Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1996

Sri Lanka
1996
Total fertility rate: 2.29
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.29 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (128 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 340,970 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.29
Births
340,970
Births per 1,000 people
19.0
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.2
Population
17,905,018
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
10-140.20.0%132
15-1928.36.2%26,668
20-2488.319.3%74,045
25-29128.028.0%101,972
30-34110.124.1%77,463
35-3980.617.6%49,293
40-4420.54.5%10,614
45-491.70.4%784
50-540.00.0%0