Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2029

Sri Lanka
2029
Total fertility rate: 1.89
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2029 1999, 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   2029  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka is projected at 1.89 children per woman in 2029 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (119 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.8 years old. In total, 312,034 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.89
Births
312,034
Births per 1,000 people
13.2
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.91
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
23,670,637
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%23
15-1913.13.5%11,423
20-2466.117.5%58,195
25-29119.431.6%98,595
30-34110.229.2%88,708
35-3954.514.4%43,912
40-4412.83.4%10,161
45-491.20.3%973
50-540.10.0%42