Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1957

Sri Lanka
1957
Total fertility rate: 5.34
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +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 5.34 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (286 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 327,500 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.34
Births
327,500
Births per 1,000 people
36.4
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
9,000,996
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
10-140.70.1%339
15-1973.56.9%31,157
20-24240.822.5%87,150
25-29286.226.8%91,432
30-34255.924.0%71,434
35-39158.214.8%36,337
40-4444.84.2%8,418
45-497.80.7%1,193
50-540.30.0%44