Bangladesh vs Panama: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Bangladesh
2.08 children per women
in 2023
Panama
2.07 children per women
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
102nd
Panama rank
104th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Bangladesh
- Panama
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 2.08 children per women against 2.07 children per women in Panama, a difference of 0.01 children per women.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Panama ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 102nd and Panama ranks 104th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 4 and Panama in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.99 children per women | 4.93 children per women | 0.9365 children per women | Panama |
| 1960s | 4.59 children per women | 5.1 children per women | 0.5055 children per women | Panama |
| 1970s | 4.82 children per women | 4.19 children per women | 0.6275 children per women | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 4.38 children per women | 3.28 children per women | 1.1 children per women | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 3.24 children per women | 2.77 children per women | 0.468 children per women | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 2.64 children per women | 2.57 children per women | 0.0623 children per women | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 2.12 children per women | 2.44 children per women | 0.3201 children per women | Panama |
| 2020s | 2.08 children per women | 2.1 children per women | 0.0186 children per women | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Bangladesh or Panama?
- Bangladesh, at 2.08 children per women against 2.07 children per women in Panama as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Bangladesh and Panama?
- 0.01 children per women, 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 accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Bangladesh ranks 102nd and Panama ranks 104th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).