Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1993

Sri Lanka
1993
Total fertility rate: 2.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1993  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.44 children per woman in 1993 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (141 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 340,144 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.44
Births
340,144
Births per 1,000 people
20.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
17,025,918
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%124
15-1928.25.8%24,675
20-24102.821.1%84,613
25-29140.828.8%104,527
30-34117.024.0%74,871
35-3974.115.2%39,684
40-4423.34.8%10,871
45-491.80.4%778
50-540.00.0%0