Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1983

Sri Lanka
1983
Total fertility rate: 3.11
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 3.11 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (179 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 375,766 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.11
Births
375,766
Births per 1,000 people
24.4
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.44
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
15,388,794
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%111
15-1935.95.8%29,320
20-24162.526.0%118,049
25-29178.528.6%108,537
30-34138.522.2%72,091
35-3980.913.0%37,554
40-4423.83.8%8,940
45-493.50.6%1,109
50-540.20.0%56