Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1956

Sri Lanka
1956
Total fertility rate: 5.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 5.26 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 316,297 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.26
Births
316,297
Births per 1,000 people
35.9
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
8,807,219
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
10-140.90.1%437
15-1974.37.1%30,617
20-24240.322.8%85,076
25-29285.327.1%89,674
30-34248.523.6%67,551
35-39153.114.5%33,876
40-4443.34.1%7,899
45-497.60.7%1,123
50-540.30.0%41