Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1962

Sri Lanka
1962
Total fertility rate: 5.18
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1962  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 5.18 children per woman in 1962 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (264 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 356,064 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.18
Births
356,064
Births per 1,000 people
35.1
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.22
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
10,143,754
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
10-140.50.1%303
15-1964.76.3%33,051
20-24226.321.9%93,730
25-29263.725.5%92,490
30-34258.425.0%79,944
35-39162.115.7%43,880
40-4449.84.8%11,075
45-498.50.8%1,536
50-540.40.0%55