Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	6.74	6.78
1961	6.78	6.73
1962	6.81	6.67
1963	6.8	6.62
1964	6.79	6.57
1965	6.77	6.52
1966	6.77	6.51
1967	6.79	6.51
1968	6.79	6.46
1969	6.81	6.41
1970	6.84	6.35
1971	6.83	6.29
1972	6.82	6.23
1973	6.8	6.15
1974	6.78	6.06
1975	6.73	5.98
1976	6.66	5.89
1977	6.58	5.81
1978	6.51	5.77
1979	6.42	5.73
1980	6.33	5.69
1981	6.24	5.65
1982	6.12	5.6
1983	5.91	5.55
1984	5.73	5.49
1985	5.54	5.43
1986	5.3	5.38
1987	5.08	5.33
1988	4.85	5.27
1989	4.7	5.21
1990	4.51	5.17
1991	4.26	5.13
1992	4.03	5.09
1993	3.83	5.02
1994	3.74	4.94
1995	3.59	4.85
1996	3.51	4.75
1997	3.5	4.66
1998	3.43	4.6
1999	3.36	4.56
2000	3.28	4.54
2001	3.2	4.5
2002	3.13	4.38
2003	3.03	4.29
2004	2.94	4.21
2005	2.85	4.13
2006	2.76	4.1
2007	2.67	4.12
2008	2.58	4.16
2009	2.48	4.16
2010	2.38	4.13
2011	2.31	4.09
2012	2.26	4.06
2013	2.25	4.04
2014	2.23	4
2015	2.23	3.95
2016	2.23	3.92
2017	2.21	3.88
2018	2.19	3.83
2019	2.18	3.79
2020	2.17	3.74
2021	2.17	3.7
2022	2.18	3.65
2023	2.16	3.6
2024	2.14	3.57
2025	2.11	3.53
2026	2.09	3.5
2027	2.07	3.46
2028	2.05	3.42
2029	2.03	3.39
2030	2.01	3.35
2031	2	3.32
2032	1.98	3.28
2033	1.96	3.25
2034	1.95	3.21
2035	1.93	3.18
2036	1.92	3.15
2037	1.91	3.13
2038	1.9	3.1
2039	1.88	3.08
2040	1.87	3.05
2041	1.86	3.03
2042	1.86	3
2043	1.85	2.97
2044	1.84	2.94
2045	1.83	2.92
2046	1.83	2.9
2047	1.82	2.88
2048	1.82	2.85
2049	1.81	2.83
2050	1.81	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Vanuatu
1960	42.1%	44.6%
1961	42.3%	44.8%
1962	42.5%	45.1%
1963	42.8%	45.2%
1964	43.2%	45.4%
1965	43.5%	45.5%
1966	43.7%	45.7%
1967	43.9%	45.8%
1968	44.1%	45.8%
1969	44.3%	45.8%
1970	44.4%	45.7%
1971	44.5%	45.7%
1972	44.7%	45.6%
1973	44.8%	45.5%
1974	44.9%	45.5%
1975	44.9%	45.4%
1976	44.9%	45.2%
1977	44.8%	45.1%
1978	44.8%	45%
1979	44.8%	44.5%
1980	44.8%	44%
1981	44.8%	43.9%
1982	44.8%	44%
1983	44.7%	44%
1984	44.6%	44.1%
1985	44.5%	44.2%
1986	44.2%	44.2%
1987	43.9%	44.1%
1988	43.5%	44.1%
1989	43.1%	44%
1990	42.7%	43.9%
1991	42.3%	43.9%
1992	41.8%	44.1%
1993	41.3%	44.8%
1994	40.8%	45.2%
1995	40.2%	45%
1996	39.6%	44.8%
1997	39%	44.4%
1998	38.4%	44%
1999	37.8%	43.5%
2000	37.3%	42.9%
2001	36.9%	42.4%
2002	36.6%	41.8%
2003	36.4%	41.3%
2004	36.1%	40.7%
2005	35.7%	40.2%
2006	35.4%	39.6%
2007	35.1%	39.2%
2008	34.8%	38.8%
2009	34.4%	38.5%
2010	34.1%	38.2%
2011	33.6%	38.1%
2012	33%	38.2%
2013	32.4%	38.2%
2014	31.8%	38.4%
2015	31.2%	38.5%
2016	30.6%	38.7%
2017	30.1%	38.8%
2018	29.7%	38.9%
2019	29.5%	39%
2020	29.3%	39%
2021	29.1%	39%
2022	28.8%	38.8%
2023	28.4%	38.6%
2024	28%	38.3%
2025	27.6%	38%
2026	27.3%	37.6%
2027	27%	37.1%
2028	26.8%	36.7%
2029	26.5%	36.2%
2030	26.3%	35.8%
2031	26%	35.3%
2032	25.8%	34.9%
2033	25.5%	34.5%
2034	25.2%	34.1%
2035	24.8%	33.7%
2036	24.5%	33.4%
2037	24%	33.2%
2038	23.6%	32.9%
2039	23.2%	32.7%
2040	22.7%	32.5%
2041	22.3%	32.3%
2042	21.9%	32.2%
2043	21.5%	32%
2044	21.2%	31.8%
2045	20.8%	31.6%
2046	20.5%	31.5%
2047	20.2%	31.3%
2048	19.9%	31.1%
2049	19.6%	30.9%
2050	19.4%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	1,418,810	1,796
1961	1,504,524	1,872
