Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and South Africa

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs South Africa 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 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs South Africa 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	South Africa
1960	6.74	6.11
1961	6.78	6.08
1962	6.81	6.05
1963	6.8	6.01
1964	6.79	5.96
1965	6.77	5.89
1966	6.77	5.91
1967	6.79	5.85
1968	6.79	5.78
1969	6.81	5.72
1970	6.84	5.63
1971	6.83	5.57
1972	6.82	5.49
1973	6.8	5.41
1974	6.78	5.3
1975	6.73	5.19
1976	6.66	5.07
1977	6.58	4.94
1978	6.51	4.85
1979	6.42	4.82
1980	6.33	4.78
1981	6.24	4.71
1982	6.12	4.7
1983	5.91	4.63
1984	5.73	4.57
1985	5.54	4.5
1986	5.3	4.41
1987	5.08	4.35
1988	4.85	4.18
1989	4.7	3.98
1990	4.51	3.72
1991	4.26	3.62
1992	4.03	3.48
1993	3.83	3.37
1994	3.74	3.26
1995	3.59	3.17
1996	3.51	2.99
1997	3.5	2.73
1998	3.43	2.63
1999	3.36	2.56
2000	3.28	2.41
2001	3.2	2.37
2002	3.13	2.32
2003	3.03	2.36
2004	2.94	2.44
2005	2.85	2.51
2006	2.76	2.55
2007	2.67	2.55
2008	2.58	2.68
2009	2.48	2.5
2010	2.38	2.44
2011	2.31	2.44
2012	2.26	2.45
2013	2.25	2.43
2014	2.23	2.42
2015	2.23	2.36
2016	2.23	2.26
2017	2.21	2.28
2018	2.19	2.27
2019	2.18	2.26
2020	2.17	2.26
2021	2.17	2.25
2022	2.18	2.23
2023	2.16	2.22
2024	2.14	2.21
2025	2.11	2.19
2026	2.09	2.17
2027	2.07	2.15
2028	2.05	2.13
2029	2.03	2.12
2030	2.01	2.1
2031	2	2.09
2032	1.98	2.07
2033	1.96	2.06
2034	1.95	2.05
2035	1.93	2.04
2036	1.92	2.03
2037	1.91	2.02
2038	1.9	2
2039	1.88	1.99
2040	1.87	1.98
2041	1.86	1.98
2042	1.86	1.97
2043	1.85	1.96
2044	1.84	1.95
2045	1.83	1.94
2046	1.83	1.93
2047	1.82	1.92
2048	1.82	1.91
2049	1.81	1.9
2050	1.81	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	South Africa
1960	42.1%	42.1%
1961	42.3%	42.1%
1962	42.5%	42.1%
1963	42.8%	42.1%
1964	43.2%	42.1%
1965	43.5%	42.1%
1966	43.7%	42.1%
1967	43.9%	42.2%
1968	44.1%	42.2%
1969	44.3%	42.2%
1970	44.4%	42.3%
1971	44.5%	42.2%
1972	44.7%	42.2%
1973	44.8%	42.1%
1974	44.9%	42%
1975	44.9%	41.9%
1976	44.9%	41.8%
1977	44.8%	41.7%
1978	44.8%	41.5%
1979	44.8%	41.3%
1980	44.8%	40.9%
1981	44.8%	40.5%
1982	44.8%	40.1%
1983	44.7%	39.8%
1984	44.6%	39.5%
1985	44.5%	39.2%
1986	44.2%	38.9%
1987	43.9%	38.7%
1988	43.5%	38.4%
1989	43.1%	38.1%
1990	42.7%	37.7%
1991	42.3%	37.5%
1992	41.8%	37.6%
1993	41.3%	37.3%
1994	40.8%	37.2%
1995	40.2%	37.5%
1996	39.6%	37.5%
1997	39%	37.2%
1998	38.4%	36.5%
1999	37.8%	35.7%
2000	37.3%	34.9%
2001	36.9%	34%
2002	36.6%	33.2%
2003	36.4%	32.3%
2004	36.1%	31.6%
2005	35.7%	31.1%
2006	35.4%	30.6%
2007	35.1%	30.2%
2008	34.8%	29.9%
2009	34.4%	29.7%
2010	34.1%	29.4%
2011	33.6%	29.1%
2012	33%	28.9%
2013	32.4%	28.7%
2014	31.8%	28.5%
2015	31.2%	28.3%
2016	30.6%	28.3%
2017	30.1%	28.3%
2018	29.7%	27.9%
2019	29.5%	27.4%
2020	29.3%	27%
2021	29.1%	26.6%
2022	28.8%	26.3%
2023	28.4%	26.1%
2024	28%	25.9%
2025	27.6%	25.7%
2026	27.3%	25.6%
2027	27%	25.4%
2028	26.8%	25.3%
2029	26.5%	25.2%
2030	26.3%	25.2%
2031	26%	25.1%
2032	25.8%	25%
2033	25.5%	24.8%
2034	25.2%	24.5%
2035	24.8%	24.3%
2036	24.5%	23.9%
2037	24%	23.6%
2038	23.6%	23.4%
2039	23.2%	23.1%
2040	22.7%	22.9%
2041	22.3%	22.7%
2042	21.9%	22.5%
2043	21.5%	22.4%
2044	21.2%	22.2%
2045	20.8%	22.1%
2046	20.5%	21.9%
2047	20.2%	21.8%
2048	19.9%	21.7%
2049	19.6%	21.6%
