Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1975

Sri Lanka
1975
Total fertility rate: 3.82
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1975
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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Year

-5 -1   1975  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 3.82 children per woman in 1975 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (225 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 381,947 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.82
Births
381,947
Births per 1,000 people
28.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
13,548,984
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
10-140.10.0%104
15-1936.24.7%25,948
20-24170.022.3%103,376
25-29224.729.4%120,435
30-34184.824.2%80,983
35-39107.214.0%38,856
40-4432.94.3%10,257
45-496.90.9%1,891
50-540.40.1%98