34:, makes it a "low fertility country". Bangladesh has a high population density, with about 1123.85 people per square kilometre. Since independence Bangladesh has reduced its total fertility rate (TFR) to 2.01, which means that women have 2.01 children on average. At this TFR and without migration a country's population is neither growing nor shrinking. Bangladesh family planning programs have been described as being weakened in recent years.
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divisions (45% each). contraceptive usage is higher among urban couples than among rural couples (65% versus 60%). Half (49%) of modern contraceptive users obtained their method from a private sector like pharmacies, 44% from the public sector, 5% from a nongovernmental organization (NGO), and 1%
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According to official government estimates in
Bangladesh 65% of girls are married off before their 18th birthday. 60 percent of child brides have children by the time they are 19 and 10 percent of them have children by the time they are 15. Bangladesh's Penal Code places the age of consent at 14,
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Bangladesh have an unmet need for family planning. Use of modern
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has experienced rapid population growth since its independence. This was a result of a high fertility rate, increased life expectancy, and a decreasing mortality rate. In 1975, the total fertility rate was 6.3, which by 2011 was reduced to 2.3 according to the data collected by the
Bangladesh
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was 2.3 children per woman in 2019. The median age at first birth among women of child-bearing age is 18.6 years. 43% of women gave birth before turning 18. The fertility rate has an inverse relationship with the level of education. Women with no education or an incomplete
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Demographic Health Survey 2011. The survey found most women have two or more children. It also found that the majority of women in
Bangladesh would prefer to have two or less Children. Since 2011 the total fertility rate has remained at 2.3, according to the
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have an average of 2.6 children, on the contrary women with a secondary education or higher have an average of 2.2 children. In
Bangladesh, the median age at first birth among women age 20-49 is 18.6 years. 28% of women age 15-19 have begun
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Marriage Restraint Act-2017, a child marriage would be legal in Bangladesh, if it was for the interest of the underage girl and with the consent of the parents.
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Bangladesh is an international NGO that provides family planning services in
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is the government agency responsible for family planning in Bangladesh.
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104:. Childbearing is less common among urban teenagers than among rural
692:"Bangladesh's family planning services have become 'weak': Analyst"
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895:"Bali conference calls for higher investments in family planning"
604:"Fertility rate, total (births per woman) - Bangladesh | Data"
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370:"Niger minister keen to follow Bangladesh's initiatives"
866:"Maternal Mortality affects development of a country"
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Mean number of children ever born to women age 40-49
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243:Percentage of married women using contraceptives
123:Percentage of women age 15-49 currently pregnant
65:. Bangladesh is ranked 7 worldwide in number of
399:"Family planning must to make population asset"
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521:"Population control: Prospects still bleak"
57:International Conference on Family Planning
953:"Does Bangladesh have an age of consent?"
633:"Bangladesh Population Density 1950-2021"
1078:"Bangladesh Health Facility Survey 2017"
1011:"Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019"
575:"Bangladesh now a low fertility country"
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546:"Population, total - Bangladesh | Data"
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721:"Controlling the population boom"
428:"Population growth in Bangladesh"
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