Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Sri Lanka, 2031

Sri Lanka
2031
Total fertility rate: 1.87
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2031  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Sri Lanka is projected at 1.87 children per woman in 2031 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 29.8 years old. In total, 310,127 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.87
Births
310,127
Births per 1,000 people
13.0
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.90
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
23,861,630
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%19
15-1912.63.4%10,751
20-2464.617.3%56,481
25-29118.231.6%100,307
30-34110.129.5%87,764
35-3954.114.5%43,798
40-4412.63.4%9,984
45-491.20.3%968
50-540.10.0%50