Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1958

Sri Lanka
1958
Total fertility rate: 5.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 5.40 children per woman in 1958 — 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 29.1 years old. In total, 339,094 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.40
Births
339,094
Births per 1,000 people
36.8
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
9,208,818
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%366
15-1975.16.9%32,834
20-24241.222.3%89,414
25-29285.526.4%92,557
30-34262.524.3%75,057
35-39162.315.0%38,696
40-4445.94.2%8,871
45-497.90.7%1,254
50-540.30.0%45