Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Ukraine

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Ukraine 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 0.98 in Ukraine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Ukraine 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	Ukraine
1960	6.74	2.29
1961	6.78	2.2
1962	6.81	2.15
1963	6.8	2.11
1964	6.79	2.01
1965	6.77	1.94
1966	6.77	2.04
1967	6.79	2.04
1968	6.79	2.03
1969	6.81	2.01
1970	6.84	2.08
1971	6.83	2.11
1972	6.82	2.13
1973	6.8	2.04
1974	6.78	2.06
1975	6.73	2.05
1976	6.66	2.04
1977	6.58	1.98
1978	6.51	1.97
1979	6.42	1.96
1980	6.33	1.95
1981	6.24	1.92
1982	6.12	1.95
1983	5.91	2.1
1984	5.73	2.08
1985	5.54	2.03
1986	5.3	2.12
1987	5.08	2.07
1988	4.85	2.04
1989	4.7	1.93
1990	4.51	1.85
1991	4.26	1.77
1992	4.03	1.67
1993	3.83	1.56
1994	3.74	1.47
1995	3.59	1.4
1996	3.51	1.33
1997	3.5	1.27
1998	3.43	1.21
1999	3.36	1.13
2000	3.28	1.11
2001	3.2	1.09
2002	3.13	1.13
2003	3.03	1.17
2004	2.94	1.22
2005	2.85	1.22
2006	2.76	1.3
2007	2.67	1.34
2008	2.58	1.44
2009	2.48	1.47
2010	2.38	1.44
2011	2.31	1.46
2012	2.26	1.53
2013	2.25	1.52
2014	2.23	1.47
2015	2.23	1.39
2016	2.23	1.39
2017	2.21	1.3
2018	2.19	1.23
2019	2.18	1.22
2020	2.17	1.21
2021	2.17	1.15
2022	2.18	0.9
2023	2.16	0.98
2024	2.14	0.99
2025	2.11	1
2026	2.09	1
2027	2.07	1.01
2028	2.05	1.02
2029	2.03	1.02
2030	2.01	1.03
2031	2	1.04
2032	1.98	1.04
2033	1.96	1.05
2034	1.95	1.05
2035	1.93	1.06
2036	1.92	1.06
2037	1.91	1.07
2038	1.9	1.07
2039	1.88	1.08
2040	1.87	1.09
2041	1.86	1.09
2042	1.86	1.1
2043	1.85	1.1
2044	1.84	1.11
2045	1.83	1.11
2046	1.83	1.12
2047	1.82	1.13
2048	1.82	1.13
2049	1.81	1.14
2050	1.81	1.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Ukraine
1960	42.1%	26.7%
1961	42.3%	27%
1962	42.5%	27.1%
1963	42.8%	27.1%
1964	43.2%	26.8%
1965	43.5%	26.4%
1966	43.7%	26.1%
1967	43.9%	25.8%
1968	44.1%	25.5%
1969	44.3%	25.1%
1970	44.4%	24.8%
1971	44.5%	24.4%
1972	44.7%	24%
1973	44.8%	23.6%
1974	44.9%	23.2%
1975	44.9%	22.8%
1976	44.9%	22.4%
1977	44.8%	22.1%
1978	44.8%	21.7%
1979	44.8%	21.5%
1980	44.8%	21.4%
1981	44.8%	21.4%
1982	44.8%	21.4%
1983	44.7%	21.5%
1984	44.6%	21.6%
1985	44.5%	21.7%
1986	44.2%	21.7%
1987	43.9%	21.7%
1988	43.5%	21.7%
1989	43.1%	21.7%
1990	42.7%	21.6%
1991	42.3%	21.5%
1992	41.8%	21.4%
1993	41.3%	21.2%
1994	40.8%	21%
1995	40.2%	20.6%
1996	39.6%	20.2%
1997	39%	19.7%
1998	38.4%	19.2%
1999	37.8%	18.5%
2000	37.3%	17.9%
2001	36.9%	17.1%
2002	36.6%	16.3%
2003	36.4%	15.7%
2004	36.1%	15.1%
2005	35.7%	14.7%
2006	35.4%	14.3%
2007	35.1%	14.1%
2008	34.8%	14%
2009	34.4%	14%
2010	34.1%	14.1%
2011	33.6%	14.2%
2012	33%	14.4%
2013	32.4%	14.6%
2014	31.8%	14.9%
2015	31.2%	15.1%
2016	30.6%	15.3%
2017	30.1%	15.4%
2018	29.7%	15.4%
2019	29.5%	15.4%
2020	29.3%	15.3%
2021	29.1%	15.1%
2022	28.8%	14.8%
2023	28.4%	14.3%
2024	28%	13.9%
2025	27.6%	13.7%
2026	27.3%	13.4%
2027	27%	12.9%
2028	26.8%	12.4%
2029	26.5%	12%
2030	26.3%	11.6%
2031	26%	11.2%
2032	25.8%	10.9%
2033	25.5%	10.6%
2034	25.2%	10.4%
2035	24.8%	10.2%
2036	24.5%	10%
2037	24%	9.95%
2038	23.6%	9.95%
2039	23.2%	9.92%
2040	22.7%	9.9%
2041	22.3%	9.92%
2042	21.9%	9.97%
2043	21.5%	10%
2044	21.2%	10.1%
2045	20.8%	10.1%
2046	20.5%	10.2%
2047	20.2%	10.2%
2048	19.9%	10.2%
2049	19.6%	10.2%
2050	19.4%	10.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 13.9% in Ukraine in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Ukraine compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Ukraine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and -0.56% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	1,418,810	538,812
1961	1,504,524	508,602
1962	1,584,035	481,887
1963	1,612,749	449,648
1964	1,686,591	391,120
1965	1,688,652	334,365
1966	1,794,530	337,794
1967	1,860,743	313,899
1968	1,918,686	295,162
1969	1,985,984	274,858
1970	1,742,287	291,839
1971	542,747	305,849
1972	2,231,204	309,785
1973	2,276,471	274,938
1974	2,312,418	273,486
1975	2,385,302	256,787
1976	2,431,754	247,323
1977	2,475,502	216,932
1978	2,514,509	206,554
1979	2,570,404	197,294
1980	2,615,497	197,223
1981	2,658,613	182,839
1982	2,705,822	194,101
1983	2,694,172	241,741
1984	2,713,094	222,430
1985	2,698,231	201,011
1986	2,685,152	225,751
1987	2,661,768	198,850
1988	2,614,570	162,002
1989	2,623,347	106,431
1990	2,587,558	48,463
1991	2,354,255	-16,486
1992	2,453,664	-95,857
1993	2,425,139	-169,405
1994	2,475,098	-238,820
1995	2,477,509	-281,629
1996	2,531,581	-305,154
1997	2,667,979	-306,549
1998	2,740,993	-318,299
1999	2,803,597	-348,286
2000	2,867,543	-364,143
2001	2,905,755	-374,734
2002	2,907,604	-364,544
2003	2,881,857	-351,299
2004	2,849,626	-344,157
2005	2,783,029	-337,857
2006	2,725,786	-300,787
2007	2,666,175	-282,659
2008	2,595,770	-229,086
2009	2,511,746	-197,918
2010	2,408,597	-180,388
2011	2,332,126	-158,372
2012	2,304,652	-130,451
2013	2,312,293	-129,662
2014	2,305,499	-140,216
2015	2,329,544	-147,107
2016	2,356,056	-135,710
2017	2,348,293	-158,390
2018	2,391,853	-227,491
2019	2,433,952	-236,296
2020	2,355,279	-307,533
2021	2,363,487	-449,941
2022	2,633,258	-349,284
2023	2,630,818	-283,185

