Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2027

Sri Lanka
2027
Total fertility rate: 1.91
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2027  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka is projected at 1.91 children per woman in 2027 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.7 years old. In total, 314,866 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.91
Births
314,866
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
29.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.93
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
23,461,560
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%26
15-1913.83.6%12,170
20-2467.817.7%59,194
25-29120.931.6%97,882
30-34110.628.9%90,256
35-3954.914.4%43,818
40-4412.93.4%10,507
45-491.20.3%972
50-540.00.0%36