Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2023

Sri Lanka
2023
Total fertility rate: 1.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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   2023  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka was 1.97 children per woman in 2023 — 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, 324,102 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.97
Births
324,102
Births per 1,000 people
14.1
Mean age of mothers
29.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.96
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
22,971,617
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%36
15-1915.13.8%13,483
20-2471.918.2%59,803
25-29124.631.6%102,437
30-34112.028.4%90,713
35-3955.714.1%45,101
40-4413.63.5%11,631
45-491.20.3%874
50-540.00.0%26