Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2005

Sri Lanka
2005
Total fertility rate: 2.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.26 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 378,376 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.26
Births
378,376
Births per 1,000 people
18.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.08
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
20,216,524
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%113
15-1924.35.4%21,081
20-2495.721.1%88,559
25-29145.832.1%128,423
30-34114.825.3%86,942
35-3956.712.5%41,865
40-4415.13.3%10,655
45-491.10.2%720
50-540.00.0%19