Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

Asia · Southern Asia

How many babies are born in Bangladesh?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Bangladesh through history

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Estimated annual births in Bangladesh, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 3.47M 174M 20.0 UN projection
2026 3.41M 178M 19.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Bangladesh are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1984, at about 4.08M. That is roughly 26 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.