Fertility & birth rates in Bangladesh and Yemen

Fertility rate in Bangladesh vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bangladesh vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	6.74	7.99
1961	6.78	8
1962	6.81	8.01
1963	6.8	8.03
1964	6.79	8.07
1965	6.77	8.1
1966	6.77	8.14
1967	6.79	8.17
1968	6.79	8.19
1969	6.81	8.22
1970	6.84	8.23
1971	6.83	8.26
1972	6.82	8.27
1973	6.8	8.29
1974	6.78	8.33
1975	6.73	8.37
1976	6.66	8.42
1977	6.58	8.47
1978	6.51	8.5
1979	6.42	8.67
1980	6.33	8.71
1981	6.24	8.75
1982	6.12	8.79
1983	5.91	8.83
1984	5.73	8.85
1985	5.54	8.86
1986	5.3	8.86
1987	5.08	8.83
1988	4.85	8.79
1989	4.7	8.71
1990	4.51	8.61
1991	4.26	8.46
1992	4.03	8.27
1993	3.83	8.05
1994	3.74	7.8
1995	3.59	7.53
1996	3.51	7
1997	3.5	6.82
1998	3.43	6.64
1999	3.36	6.49
2000	3.28	6.32
2001	3.2	6.14
2002	3.13	5.97
2003	3.03	5.84
2004	2.94	5.71
2005	2.85	5.56
2006	2.76	5.41
2007	2.67	5.26
2008	2.58	5.11
2009	2.48	5
2010	2.38	4.81
2011	2.31	4.63
2012	2.26	4.63
2013	2.25	4.62
2014	2.23	4.62
2015	2.23	4.62
2016	2.23	4.61
2017	2.21	4.61
2018	2.19	4.61
2019	2.18	4.6
2020	2.17	4.6
2021	2.17	4.6
2022	2.18	4.59
2023	2.16	4.59
2024	2.14	4.5
2025	2.11	4.41
2026	2.09	4.33
2027	2.07	4.23
2028	2.05	4.14
2029	2.03	4.06
2030	2.01	3.97
2031	2	3.87
2032	1.98	3.8
2033	1.96	3.73
2034	1.95	3.66
2035	1.93	3.59
2036	1.92	3.51
2037	1.91	3.44
2038	1.9	3.38
2039	1.88	3.32
2040	1.87	3.26
2041	1.86	3.21
2042	1.86	3.16
2043	1.85	3.12
2044	1.84	3.07
2045	1.83	3.02
2046	1.83	2.97
2047	1.82	2.93
2048	1.82	2.89
2049	1.81	2.85
2050	1.81	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bangladesh	Yemen
1960	42.1%	40.3%
1961	42.3%	40.4%
1962	42.5%	40.4%
1963	42.8%	40.6%
1964	43.2%	40.9%
1965	43.5%	41.3%
1966	43.7%	41.8%
1967	43.9%	42.3%
1968	44.1%	42.8%
1969	44.3%	43.3%
1970	44.4%	43.8%
1971	44.5%	44.3%
1972	44.7%	44.8%
1973	44.8%	45.3%
1974	44.9%	45.7%
1975	44.9%	46.2%
1976	44.9%	46.6%
1977	44.8%	47%
1978	44.8%	47.5%
1979	44.8%	47.9%
1980	44.8%	48.3%
1981	44.8%	48.7%
1982	44.8%	49.1%
1983	44.7%	49.4%
1984	44.6%	49.7%
1985	44.5%	50%
1986	44.2%	50.3%
1987	43.9%	50.5%
1988	43.5%	50.7%
1989	43.1%	50.9%
1990	42.7%	51.1%
1991	42.3%	51.2%
1992	41.8%	51.2%
1993	41.3%	51.2%
1994	40.8%	51.1%
1995	40.2%	50.9%
1996	39.6%	50.6%
1997	39%	50.3%
1998	38.4%	49.9%
1999	37.8%	49.5%
2000	37.3%	49%
2001	36.9%	48.6%
2002	36.6%	48.1%
2003	36.4%	47.6%
2004	36.1%	47.1%
2005	35.7%	46.5%
2006	35.4%	45.9%
2007	35.1%	45.3%
2008	34.8%	44.7%
2009	34.4%	44.1%
2010	34.1%	43.5%
2011	33.6%	43%
2012	33%	42.7%
2013	32.4%	42.3%
2014	31.8%	42.1%
2015	31.2%	41.8%
2016	30.6%	41.7%
2017	30.1%	41.6%
2018	29.7%	41.5%
2019	29.5%	41.4%
2020	29.3%	41.4%
2021	29.1%	41.4%
2022	28.8%	41.3%
2023	28.4%	41.2%
2024	28%	41.1%
2025	27.6%	41%
2026	27.3%	40.9%
2027	27%	40.8%
2028	26.8%	40.6%
2029	26.5%	40.3%
2030	26.3%	40%
2031	26%	39.6%
2032	25.8%	39.2%
2033	25.5%	38.7%
2034	25.2%	38.2%
2035	24.8%	37.7%
2036	24.5%	37.1%
2037	24%	36.5%
2038	23.6%	36%
2039	23.2%	35.4%
2040	22.7%	34.8%
2041	22.3%	34.3%
2042	21.9%	33.8%
2043	21.5%	33.4%
2044	21.2%	33%
2045	20.8%	32.6%
2046	20.5%	32.3%
2047	20.2%	32%
2048	19.9%	31.7%
2049	19.6%	31.4%
2050	19.4%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28% of the population in Bangladesh and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 42.7% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bangladesh and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Bangladesh vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.47% in Bangladesh and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	1,418,810	122,994
