Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1959

Sri Lanka
1959
Total fertility rate: 5.41
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 5.41 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (282 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 347,545 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.41
Births
347,545
Births per 1,000 people
36.9
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
9,430,152
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%400
15-1975.97.0%34,349
20-24239.022.1%90,879
25-29281.626.0%92,780
30-34266.324.6%77,845
35-39164.615.2%40,664
40-4446.64.3%9,284
45-497.90.7%1,302
50-540.30.0%46