2050	19.4%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +1.05% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	1,418,810	421,263
1961	1,504,524	437,851
1962	1,584,035	455,634
1963	1,612,749	473,821
1964	1,686,591	490,606
1965	1,688,652	506,632
1966	1,794,530	534,862
1967	1,860,743	553,741
1968	1,918,686	571,841
1969	1,985,984	590,794
1970	1,742,287	605,102
1971	542,747	624,761
1972	2,231,204	638,754
1973	2,276,471	651,596
1974	2,312,418	658,438
1975	2,385,302	667,862
1976	2,431,754	675,011
1977	2,475,502	680,929
1978	2,514,509	694,341
1979	2,570,404	716,541
1980	2,615,497	738,415
1981	2,658,613	767,833
1982	2,705,822	807,550
1983	2,694,172	837,013
1984	2,713,094	869,011
1985	2,698,231	893,889
1986	2,685,152	903,644
1987	2,661,768	922,330
1988	2,614,570	909,221
1989	2,623,347	884,629
1990	2,587,558	835,421
1991	2,354,255	827,296
1992	2,453,664	794,415
1993	2,425,139	789,220
1994	2,475,098	698,609
1995	2,477,509	743,488
1996	2,531,581	710,868
1997	2,667,979	667,969
1998	2,740,993	627,027
1999	2,803,597	594,643
2000	2,867,543	526,963
2001	2,905,755	484,801
2002	2,907,604	430,926
2003	2,881,857	415,018
2004	2,849,626	442,540
2005	2,783,029	464,464
2006	2,725,786	487,584
2007	2,666,175	503,567
2008	2,595,770	595,332
2009	2,511,746	554,115
2010	2,408,597	566,834
2011	2,332,126	601,708
2012	2,304,652	643,723
2013	2,312,293	652,427
2014	2,305,499	674,754
2015	2,329,544	668,771
2016	2,356,056	641,365
2017	2,348,293	645,975
2018	2,391,853	648,319
2019	2,433,952	652,130
2020	2,355,279	595,873
2021	2,363,487	456,411
2022	2,633,258	603,636
2023	2,630,818	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs South Africa

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 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	South Africa
1985	926	208
1986	891	200
1987	884	192
1988	881	184
1989	877	177
1990	870	170
1991	890	162
1992	827	152
1993	791	145
1994	749	133
1995	707	125
1996	664	150
1997	626	152
1998	589	152
1999	554	151
2000	523	175
2001	495	192
2002	465	225
2003	436	245
2004	406	259
2005	378	279
2006	352	283
2007	334	272
2008	310	272
2009	293	241
2010	275	226
2011	258	202
2012	244	194
2013	230	180
2014	217	162
2015	204	150
2016	191	141
2017	179	134
2018	168	128
2019	157	119
2020	152	118
2021	194	191
2022	131	129
2023	115	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 3.47% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
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%	13.2%
1975	22.5%	12.5%
1976	22.3%	11.8%
1977	21.9%	11.1%
1978	21.5%	10.5%
1979	21.1%	9.88%
1980	20.6%	9.35%
1981	20.1%	8.84%
1982	19.6%	8.39%
1983	19%	7.98%
1984	18.4%	7.6%
1985	17.8%	7.24%
1986	17.2%	6.89%
1987	16.5%	6.56%
1988	15.9%	6.26%
1989	15.2%	6.01%
1990	14.6%	5.82%
1991	14%	5.7%
1992	13.4%	5.66%
1993	12.7%	5.7%
1994	12.1%	5.82%
1995	11.5%	5.95%
1996	10.9%	6.11%
1997	10.3%	6.29%
1998	9.7%	6.56%
1999	9.1%	6.85%
2000	8.54%	7.11%
2001	8.01%	7.43%
2002	7.53%	7.69%
2003	7.09%	7.93%
2004	6.69%	8.1%
2005	6.32%	8.03%
2006	5.98%	7.75%
2007	5.67%	7.19%
2008	5.39%	6.42%
2009	5.13%	5.7%
2010	4.89%	5%
2011	4.67%	4.5%
2012	4.47%	4.25%
2013	4.27%	4.1%
2014	4.07%	3.96%
2015	3.88%	3.82%
2016	3.69%	3.68%
2017	3.52%	3.58%
2018	3.37%	3.49%
2019	3.24%	3.45%
2020	3.15%	3.41%
2021	3.1%	3.41%
2022	3.07%	3.44%
2023	3.06%	3.47%