Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2015

Sri Lanka
2015
Total fertility rate: 2.09
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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   2015  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 2.09 children per woman in 2015 — below 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 29.5 years old. In total, 348,168 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.09
Births
348,168
Births per 1,000 people
16.0
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.01
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.3
Population
21,729,971
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%49
15-1917.04.1%14,268
20-2478.818.8%66,467
25-29131.231.3%107,608
30-34116.127.7%99,274
35-3959.514.2%49,175
40-4414.73.5%10,470
45-491.20.3%832
50-540.00.0%26