Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2010

Sri Lanka
2010
Total fertility rate: 2.13
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.13 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (131 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 358,011 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.13
Births
358,011
Births per 1,000 people
17.1
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.5
Population
20,879,089
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%90
15-1921.75.1%18,531
20-2487.320.4%73,541
25-29131.130.6%115,720
30-34113.326.5%95,995
35-3958.113.6%42,459
40-4415.33.6%10,932
45-491.10.2%726
50-540.00.0%15