Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2022

Sri Lanka
2022
Total fertility rate: 1.98
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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

Year

-5 -1   2022  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 1.98 children per woman in 2022 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (125 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.6 years old. In total, 326,112 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.98
Births
326,112
Births per 1,000 people
14.3
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
22,834,965
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
10-140.00.0%37
15-1915.13.8%13,429
20-2472.518.3%59,804
25-29125.231.6%103,592
30-34112.528.4%90,823
35-3955.914.1%45,786
40-4413.83.5%11,765
45-491.20.3%851
50-540.00.0%27