Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1988

Sri Lanka
1988
Total fertility rate: 2.57
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.57 children per woman in 1988 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (153 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 327,043 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.57
Births
327,043
Births per 1,000 people
20.3
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
16,078,621
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
15-1930.15.9%25,314
20-24122.023.7%93,551
25-29152.829.7%101,106
30-34111.521.7%61,550
35-3973.214.2%35,116
40-4421.64.2%9,418
45-492.50.5%872
50-540.10.0%23