Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Uruguay

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

Check Bangladesh vs Uruguay 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	Uruguay
1960	6.74	2.83
1961	6.78	2.85
1962	6.81	2.87
1963	6.8	2.88
1964	6.79	2.86
1965	6.77	2.84
1966	6.77	2.82
1967	6.79	2.78
1968	6.79	2.77
1969	6.81	2.77
1970	6.84	2.77
1971	6.83	2.77
1972	6.82	2.78
1973	6.8	2.86
1974	6.78	2.96
1975	6.73	3.02
1976	6.66	3.01
1977	6.58	2.9
1978	6.51	2.83
1979	6.42	2.71
1980	6.33	2.59
1981	6.24	2.53
1982	6.12	2.51
1983	5.91	2.49
1984	5.73	2.47
1985	5.54	2.47
1986	5.3	2.47
1987	5.08	2.49
1988	4.85	2.5
1989	4.7	2.5
1990	4.51	2.48
1991	4.26	2.45
1992	4.03	2.43
1993	3.83	2.41
1994	3.74	2.42
1995	3.59	2.4
1996	3.51	2.36
1997	3.5	2.33
1998	3.43	2.27
1999	3.36	2.25
2000	3.28	2.2
2001	3.2	2.16
2002	3.13	2.16
2003	3.03	2.12
2004	2.94	2.09
2005	2.85	2.1
2006	2.76	2.07
2007	2.67	2.05
2008	2.58	2.03
2009	2.48	2.02
2010	2.38	2.01
2011	2.31	1.99
2012	2.26	2.01
2013	2.25	2.03
2014	2.23	2.03
2015	2.23	2.04
2016	2.23	1.97
2017	2.21	1.82
2018	2.19	1.68
2019	2.18	1.57
2020	2.17	1.5
2021	2.17	1.45
2022	2.18	1.43
2023	2.16	1.41
2024	2.14	1.4
2025	2.11	1.39
2026	2.09	1.38
2027	2.07	1.38
2028	2.05	1.38
2029	2.03	1.38
2030	2.01	1.38
2031	2	1.39
2032	1.98	1.39
2033	1.96	1.39
2034	1.95	1.39
2035	1.93	1.4
2036	1.92	1.4
2037	1.91	1.4
2038	1.9	1.4
2039	1.88	1.41
2040	1.87	1.41
2041	1.86	1.41
2042	1.86	1.42
2043	1.85	1.42
2044	1.84	1.42
2045	1.83	1.42
2046	1.83	1.42
2047	1.82	1.43
2048	1.82	1.43
2049	1.81	1.43
2050	1.81	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Uruguay
1960	42.1%	27.6%
1961	42.3%	27.6%
1962	42.5%	27.7%
1963	42.8%	27.8%
1964	43.2%	27.9%
1965	43.5%	27.9%
1966	43.7%	28%
1967	43.9%	28%
1968	44.1%	27.9%
1969	44.3%	27.8%
1970	44.4%	27.8%
1971	44.5%	27.7%
1972	44.7%	27.5%
1973	44.8%	27.4%
1974	44.9%	27.4%
1975	44.9%	27.4%
1976	44.9%	27.4%
1977	44.8%	27.3%
1978	44.8%	27.3%
1979	44.8%	27.2%
1980	44.8%	27%
1981	44.8%	26.9%
1982	44.8%	26.7%
1983	44.7%	26.6%
1984	44.6%	26.5%
1985	44.5%	26.4%
1986	44.2%	26.2%
1987	43.9%	26.1%
1988	43.5%	26%
1989	43.1%	25.8%
1990	42.7%	25.6%
1991	42.3%	25.3%
1992	41.8%	25.1%
1993	41.3%	24.9%
1994	40.8%	24.7%
1995	40.2%	24.7%
1996	39.6%	24.6%
1997	39%	24.6%
1998	38.4%	24.5%
1999	37.8%	24.5%
2000	37.3%	24.4%
2001	36.9%	24.2%
2002	36.6%	24.1%
2003	36.4%	23.9%
2004	36.1%	23.7%
2005	35.7%	23.5%
2006	35.4%	23.3%
2007	35.1%	23.1%
2008	34.8%	22.8%
2009	34.4%	22.6%
2010	34.1%	22.3%
2011	33.6%	22%
2012	33%	21.7%
2013	32.4%	21.5%
2014	31.8%	21.3%
2015	31.2%	21.1%
2016	30.6%	21%
2017	30.1%	20.8%
2018	29.7%	20.5%
2019	29.5%	20.2%
2020	29.3%	19.8%
2021	29.1%	19.4%
2022	28.8%	19.1%
2023	28.4%	18.7%
2024	28%	18.3%
2025	27.6%	17.9%
2026	27.3%	17.5%
2027	27%	17.1%
2028	26.8%	16.7%
2029	26.5%	16.3%
2030	26.3%	15.8%
2031	26%	15.4%
2032	25.8%	15.1%
2033	25.5%	14.8%
2034	25.2%	14.7%
2035	24.8%	14.6%
2036	24.5%	14.5%
2037	24%	14.5%
2038	23.6%	14.4%
2039	23.2%	14.4%
2040	22.7%	14.3%
2041	22.3%	14.3%
2042	21.9%	14.3%
2043	21.5%	14.2%
2044	21.2%	14.1%
2045	20.8%	14.1%
2046	20.5%	14%
2047	20.2%	13.9%
2048	19.9%	13.8%
2049	19.6%	13.7%
2050	19.4%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	1,418,810	30,438
1961	1,504,524	30,975
1962	1,584,035	31,441
1963	1,612,749	31,824
1964	1,686,591	31,340
1965	1,688,652	30,807
1966	1,794,530	30,293
1967	1,860,743	29,514
1968	1,918,686	29,103
1969	1,985,984	28,805
1970	1,742,287	28,737
1971	542,747	28,584
1972	2,231,204	28,896
1973	2,276,471	30,213
1974	2,312,418	32,221
1975	2,385,302	33,393
1976	2,431,754	33,199
1977	2,475,502	31,321
1978	2,514,509	30,076
1979	2,570,404	27,456
1980	2,615,497	25,451
1981	2,658,613	24,968
1982	2,705,822	25,224
1983	2,694,172	24,146
1984	2,713,094	23,684
1985	2,698,231	23,988
1986	2,685,152	24,505
1987	2,661,768	24,469
1988	2,614,570	25,071
1989	2,623,347	25,322
1990	2,587,558	25,699
1991	2,354,255	25,422
1992	2,453,664	24,847
1993	2,425,139	24,212
1994	2,475,098	24,637
1995	2,477,509	24,872
1996	2,531,581	24,635
1997	2,667,979	23,737
1998	2,740,993	22,114
1999	2,803,597	21,844
2000	2,867,543	21,060
2001	2,905,755	20,729
2002	2,907,604	20,073
2003	2,881,857	18,628
2004	2,849,626	18,067
2005	2,783,029	18,926
2006	2,725,786	17,783
2007	2,666,175	17,422
2008	2,595,770	16,838
2009	2,511,746	16,947
2010	2,408,597	16,231
2011	2,332,126	14,934
2012	2,304,652	15,520
2013	2,312,293	16,318
2014	2,305,499	16,238
2015	2,329,544	16,194
2016	2,356,056	14,008
2017	2,348,293	10,907
2018	2,391,853	7,322
2019	2,433,952	3,873
2020	2,355,279	4,048
2021	2,363,487	-5,621
2022	2,633,258	-2,964
2023	2,630,818	298

