Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1979

Sri Lanka
1979
Total fertility rate: 3.82
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1979  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 3.82 children per woman in 1979 — 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 28.9 years old. In total, 426,916 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.82
Births
426,916
Births per 1,000 people
29.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.74
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
14,579,614
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%90
15-1941.15.4%32,003
20-24176.823.1%118,972
25-29229.930.1%130,602
30-34190.024.8%95,908
35-3994.012.3%38,248
40-4428.23.7%9,608
45-494.70.6%1,395
50-540.30.0%88