Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 1999

Sri Lanka
1999
Total fertility rate: 2.14
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.14 children per woman in 1999 — 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 29.2 years old. In total, 338,438 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.14
Births
338,438
Births per 1,000 people
17.9
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
18,944,731
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%139
15-1928.96.7%27,324
20-2488.520.6%78,209
25-29123.828.9%97,952
30-34105.024.5%79,404
35-3962.914.7%43,505
40-4418.14.2%11,047
45-491.60.4%849
50-540.00.0%7