Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1953

Sri Lanka
1953
Total fertility rate: 5.39
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1953  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 5.39 children per woman in 1953 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (301 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 302,216 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.39
Births
302,216
Births per 1,000 people
36.5
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
8,275,144
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
10-141.30.1%571
15-1972.96.8%27,728
20-24255.723.7%85,590
25-29301.327.9%88,965
30-34247.923.0%61,044
35-39153.214.2%30,647
40-4440.13.7%6,631
45-497.40.7%998
50-540.40.0%41