Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1994

Sri Lanka
1994
Total fertility rate: 2.41
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1994  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.41 children per woman in 1994 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 344,907 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.41
Births
344,907
Births per 1,000 people
20.0
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
17,275,773
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%121
15-1928.86.0%25,943
20-24101.121.0%84,148
25-29137.428.5%105,333
30-34116.824.2%77,104
35-3972.715.1%40,462
40-4423.14.8%11,033
45-491.80.4%766
50-540.00.0%0