Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1986

Sri Lanka
1986
Total fertility rate: 2.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1986  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.74 children per woman in 1986 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (162 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 336,476 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.74
Births
336,476
Births per 1,000 people
21.4
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
15,731,256
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%95
15-1933.26.0%27,530
20-24137.525.1%100,594
25-29162.229.6%101,961
30-34116.121.2%61,079
35-3975.713.8%35,727
40-4421.13.8%8,514
45-492.80.5%944
50-540.10.0%33