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How many babies are born in Bangladesh?

3.41 million babies born in Bangladesh in 2026. That is 2.57% of all births worldwide, and the 9th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Bangladesh: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Bangladesh’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~130K ~3.3M 40.7 Modelled estimate
1000 ~300K ~7.4M 40.7 Modelled estimate
1500 ~400K ~9.6M 41.4 Modelled estimate
1800 ~887K ~19.2M 46.2 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~1.24M ~26.8M 46.2 Historical reconstruction
1950 1.91M 41.2M 46.4 UN estimate
2000 3.98M 135M 29.6 UN estimate
2023 3.49M 171M 20.4 UN estimate
2026 3.41M 178M 19.2 UN projection
2050 2.73M 215M 12.7 UN projection
2075 2.21M 226M 9.8 UN projection
2100 1.8M 209M 8.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Bangladesh among estimates through 2023 were in 1984, at about 4.08M. That is roughly 31 times the estimated ~133K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.09 children per woman, fertility in Bangladesh is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Bangladesh each year?

An estimated 3.41 million babies are born in Bangladesh in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 9,330 a day and 2.57% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Bangladesh?

Bangladesh has an estimated 19.2 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.09 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.