Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1982

Sri Lanka
1982
Total fertility rate: 3.32
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1982  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 3.32 children per woman in 1982 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (192 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 396,732 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.32
Births
396,732
Births per 1,000 people
26.0
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.53
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
15,286,568
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%110
15-1937.85.7%30,634
20-24169.425.5%122,518
25-29191.828.9%115,586
30-34150.122.6%78,421
35-3985.212.8%38,573
40-4426.23.9%9,643
45-493.80.6%1,186
50-540.20.0%63