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Ukraine

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 15 deaths in Ukraine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Ukraine
1985	926	53
1986	891	50
1987	884	46
1988	881	44
1989	877	42
1990	870	40
1991	890	40
1992	827	40
1993	791	42
1994	749	45
1995	707	46
1996	664	45
1997	626	41
1998	589	37
1999	554	34
2000	523	32
2001	495	30
2002	465	28
2003	436	28
2004	406	27
2005	378	27
2006	352	27
2007	334	27
2008	310	26
2009	293	24
2010	275	21
2011	258	20
2012	244	20
2013	230	20
2014	217	19
2015	204	17
2016	191	17
2017	179	16
2018	168	16
2019	157	16
2020	152	18
2021	194	26
2022	131	16
2023	115	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 0.81% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
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%	3.23%
1972	22.8%	3.13%
1973	22.8%	3.04%
1974	22.7%	2.96%
1975	22.5%	2.89%
1976	22.3%	2.84%
1977	21.9%	2.78%
1978	21.5%	2.74%
1979	21.1%	2.69%
1980	20.6%	2.62%
1981	20.1%	2.55%
1982	19.6%	2.47%
1983	19%	2.39%
1984	18.4%	2.29%
1985	17.8%	2.21%
1986	17.2%	2.13%
1987	16.5%	2.05%
1988	15.9%	1.99%
1989	15.2%	1.95%
1990	14.6%	1.92%
1991	14%	1.92%
1992	13.4%	1.94%
1993	12.7%	1.97%
1994	12.1%	2%
1995	11.5%	2.02%
1996	10.9%	2.03%
1997	10.3%	2.01%
1998	9.7%	1.97%
1999	9.1%	1.9%
2000	8.54%	1.83%
2001	8.01%	1.75%
2002	7.53%	1.66%
2003	7.09%	1.58%
2004	6.69%	1.51%
2005	6.32%	1.45%
2006	5.98%	1.4%
2007	5.67%	1.34%
2008	5.39%	1.29%
2009	5.13%	1.23%
2010	4.89%	1.17%
2011	4.67%	1.12%
2012	4.47%	1.07%
2013	4.27%	1.02%
2014	4.07%	0.98%
2015	3.88%	0.94%
2016	3.69%	0.91%
2017	3.52%	0.89%
2018	3.37%	0.87%
2019	3.24%	0.85%
2020	3.15%	0.84%
2021	3.1%	0.82%
2022	3.07%	0.85%
2023	3.06%	0.81%