Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2002

Sri Lanka
2002
Total fertility rate: 2.31
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.31 children per woman in 2002 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 379,721 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.31
Births
379,721
Births per 1,000 people
19.2
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
19,805,752
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%131
15-1929.36.3%27,231
20-24104.722.6%98,661
25-29139.930.3%113,629
30-34115.224.9%87,099
35-3956.212.1%41,332
40-4415.83.4%10,812
45-491.30.3%796
50-540.10.0%31