Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2011

Sri Lanka
2011
Total fertility rate: 2.14
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.14 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (132 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 359,070 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.14
Births
359,070
Births per 1,000 people
17.1
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
21,009,048
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%89
15-1921.35.0%18,256
20-2487.320.3%73,144
25-29131.930.7%113,939
30-34114.226.6%98,787
35-3958.513.6%43,070
40-4415.43.6%11,030
45-491.10.3%737
50-540.00.0%16