Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2026

Sri Lanka
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.93
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 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   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka is projected at 1.93 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (122 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.7 years old. In total, 316,459 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.93
Births
316,459
Births per 1,000 people
13.6
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
23,348,315
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%28
15-1914.13.7%12,531
20-2468.617.8%59,336
25-29121.731.7%98,289
30-34110.928.8%90,679
35-3955.014.3%43,862
40-4413.03.4%10,742
45-491.20.3%963
50-540.00.0%32