Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1992

Sri Lanka
1992
Total fertility rate: 2.49
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1992  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.49 children per woman in 1992 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (145 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 335,740 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.49
Births
335,740
Births per 1,000 people
20.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
16,739,284
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%119
15-1928.25.7%24,000
20-24106.721.4%85,933
25-29145.129.1%103,236
30-34117.123.5%72,062
35-3975.815.2%39,056
40-4423.04.6%10,571
45-491.90.4%763
50-540.00.0%0