Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1978

Sri Lanka
1978
Total fertility rate: 3.81
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-5 -1   1978  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 3.81 children per woman in 1978 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (232 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 415,361 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.81
Births
415,361
Births per 1,000 people
29.0
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
14,310,128
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%76
15-1939.15.1%30,053
20-24178.223.4%116,578
25-29232.030.4%129,412
30-34184.324.1%90,588
35-3994.612.4%37,297
40-4429.33.8%9,759
45-495.20.7%1,502
50-540.40.0%93