Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1965

Sri Lanka
1965
Total fertility rate: 4.93
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 4.93 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (272 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 369,071 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.93
Births
369,071
Births per 1,000 people
33.8
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
10,916,964
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
10-140.40.0%224
15-1952.65.3%29,563
20-24221.122.4%101,979
25-29271.727.5%103,570
30-34228.223.1%74,659
35-39158.216.0%46,029
40-4445.04.6%11,180
45-499.00.9%1,797
50-540.40.0%70