Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1987

Sri Lanka
1987
Total fertility rate: 2.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.64 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (156 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 331,586 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.64
Births
331,586
Births per 1,000 people
20.8
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
15,916,576
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
15-1931.76.0%26,547
20-24129.524.5%97,227
25-29156.529.6%101,374
30-34113.121.4%60,974
35-3974.914.2%35,696
40-4420.83.9%8,743
45-492.60.5%901
50-540.10.0%29