Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2012

Sri Lanka
2012
Total fertility rate: 2.17
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2012  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.17 children per woman in 2012 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (134 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 363,017 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.17
Births
363,017
Births per 1,000 people
17.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.05
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
21,169,458
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%88
15-1920.94.8%17,887
20-2487.520.1%73,367
25-29134.130.8%113,360
30-34116.626.8%101,854
35-3959.413.7%44,528
40-4415.63.6%11,143
45-491.10.3%770
50-540.00.0%19