Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1952

Sri Lanka
1952
Total fertility rate: 5.43
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 5.43 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (305 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 296,067 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.43
Births
296,067
Births per 1,000 people
36.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
8,111,560
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%512
15-1970.56.5%26,144
20-24260.824.0%85,717
25-29304.628.0%87,533
30-34248.722.9%58,853
35-39153.414.1%29,760
40-4440.93.8%6,541
45-497.40.7%965
50-540.40.0%40