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Uruguay

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 Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Uruguay
1985	926	41
1986	891	41
1987	884	41
1988	881	39
1989	877	36
1990	870	35
1991	890	33
1992	827	33
1993	791	31
1994	749	30
1995	707	29
1996	664	28
1997	626	27
1998	589	25
1999	554	24
2000	523	23
2001	495	24
2002	465	23
2003	436	23
2004	406	21
2005	378	20
2006	352	20
2007	334	19
2008	310	19
2009	293	18
2010	275	17
2011	258	17
2012	244	16
2013	230	16
2014	217	16
2015	204	16
2016	191	16
2017	179	16
2018	168	16
2019	157	16
2020	152	20
2021	194	49
2022	131	20
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 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	26.2%	6.33%
1961	25.5%	6.21%
1962	24.9%	6.06%
1963	24.3%	5.93%
1964	23.8%	5.83%
1965	23.3%	5.77%
1966	23%	5.74%
1967	22.8%	5.7%
1968	22.7%	5.64%
1969	22.7%	5.53%
1970	27.1%	5.4%
1971	36.7%	5.33%
1972	22.8%	5.34%
1973	22.8%	5.39%
1974	22.7%	5.46%
1975	22.5%	5.49%
1976	22.3%	5.41%
1977	21.9%	5.18%
1978	21.5%	4.83%
1979	21.1%	4.41%
1980	20.6%	3.98%
1981	20.1%	3.6%
1982	19.6%	3.31%
1983	19%	3.1%
1984	18.4%	2.95%
1985	17.8%	2.84%
1986	17.2%	2.74%
1987	16.5%	2.62%
1988	15.9%	2.51%
1989	15.2%	2.42%
1990	14.6%	2.37%
1991	14%	2.32%
1992	13.4%	2.29%
1993	12.7%	2.25%
1994	12.1%	2.19%
1995	11.5%	2.12%
1996	10.9%	2.03%
1997	10.3%	1.93%
1998	9.7%	1.84%
1999	9.1%	1.76%
2000	8.54%	1.7%
2001	8.01%	1.66%
2002	7.53%	1.62%
2003	7.09%	1.58%
2004	6.69%	1.52%
2005	6.32%	1.44%
2006	5.98%	1.35%
2007	5.67%	1.27%
2008	5.39%	1.19%
2009	5.13%	1.13%
2010	4.89%	1.08%
2011	4.67%	1.04%
2012	4.47%	1%
2013	4.27%	0.97%
2014	4.07%	0.93%
2015	3.88%	0.89%
2016	3.69%	0.85%
2017	3.52%	0.81%
2018	3.37%	0.77%
2019	3.24%	0.74%
2020	3.15%	0.71%
2021	3.1%	0.7%
2022	3.07%	0.68%
2023	3.06%	0.67%