Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1966

Sri Lanka
1966
Total fertility rate: 4.83
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1966  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 4.83 children per woman in 1966 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (268 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 371,564 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.83
Births
371,564
Births per 1,000 people
33.2
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
11,183,928
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
10-140.30.0%199
15-1949.95.2%28,574
20-24215.322.3%103,577
25-29268.427.8%105,461
30-34220.422.8%73,747
35-39155.616.1%46,218
40-4446.14.8%11,832
45-499.10.9%1,882
50-540.40.0%72