Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2004

Sri Lanka
2004
Total fertility rate: 2.27
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2004  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.27 children per woman in 2004 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (143 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 378,170 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.27
Births
378,170
Births per 1,000 people
18.8
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
20,087,605
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%120
15-1926.35.8%23,306
20-24100.622.1%94,386
25-29142.931.4%122,618
30-34113.725.0%85,716
35-3955.212.1%40,770
40-4414.93.3%10,478
45-491.20.3%748
50-540.00.0%27