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In 2026, Sri Lanka's total fertility rate is 1.93 children per woman, below the 2.1 replacement level. Over the preceding five years it has fallen by 0.07 children per woman. About 316 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 13.6 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.93, just under the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children at a mean age of 29.7 years. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.70 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.93 children/woman
Birth rate
13.6 per 1,000 people
Total births
316.5K
Mean age at birth
29.7 years
Sri Lanka's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 5.5 children per woman in 1950 to 1.93 today, below the 2.1 replacement level.