Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2003

Sri Lanka
2003
Total fertility rate: 2.30
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.30 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (141 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 380,930 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.30
Births
380,930
Births per 1,000 people
19.1
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
19,951,521
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
10-140.10.0%127
15-1927.86.0%25,248
20-24103.822.5%98,022
25-29141.430.7%117,989
30-34114.924.9%86,634
35-3955.812.1%41,175
40-4415.73.4%10,939
45-491.20.3%769
50-540.10.0%29