Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1998

Sri Lanka
1998
Total fertility rate: 2.14
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.14 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 331,320 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.14
Births
331,320
Births per 1,000 people
17.8
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
18,596,003
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%137
15-1927.86.5%26,364
20-2484.119.7%72,410
25-29121.328.3%96,560
30-34104.424.4%77,745
35-3968.716.1%45,879
40-4419.74.6%11,357
45-491.70.4%865
50-540.00.0%2