Bangladesh vs Nicaragua: Fertility rate, total

Bangladesh
2.14 births per woman
in 2024
Nicaragua
2.21 births per woman
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
95th
Nicaragua rank
93rd

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Nicaragua
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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 2.21 births per woman against 2.14 births per woman in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.07 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 95th and Nicaragua ranks 93rd of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 3 and Nicaragua in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1960s 6.78 births per woman 7.02 births per woman 0.2354 births per woman Nicaragua
1970s 6.7 births per woman 6.46 births per woman 0.2394 births per woman Bangladesh
1980s 5.58 births per woman 5.4 births per woman 0.1802 births per woman Bangladesh
1990s 3.77 births per woman 3.88 births per woman 0.1017 births per woman Nicaragua
2000s 2.89 births per woman 2.81 births per woman 0.081 births per woman Bangladesh
2010s 2.25 births per woman 2.45 births per woman 0.2064 births per woman Nicaragua
2020s 2.17 births per woman 2.25 births per woman 0.08 births per woman Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Bangladesh or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 2.21 births per woman against 2.14 births per woman in Bangladesh as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Bangladesh and Nicaragua?
0.07 births per woman, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Nicaragua?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Nicaragua rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Bangladesh ranks 95th and Nicaragua ranks 93rd of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.