Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1990

Sri Lanka
1990
Total fertility rate: 2.54
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.54 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (150 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.1 years old. In total, 335,791 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.54
Births
335,791
Births per 1,000 people
20.5
Mean age of mothers
29.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
16,352,458
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%108
15-1929.75.8%25,035
20-24114.422.5%91,099
25-29150.029.5%103,472
30-34115.222.6%67,712
35-3975.314.8%37,522
40-4422.14.3%10,041
45-492.10.4%789
50-540.00.0%10