Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2000

Sri Lanka
2000
Total fertility rate: 2.21
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.21 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (130 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 355,040 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.21
Births
355,040
Births per 1,000 people
18.4
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
19,293,054
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%135
15-1929.86.7%28,084
20-2495.421.5%86,637
25-29130.029.3%102,674
30-34108.824.6%82,813
35-3960.313.6%42,869
40-4417.23.9%10,976
45-491.50.3%837
50-540.00.0%14