Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1970

Sri Lanka
1970
Total fertility rate: 4.39
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1970  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 4.39 children per woman in 1970 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (246 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 382,894 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.39
Births
382,894
Births per 1,000 people
31.2
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.94
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
12,287,110
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%200
15-1945.65.2%28,442
20-24201.522.9%111,569
25-29245.628.0%111,283
30-34193.422.0%72,309
35-39136.415.5%43,759
40-4446.25.3%13,147
45-498.71.0%2,103
50-540.40.0%82