Bangladesh vs Panama: Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility)
Bangladesh
2.16 live births per woman
in 2023
Panama
2.12 live births per woman
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
102nd
Panama rank
105th
Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility) over time
- Bangladesh
- Panama
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 2.16 live births per woman against 2.12 live births per woman in Panama, a difference of 0.04 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 102nd and Panama ranks 105th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 7 and Panama in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.5 live births per woman | 5.71 live births per woman | 0.7885 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
| 1960s | 6.78 live births per woman | 5.68 live births per woman | 1.1 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 6.7 live births per woman | 4.51 live births per woman | 2.18 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 5.58 live births per woman | 3.46 live births per woman | 2.12 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 3.77 live births per woman | 2.89 live births per woman | 0.8887 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 2.89 live births per woman | 2.66 live births per woman | 0.2308 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 2.25 live births per woman | 2.51 live births per woman | 0.2628 live births per woman | Panama |
| 2020s | 2.17 live births per woman | 2.15 live births per woman | 0.024 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Bangladesh or Panama?
- Bangladesh, at 2.16 live births per woman against 2.12 live births per woman in Panama as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Bangladesh and Panama?
- 0.04 live births per woman, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Panama?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bangladesh and Panama rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Bangladesh ranks 102nd and Panama ranks 105th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.