Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	6.74	6.61
1961	6.78	6.75
1962	6.81	6.88
1963	6.8	6.81
1964	6.79	6.82
1965	6.77	6.81
1966	6.77	6.66
1967	6.79	6.57
1968	6.79	6.39
1969	6.81	6.34
1970	6.84	6.31
1971	6.83	6.28
1972	6.82	6.25
1973	6.8	6.16
1974	6.78	6.05
1975	6.73	5.92
1976	6.66	5.75
1977	6.58	5.54
1978	6.51	5.28
1979	6.42	5.16
1980	6.33	5.04
1981	6.24	4.91
1982	6.12	4.82
1983	5.91	4.71
1984	5.73	4.73
1985	5.54	4.69
1986	5.3	4.68
1987	5.08	4.53
1988	4.85	4.26
1989	4.7	4.1
1990	4.51	4.12
1991	4.26	4.19
1992	4.03	4.06
1993	3.83	3.86
1994	3.74	3.66
1995	3.59	3.57
1996	3.51	3.39
1997	3.5	3.19
1998	3.43	2.99
1999	3.36	2.83
2000	3.28	2.7
2001	3.2	2.61
2002	3.13	2.58
2003	3.03	2.5
2004	2.94	2.5
2005	2.85	2.44
2006	2.76	2.46
2007	2.67	2.57
2008	2.58	2.64
2009	2.48	2.56
2010	2.38	2.44
2011	2.31	2.35
2012	2.26	2.34
2013	2.25	2.44
2014	2.23	2.55
2015	2.23	2.58
2016	2.23	2.56
2017	2.21	2.57
2018	2.19	2.71
2019	2.18	2.87
2020	2.17	3.06
2021	2.17	3.27
2022	2.18	3.4
2023	2.16	3.5
2024	2.14	3.49
2025	2.11	3.45
2026	2.09	3.4
2027	2.07	3.36
2028	2.05	3.31
2029	2.03	3.27
2030	2.01	3.22
2031	2	3.18
2032	1.98	3.13
2033	1.96	3.09
2034	1.95	3.05
2035	1.93	3.01
2036	1.92	2.98
2037	1.91	2.94
2038	1.9	2.91
2039	1.88	2.87
2040	1.87	2.84
2041	1.86	2.81
2042	1.86	2.78
2043	1.85	2.75
2044	1.84	2.72
2045	1.83	2.69
2046	1.83	2.66
2047	1.82	2.63
2048	1.82	2.6
2049	1.81	2.58
2050	1.81	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Uzbekistan
1960	42.1%	39.8%
1961	42.3%	41.2%
1962	42.5%	42.4%
1963	42.8%	43.4%
1964	43.2%	44.2%
1965	43.5%	44.7%
1966	43.7%	44.8%
1967	43.9%	44.9%
1968	44.1%	44.8%
1969	44.3%	44.7%
1970	44.4%	44.6%
1971	44.5%	44.4%
1972	44.7%	44.3%
1973	44.8%	44%
1974	44.9%	43.7%
1975	44.9%	43.3%
1976	44.9%	42.8%
1977	44.8%	42.3%
1978	44.8%	41.7%
1979	44.8%	41.2%
1980	44.8%	40.8%
1981	44.8%	40.5%
1982	44.8%	40.3%
1983	44.7%	40.1%
1984	44.6%	40.1%
1985	44.5%	40.1%
1986	44.2%	40.1%
1987	43.9%	40.1%
1988	43.5%	40%
1989	43.1%	39.9%
1990	42.7%	39.9%
1991	42.3%	39.9%
1992	41.8%	39.8%
1993	41.3%	39.8%
1994	40.8%	39.7%
1995	40.2%	39.4%
1996	39.6%	39.2%
1997	39%	38.8%
1998	38.4%	38.2%
1999	37.8%	37.5%
2000	37.3%	36.7%
2001	36.9%	35.8%
2002	36.6%	34.9%
2003	36.4%	34%
2004	36.1%	33.1%
2005	35.7%	32.3%
2006	35.4%	31.4%
2007	35.1%	30.6%
2008	34.8%	29.9%
2009	34.4%	29.4%
2010	34.1%	28.9%
2011	33.6%	28.5%
2012	33%	28.2%
2013	32.4%	28.1%
2014	31.8%	28.1%
2015	31.2%	28.3%
2016	30.6%	28.5%
2017	30.1%	28.8%
2018	29.7%	29%
2019	29.5%	29.3%
2020	29.3%	29.7%
2021	29.1%	30.2%
2022	28.8%	30.6%
2023	28.4%	30.9%
2024	28%	31.1%
2025	27.6%	31.3%
2026	27.3%	31.5%
2027	27%	31.6%
2028	26.8%	31.6%
2029	26.5%	31.6%
2030	26.3%	31.4%
2031	26%	31.3%
2032	25.8%	31.1%
2033	25.5%	30.9%
2034	25.2%	30.6%
2035	24.8%	30.3%
2036	24.5%	29.8%
2037	24%	29.3%
2038	23.6%	28.8%
2039	23.2%	28.3%
2040	22.7%	28%
2041	22.3%	27.6%
2042	21.9%	27.4%
2043	21.5%	27.2%
2044	21.2%	27%
2045	20.8%	26.9%
2046	20.5%	26.8%
2047	20.2%	26.8%
