Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1969

Sri Lanka
1969
Total fertility rate: 4.50
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1969  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 4.50 children per woman in 1969 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (253 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 381,866 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.50
Births
381,866
Births per 1,000 people
31.8
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
12,013,858
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%215
15-1946.65.2%28,302
20-24208.423.2%112,821
25-29252.828.1%110,117
30-34197.722.0%71,817
35-39141.815.8%44,557
40-4442.84.8%11,911
45-498.81.0%2,046
50-540.40.0%82