Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1974

Sri Lanka
1974
Total fertility rate: 3.85
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 3.85 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (221 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 375,065 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.85
Births
375,065
Births per 1,000 people
28.2
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
13,305,693
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
15-1936.74.8%25,468
20-24171.422.2%101,659
25-29221.528.7%116,514
30-34188.124.4%79,547
35-39110.414.3%38,992
40-4434.94.5%10,658
45-497.41.0%1,995
50-540.50.1%103