Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1989

Sri Lanka
1989
Total fertility rate: 2.58
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1989  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.58 children per woman in 1989 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (152 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 334,326 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.58
Births
334,326
Births per 1,000 people
20.6
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
16,248,557
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%101
15-1930.75.9%25,793
20-24119.623.2%93,439
25-29152.129.4%102,610
30-34114.522.2%65,062
35-3974.714.5%36,391
40-4422.64.4%10,092
45-492.30.4%823
50-540.00.0%15