Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1991

Sri Lanka
1991
Total fertility rate: 2.51
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1991  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.51 children per woman in 1991 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (149 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 332,081 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.51
Births
332,081
Births per 1,000 people
20.2
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.19
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
16,475,354
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%112
15-1928.65.7%23,971
20-24109.921.8%87,141
25-29149.029.6%102,882
30-34116.423.1%69,342
35-3975.615.0%37,975
40-4421.84.3%9,884
45-492.00.4%770
50-540.00.0%7