	46.6%
2025	27.6%	46.6%
2026	27.3%	46.5%
2027	27%	46.4%
2028	26.8%	46.1%
2029	26.5%	45.8%
2030	26.3%	45.4%
2031	26%	45.1%
2032	25.8%	44.7%
2033	25.5%	44.3%
2034	25.2%	43.9%
2035	24.8%	43.5%
2036	24.5%	43.1%
2037	24%	42.6%
2038	23.6%	42.1%
2039	23.2%	41.7%
2040	22.7%	41.2%
2041	22.3%	40.8%
2042	21.9%	40.3%
2043	21.5%	39.9%
2044	21.2%	39.4%
2045	20.8%	39%
2046	20.5%	38.6%
2047	20.2%	38.2%
2048	19.9%	37.8%
2049	19.6%	37.4%
2050	19.4%	37%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 46.6% in Somalia in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Somalia compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Somalia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +3.34% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
1960	1,418,810	73,850
1961	1,504,524	75,513
1962	1,584,035	77,737
1963	1,612,749	79,859
1964	1,686,591	82,042
1965	1,688,652	84,448
1966	1,794,530	86,930
1967	1,860,743	89,497
1968	1,918,686	92,208
1969	1,985,984	95,045
1970	1,742,287	98,025
1971	542,747	101,196
1972	2,231,204	104,493
1973	2,276,471	108,038
1974	2,312,418	104,813
1975	2,385,302	108,998
1976	2,431,754	113,319
1977	2,475,502	124,818
1978	2,514,509	132,689
1979	2,570,404	151,016
1980	2,615,497	174,790
1981	2,658,613	185,211
1982	2,705,822	182,793
1983	2,694,172	190,775
1984	2,713,094	199,017
1985	2,698,231	207,960
1986	2,685,152	218,416
1987	2,661,768	231,580
1988	2,614,570	215,599
1989	2,623,347	225,255
1990	2,587,558	225,162
1991	2,354,255	53,052
1992	2,453,664	57,495
1993	2,425,139	232,960
1994	2,475,098	246,950
1995	2,477,509	254,509
1996	2,531,581	264,807
1997	2,667,979	271,894
1998	2,740,993	284,779
1999	2,803,597	295,523
2000	2,867,543	306,651
2001	2,905,755	319,059
2002	2,907,604	331,215
2003	2,881,857	341,192
2004	2,849,626	351,959
2005	2,783,029	363,117
2006	2,725,786	372,597
2007	2,666,175	380,303
2008	2,595,770	394,258
2009	2,511,746	405,784
2010	2,408,597	385,571
2011	2,332,126	203,213
2012	2,304,652	399,468
2013	2,312,293	448,518
2014	2,305,499	464,481
2015	2,329,544	481,573
2016	2,356,056	495,132
2017	2,348,293	478,556
2018	2,391,853	514,244
2019	2,433,952	548,756
2020	2,355,279	561,311
2021	2,363,487	566,399
2022	2,633,258	551,450
2023	2,630,818	608,203

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Somalia

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 563 deaths in Somalia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Somalia
1985	926	1,465
1986	891	1,452
1987	884	1,393
1988	881	1,423
1989	877	1,395
1990	870	1,358
1991	890	1,431
1992	827	1,339
1993	791	1,195
1994	749	1,254
1995	707	1,210
1996	664	1,225
1997	626	1,206
1998	589	1,177
1999	554	1,170
2000	523	1,150
2001	495	1,129
2002	465	1,121
2003	436	1,111
2004	406	1,104
2005	378	1,086
2006	352	1,085
2007	334	1,074
2008	310	1,035
2009	293	995
2010	275	1,062
2011	258	972
2012	244	894
2013	230	855
2014	217	816
2015	204	784
2016	191	754
2017	179	716
2018	168	727
2019	157	656
2020	152	655
2021	194	726
2022	131	622
2023	115	563

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 10.4% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
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%	-
1970	27.1%	-
1971	36.7%	-
1972	22.8%	-
1973	22.8%	-
1974	22.7%	-
1975	22.5%	-
1976	22.3%	-
1977	21.9%	-
1978	21.5%	-
1979	21.1%	-
1980	20.6%	-
1981	20.1%	-
1982	19.6%	20.1%
1983	19%	19.8%
1984	18.4%	19.5%
1985	17.8%	19.3%
1986	17.2%	19%
1987	16.5%	18.8%
1988	15.9%	18.6%
1989	15.2%	18.3%
1990	14.6%	18%
1991	14%	44.3%
1992	13.4%	45.6%
1993	12.7%	17.3%
1994	12.1%	17.2%
1995	11.5%	17.2%
1996	10.9%	17.2%
1997	10.3%	17.2%
1998	9.7%	17.2%
1999	9.1%	17.2%
2000	8.54%	17.2%
2001	8.01%	17.2%
2002	7.53%	17.2%
2003	7.09%	17.2%
2004	6.69%	17.2%
2005	6.32%	17.2%
2006	5.98%	17.2%
2007	5.67%	17%
2008	5.39%	16.6%
2009	5.13%	16.2%
2010	4.89%	18.6%
2011	4.67%	35.9%
2012	4.47%	18.4%
2013	4.27%	14.3%
2014	4.07%	13.8%
2015	3.88%	13.4%
2016	3.69%	13%
2017	3.52%	15.5%
2018	3.37%	13.6%
2019	3.24%	11.8%
2020	3.15%	11.4%
2021	3.1%	11.1%
2022	3.07%	14.3%
2023	3.06%	10.4%