Bangladesh vs Indonesia: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Bangladesh
2.14 live births per woman
in 2024
Indonesia
2.12 live births per woman
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
102nd
Indonesia rank
103rd
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Bangladesh
- Indonesia
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 2.14 live births per woman against 2.12 live births per woman in Indonesia, a difference of 0.02 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 102nd and Indonesia ranks 103rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 7 and Indonesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.5 live births per woman | 5.31 live births per woman | 1.18 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
| 1960s | 6.78 live births per woman | 5.56 live births per woman | 1.23 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 6.7 live births per woman | 5.07 live births per woman | 1.63 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 5.58 live births per woman | 3.84 live births per woman | 1.73 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 3.77 live births per woman | 2.84 live births per woman | 0.9308 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 2.89 live births per woman | 2.45 live births per woman | 0.4408 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 2.25 live births per woman | 2.37 live births per woman | 0.12 live births per woman | Indonesia |
| 2020s | 2.17 live births per woman | 2.15 live births per woman | 0.0164 live births per woman | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Bangladesh or Indonesia?
- Bangladesh, at 2.14 live births per woman against 2.12 live births per woman in Indonesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Bangladesh and Indonesia?
- 0.02 live births per woman, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Indonesia?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Indonesia rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Bangladesh ranks 102nd and Indonesia ranks 103rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. 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.