Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1950

Sri Lanka
1950
Total fertility rate: 5.46
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
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Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1950  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 5.46 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (306 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 280,651 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.46
Births
280,651
Births per 1,000 people
35.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
7,811,047
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.20.1%482
15-1971.96.6%25,408
20-24263.324.1%82,811
25-29306.328.0%82,487
30-34249.522.8%54,517
35-39153.414.0%27,904
40-4440.93.7%6,103
45-497.30.7%903
50-540.40.0%37