Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1954

Sri Lanka
1954
Total fertility rate: 5.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +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 5.35 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (296 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 307,274 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.35
Births
307,274
Births per 1,000 people
36.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
8,445,936
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
10-141.60.1%731
15-1973.46.8%28,641
20-24250.523.4%85,358
25-29295.927.6%89,442
30-34248.123.2%63,369
35-39153.114.3%31,615
40-4441.13.8%7,039
45-497.40.7%1,036
50-540.40.0%41