Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1963

Sri Lanka
1963
Total fertility rate: 5.12
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1963  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 5.12 children per woman in 1963 — 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 29.5 years old. In total, 361,121 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.12
Births
361,121
Births per 1,000 people
34.7
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
9.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
10,395,040
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
10-140.50.0%293
15-1961.06.0%32,448
20-24223.321.8%95,576
25-29263.825.8%95,005
30-34252.224.7%79,381
35-39162.615.9%45,163
40-4450.04.9%11,559
45-498.80.9%1,635
50-540.40.0%61