Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1995

Sri Lanka
1995
Total fertility rate: 2.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1995  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.35 children per woman in 1995 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 344,690 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.35
Births
344,690
Births per 1,000 people
19.6
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.11
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
17,564,068
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%129
15-1929.06.2%26,813
20-2495.620.3%80,129
25-29133.928.4%105,242
30-34114.124.2%77,434
35-3974.915.9%43,298
40-4422.24.7%10,891
45-491.70.4%756
50-540.00.0%0