Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1997

Sri Lanka
1997
Total fertility rate: 2.22
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.22 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (124 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 336,714 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.22
Births
336,714
Births per 1,000 people
18.5
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
18,248,200
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%130
15-1928.16.3%26,740
20-2484.219.0%71,181
25-29123.627.9%98,739
30-34105.823.9%76,848
35-3979.918.0%51,256
40-4420.14.5%11,005
45-491.70.4%814
50-540.00.0%0