Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1973

Sri Lanka
1973
Total fertility rate: 4.00
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 4.00 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (226 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 377,411 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.00
Births
377,411
Births per 1,000 people
28.9
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
13,060,916
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%128
15-1937.54.7%25,294
20-24173.621.7%100,918
25-29226.228.3%115,682
30-34197.524.7%80,814
35-39119.114.9%41,003
40-4437.94.7%11,392
45-497.91.0%2,079
50-540.50.1%102