Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2006

Sri Lanka
2006
Total fertility rate: 2.29
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.29 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (151 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 383,691 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.29
Births
383,691
Births per 1,000 people
18.9
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.09
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
20,352,411
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%110
15-1922.24.8%19,021
20-2489.519.5%81,141
25-29150.632.8%135,229
30-34118.225.7%90,474
35-3960.813.2%44,804
40-4417.23.7%12,198
45-491.10.2%714
50-540.00.0%0