Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1960

Sri Lanka
1960
Total fertility rate: 5.35
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1960  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 5.35 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (275 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 350,999 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.35
Births
350,999
Births per 1,000 people
36.3
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.27
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
9,661,389
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
10-140.60.1%330
15-1971.06.6%33,330
20-24236.222.1%92,199
25-29275.325.7%92,342
30-34267.024.9%79,636
35-39164.515.4%42,002
40-4447.34.4%9,758
45-498.00.7%1,355
50-540.40.0%49