1961	1,504,524	129,787
1962	1,584,035	131,262
1963	1,612,749	133,781
1964	1,686,591	147,299
1965	1,688,652	155,398
1966	1,794,530	164,091
1967	1,860,743	173,637
1968	1,918,686	182,518
1969	1,985,984	196,305
1970	1,742,287	207,613
1971	542,747	219,095
1972	2,231,204	229,322
1973	2,276,471	240,235
1974	2,312,418	252,737
1975	2,385,302	266,815
1976	2,431,754	281,078
1977	2,475,502	296,115
1978	2,514,509	312,439
1979	2,570,404	336,378
1980	2,615,497	355,767
1981	2,658,613	374,482
1982	2,705,822	392,302
1983	2,694,172	414,823
1984	2,713,094	434,674
1985	2,698,231	455,576
1986	2,685,152	464,665
1987	2,661,768	493,337
1988	2,614,570	513,296
1989	2,623,347	530,464
1990	2,587,558	549,654
1991	2,354,255	565,837
1992	2,453,664	582,072
1993	2,425,139	595,459
1994	2,475,098	602,363
1995	2,477,509	607,966
1996	2,531,581	588,786
1997	2,667,979	604,443
1998	2,740,993	615,488
1999	2,803,597	633,166
2000	2,867,543	646,694
2001	2,905,755	658,704
2002	2,907,604	672,494
2003	2,881,857	694,457
2004	2,849,626	710,493
2005	2,783,029	726,708
2006	2,725,786	750,082
2007	2,666,175	764,780
2008	2,595,770	779,123
2009	2,511,746	798,911
2010	2,408,597	803,246
2011	2,332,126	806,359
2012	2,304,652	845,645
2013	2,312,293	884,929
2014	2,305,499	920,330
2015	2,329,544	939,922
2016	2,356,056	975,697
2017	2,348,293	1,006,725
2018	2,391,853	1,020,238
2019	2,433,952	1,056,432
2020	2,355,279	1,086,322
2021	2,363,487	1,103,622
2022	2,633,258	1,153,375
2023	2,630,818	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Bangladesh vs Yemen

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 Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bangladesh	Yemen
1985	926	430
1986	891	430
1987	884	400
1988	881	388
1989	877	371
1990	870	359
1991	890	341
1992	827	330
1993	791	319
1994	749	311
1995	707	296
1996	664	282
1997	626	271
1998	589	260
1999	554	250
2000	523	241
2001	495	231
2002	465	218
2003	436	205
2004	406	194
2005	378	181
2006	352	171
2007	334	161
2008	310	153
2009	293	149
2010	275	144
2011	258	140
2012	244	137
2013	230	135
2014	217	134
2015	204	135
2016	191	134
2017	179	142
2018	168	134
2019	157	131
2020	152	135
2021	194	156
2022	131	125
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 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	26.2%	42.9%
1961	25.5%	42.2%
1962	24.9%	41.5%
1963	24.3%	40.8%
1964	23.8%	40%
1965	23.3%	39%
1966	23%	38%
1967	22.8%	36.8%
1968	22.7%	35.6%
1969	22.7%	34.3%
1970	27.1%	33%
1971	36.7%	31.8%
1972	22.8%	30.6%
1973	22.8%	29.5%
1974	22.7%	28.4%
1975	22.5%	27.2%
1976	22.3%	26%
1977	21.9%	24.7%
1978	21.5%	23.4%
1979	21.1%	22.1%
1980	20.6%	20.8%
1981	20.1%	19.6%
1982	19.6%	18.4%
1983	19%	17.2%
1984	18.4%	16.2%
1985	17.8%	15.3%
1986	17.2%	14.6%
1987	16.5%	14%
1988	15.9%	13.4%
1989	15.2%	12.9%
1990	14.6%	12.5%
1991	14%	12.1%
1992	13.4%	11.8%
1993	12.7%	11.6%
1994	12.1%	11.3%
1995	11.5%	11.1%
1996	10.9%	10.8%
1997	10.3%	10.5%
1998	9.7%	10.2%
1999	9.1%	9.77%
2000	8.54%	9.32%
2001	8.01%	8.84%
2002	7.53%	8.36%
2003	7.09%	7.9%
2004	6.69%	7.47%
2005	6.32%	7.06%
2006	5.98%	6.68%
2007	5.67%	6.33%
2008	5.39%	6.02%
2009	5.13%	5.74%
2010	4.89%	5.49%
2011	4.67%	5.3%
2012	4.47%	5.14%
2013	4.27%	4.95%
2014	4.07%	4.84%
2015	3.88%	4.9%
2016	3.69%	4.77%
2017	3.52%	4.66%
2018	3.37%	4.7%
2019	3.24%	4.59%
2020	3.15%	4.32%
2021	3.1%	4.24%
2022	3.07%	4.08%
2023	3.06%	3.93%