Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2014

Sri Lanka
2014
Total fertility rate: 2.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2014  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.13 children per woman in 2014 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 356,005 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.13
Births
356,005
Births per 1,000 people
16.5
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.03
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
21,547,456
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%60
15-1918.14.2%15,249
20-2481.819.1%68,867
25-29133.031.1%109,819
30-34117.027.4%101,474
35-3961.214.3%48,917
40-4415.13.5%10,779
45-491.20.3%820
50-540.00.0%21