Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1980

Sri Lanka
1980
Total fertility rate: 3.72
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 3.72 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (222 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 424,706 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.72
Births
424,706
Births per 1,000 people
28.6
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
14,847,974
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%94
15-1937.55.0%29,591
20-24171.723.0%118,821
25-29221.729.7%128,727
30-34192.425.8%98,682
35-3989.712.0%37,789
40-4427.63.7%9,641
45-494.20.6%1,271
50-540.30.0%91