Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2008

Sri Lanka
2008
Total fertility rate: 2.23
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.23 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (148 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 375,547 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.23
Births
375,547
Births per 1,000 people
18.2
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
1.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.7
Population
20,629,378
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%99
15-1920.94.7%17,690
20-2484.618.9%73,466
25-29147.532.9%133,855
30-34118.426.4%94,855
35-3959.013.2%43,219
40-4416.33.6%11,632
45-491.10.2%726
50-540.00.0%9