Bangladesh vs Guyana: Birth rate

Bangladesh
20.35 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Guyana
20.29 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
77th
Guyana rank
78th

Birth rate over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Guyana
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 20.35 births per 1,000 people against 20.29 births per 1,000 people in Guyana, a difference of 0.06 births per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 77th and Guyana ranks 78th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 6 and Guyana in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Guyana Difference Ahead
1950s 47.61 births per 1,000 people 43.59 births per 1,000 people 4.02 births per 1,000 people Bangladesh
1960s 48.22 births per 1,000 people 40.18 births per 1,000 people 8.05 births per 1,000 people Bangladesh
1970s 47.08 births per 1,000 people 34.3 births per 1,000 people 12.77 births per 1,000 people Bangladesh
1980s 40.96 births per 1,000 people 31.1 births per 1,000 people 9.86 births per 1,000 people Bangladesh
1990s 31.45 births per 1,000 people 29.13 births per 1,000 people 2.32 births per 1,000 people Bangladesh
2000s 26.44 births per 1,000 people 22.91 births per 1,000 people 3.53 births per 1,000 people Bangladesh
2010s 20.52 births per 1,000 people 22.19 births per 1,000 people 1.67 births per 1,000 people Guyana
2020s 20.41 births per 1,000 people 20.81 births per 1,000 people 0.4027 births per 1,000 people Guyana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, Bangladesh or Guyana?
Bangladesh, at 20.35 births per 1,000 people against 20.29 births per 1,000 people in Guyana as of 2023.
What is the difference in birth rate between Bangladesh and Guyana?
0.06 births per 1,000 people, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Guyana?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bangladesh and Guyana rank globally for birth rate?
Bangladesh ranks 77th and Guyana ranks 78th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Birth rate
Unit
births per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed

The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.