Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1968

Sri Lanka
1968
Total fertility rate: 4.66
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 4.66 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (257 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 382,157 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.66
Births
382,157
Births per 1,000 people
32.6
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
11,736,088
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%220
15-1949.55.3%29,326
20-24210.622.6%110,392
25-29257.227.6%108,002
30-34207.022.2%73,068
35-39151.616.3%46,731
40-4445.54.9%12,355
45-498.81.0%1,990
50-540.40.0%72