Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1972

Sri Lanka
1972
Total fertility rate: 4.16
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1972  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 4.16 children per woman in 1972 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (230 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 380,516 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.16
Births
380,516
Births per 1,000 people
29.7
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
12,809,205
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
10-140.20.0%127
15-1938.94.7%25,550
20-24180.521.7%103,357
25-29229.727.6%113,000
30-34203.424.5%80,708
35-39129.615.6%43,520
40-4440.84.9%12,073
45-498.11.0%2,087
50-540.40.1%93