1962	1,584,035	1,947
1963	1,612,749	2,025
1964	1,686,591	2,098
1965	1,688,652	2,180
1966	1,794,530	2,278
1967	1,860,743	2,384
1968	1,918,686	2,470
1969	1,985,984	2,529
1970	1,742,287	2,597
1971	542,747	2,685
1972	2,231,204	2,775
1973	2,276,471	2,876
1974	2,312,418	2,968
1975	2,385,302	3,074
1976	2,431,754	3,174
1977	2,475,502	3,285
1978	2,514,509	3,428
1979	2,570,404	3,590
1980	2,615,497	3,383
1981	2,658,613	3,592
1982	2,705,822	3,778
1983	2,694,172	3,944
1984	2,713,094	4,088
1985	2,698,231	4,219
1986	2,685,152	4,360
1987	2,661,768	4,427
1988	2,614,570	4,577
1989	2,623,347	4,656
1990	2,587,558	4,762
1991	2,354,255	4,859
1992	2,453,664	4,941
1993	2,425,139	4,973
1994	2,475,098	4,973
1995	2,477,509	4,945
1996	2,531,581	4,897
1997	2,667,979	4,854
1998	2,740,993	4,866
1999	2,803,597	4,871
2000	2,867,543	5,026
2001	2,905,755	5,144
2002	2,907,604	5,181
2003	2,881,857	5,258
2004	2,849,626	5,353
2005	2,783,029	5,454
2006	2,725,786	5,606
2007	2,666,175	5,842
2008	2,595,770	6,138
2009	2,511,746	6,362
2010	2,408,597	6,548
2011	2,332,126	6,715
2012	2,304,652	6,877
2013	2,312,293	7,036
2014	2,305,499	7,143
2015	2,329,544	7,220
2016	2,356,056	7,315
2017	2,348,293	7,371
2018	2,391,853	7,379
2019	2,433,952	7,364
2020	2,355,279	7,233
2021	2,363,487	7,199
2022	2,633,258	7,358
2023	2,630,818	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Vanuatu
1985	926	211
1986	891	194
1987	884	200
1988	881	172
1989	877	162
1990	870	151
1991	890	140
1992	827	140
1993	791	133
1994	749	131
1995	707	131
1996	664	129
1997	626	131
1998	589	134
1999	554	146
2000	523	133
2001	495	132
2002	465	128
2003	436	131
2004	406	131
2005	378	127
2006	352	123
2007	334	120
2008	310	117
2009	293	114
2010	275	114
2011	258	112
2012	244	109
2013	230	110
2014	217	110
2015	204	109
2016	191	107
2017	179	107
2018	168	108
2019	157	105
2020	152	107
2021	194	124
2022	131	105
2023	115	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.06% in Bangladesh and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	26.2%	15.2%
1961	25.5%	14.7%
1962	24.9%	14.3%
1963	24.3%	13.8%
1964	23.8%	13.4%
1965	23.3%	12.9%
1966	23%	12.4%
1967	22.8%	12%
1968	22.7%	11.5%
1969	22.7%	11%
1970	27.1%	10.6%
1971	36.7%	10.2%
1972	22.8%	9.73%
1973	22.8%	9.34%
1974	22.7%	8.95%
1975	22.5%	8.58%
1976	22.3%	8.21%
1977	21.9%	7.84%
1978	21.5%	7.45%
1979	21.1%	7.07%
1980	20.6%	6.67%
1981	20.1%	6.27%
1982	19.6%	5.87%
1983	19%	5.48%
1984	18.4%	5.12%
1985	17.8%	4.78%
1986	17.2%	4.47%
1987	16.5%	4.2%
1988	15.9%	3.96%
1989	15.2%	3.76%
1990	14.6%	3.58%
1991	14%	3.43%
1992	13.4%	3.29%
1993	12.7%	3.18%
1994	12.1%	3.08%
1995	11.5%	3%
1996	10.9%	2.92%
1997	10.3%	2.86%
1998	9.7%	2.79%
1999	9.1%	2.74%
2000	8.54%	2.68%
2001	8.01%	2.63%
2002	7.53%	2.58%
2003	7.09%	2.54%
2004	6.69%	2.5%
2005	6.32%	2.45%
2006	5.98%	2.4%
2007	5.67%	2.34%
2008	5.39%	2.27%
2009	5.13%	2.2%
2010	4.89%	2.12%
2011	4.67%	2.05%
2012	4.47%	1.99%
2013	4.27%	1.94%
2014	4.07%	1.9%
2015	3.88%	1.87%
2016	3.69%	1.84%
2017	3.52%	1.82%
2018	3.37%	1.8%
2019	3.24%	1.78%
2020	3.15%	1.77%
2021	3.1%	1.74%
2022	3.07%	1.71%
2023	3.06%	1.68%