2048	19.9%	26.7%
2049	19.6%	26.7%
2050	19.4%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	1,418,810	267,165
1961	1,504,524	279,841
1962	1,584,035	292,788
1963	1,612,749	293,432
1964	1,686,591	298,790
1965	1,688,652	302,264
1966	1,794,530	297,844
1967	1,860,743	298,350
1968	1,918,686	295,651
1969	1,985,984	302,833
1970	1,742,287	313,216
1971	542,747	323,171
1972	2,231,204	333,230
1973	2,276,471	341,807
1974	2,312,418	350,422
1975	2,385,302	357,382
1976	2,431,754	363,110
1977	2,475,502	369,572
1978	2,514,509	372,068
1979	2,570,404	387,754
1980	2,615,497	401,557
1981	2,658,613	413,897
1982	2,705,822	431,389
1983	2,694,172	454,464
1984	2,713,094	485,617
1985	2,698,231	508,893
1986	2,685,152	533,234
1987	2,661,768	537,292
1988	2,614,570	525,126
1989	2,623,347	522,323
1990	2,587,558	540,581
1991	2,354,255	557,886
1992	2,453,664	548,793
1993	2,425,139	527,557
1994	2,475,098	502,279
1995	2,477,509	493,966
1996	2,531,581	471,010
1997	2,667,979	441,631
1998	2,740,993	408,532
1999	2,803,597	385,448
2000	2,867,543	365,138
2001	2,905,755	356,483
2002	2,907,604	359,231
2003	2,881,857	355,098
2004	2,849,626	363,994
2005	2,783,029	363,462
2006	2,725,786	383,265
2007	2,666,175	426,880
2008	2,595,770	461,665
2009	2,511,746	471,839
2010	2,408,597	461,293
2011	2,332,126	454,858
2012	2,304,652	463,333
2013	2,312,293	501,742
2014	2,305,499	536,881
2015	2,329,544	552,781
2016	2,356,056	549,045
2017	2,348,293	548,372
2018	2,391,853	585,119
2019	2,433,952	618,154
2020	2,355,279	643,750
2021	2,363,487	689,325
2022	2,633,258	715,410
2023	2,630,818	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Uzbekistan
1985	926	72
1986	891	69
1987	884	63
1988	881	58
1989	877	53
1990	870	50
1991	890	47
1992	827	46
1993	791	47
1994	749	49
1995	707	46
1996	664	44
1997	626	42
1998	589	42
1999	554	43
2000	523	42
2001	495	42
2002	465	41
2003	436	40
2004	406	39
2005	378	39
2006	352	38
2007	334	37
2008	310	35
2009	293	34
2010	275	34
2011	258	33
2012	244	33
2013	230	32
2014	217	32
2015	204	31
2016	191	31
2017	179	30
2018	168	29
2019	157	29
2020	152	29
2021	194	28
2022	131	27
2023	115	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
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%	12.5%
1980	20.6%	11.7%
1981	20.1%	10.9%
1982	19.6%	10.2%
1983	19%	9.5%
1984	18.4%	8.91%
1985	17.8%	8.4%
1986	17.2%	7.96%
1987	16.5%	7.59%
1988	15.9%	7.31%
1989	15.2%	7.13%
1990	14.6%	7.04%
1991	14%	7.01%
1992	13.4%	7.01%
1993	12.7%	6.99%
1994	12.1%	6.95%
1995	11.5%	6.91%
1996	10.9%	6.83%
1997	10.3%	6.72%
1998	9.7%	6.57%
1999	9.1%	6.38%
2000	8.54%	6.15%
2001	8.01%	5.88%
2002	7.53%	5.57%
2003	7.09%	5.25%
2004	6.69%	4.92%
2005	6.32%	4.57%
2006	5.98%	4.24%
2007	5.67%	3.9%
2008	5.39%	3.59%
2009	5.13%	3.29%
2010	4.89%	3.01%
2011	4.67%	2.75%
2012	4.47%	2.52%
2013	4.27%	2.32%
2014	4.07%	2.14%
2015	3.88%	1.98%
2016	3.69%	1.85%
2017	3.52%	1.73%
2018	3.37%	1.64%
2019	3.24%	1.56%
2020	3.15%	1.5%
2021	3.1%	1.44%
2022	3.07%	1.38%
2023	3.06%	1.33%