Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2009

Sri Lanka
2009
Total fertility rate: 2.18
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.18 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (136 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 365,886 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.18
Births
365,886
Births per 1,000 people
17.6
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
20,756,435
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%103
15-1921.64.9%18,326
20-2488.520.3%75,486
25-29135.531.0%121,744
30-34115.026.3%94,831
35-3959.313.6%43,313
40-4415.93.6%11,353
45-491.10.2%720
50-540.00.0%12