Sri Lanka Fertility Rate 1960-2025
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
- Sri Lanka fertility rate for 2022 was 1.97, a 0.8% decline from 2021.
- Sri Lanka fertility rate for 2021 was 1.99, a 0.5% decline from 2020.
- Sri Lanka fertility rate for 2020 was 2.00, a 0.94% decline from 2019.
- Sri Lanka fertility rate for 2019 was 2.02, a 0.59% decline from 2018.
| Sri Lanka Fertility Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Births per Woman |
Annual % Change |
| 2022 |
1.97 |
-0.80% |
| 2021 |
1.99 |
-0.50% |
| 2020 |
2.00 |
-0.94% |
| 2019 |
2.02 |
-0.59% |
| 2018 |
2.03 |
-1.07% |
| 2017 |
2.05 |
-0.73% |
| 2016 |
2.07 |
-1.10% |
| 2015 |
2.09 |
-1.83% |
| 2014 |
2.13 |
-2.34% |
| 2013 |
2.18 |
-0.68% |
| 2012 |
2.20 |
-0.45% |
| 2011 |
2.21 |
0.46% |
| 2010 |
2.20 |
-1.26% |
| 2009 |
2.22 |
-2.24% |
| 2008 |
2.28 |
-2.23% |
| 2007 |
2.33 |
-0.73% |
| 2006 |
2.34 |
2.67% |
| 2005 |
2.28 |
0.71% |
| 2004 |
2.27 |
-0.40% |
| 2003 |
2.28 |
0.04% |
| 2002 |
2.28 |
0.62% |
| 2001 |
2.26 |
3.19% |
| 2000 |
2.19 |
2.48% |
| 1999 |
2.14 |
1.04% |
| 1998 |
2.12 |
-3.02% |
| 1997 |
2.18 |
-2.50% |
| 1996 |
2.24 |
-2.48% |
| 1995 |
2.30 |
-2.05% |
| 1994 |
2.34 |
-2.62% |
| 1993 |
2.41 |
-3.10% |
| 1992 |
2.48 |
-0.68% |
| 1991 |
2.50 |
-0.68% |
| 1990 |
2.52 |
-1.60% |
| 1989 |
2.56 |
-0.27% |
| 1988 |
2.57 |
-3.46% |
| 1987 |
2.66 |
-3.17% |
| 1986 |
2.74 |
-4.69% |
| 1985 |
2.88 |
-3.65% |
| 1984 |
2.99 |
-3.39% |
| 1983 |
3.09 |
-6.22% |
| 1982 |
3.30 |
-7.77% |
| 1981 |
3.58 |
-1.84% |
| 1980 |
3.64 |
-2.59% |
| 1979 |
3.74 |
0.43% |
| 1978 |
3.72 |
1.31% |
| 1977 |
3.68 |
-1.87% |
| 1976 |
3.75 |
-1.21% |
| 1975 |
3.79 |
-1.46% |
| 1974 |
3.85 |
-4.59% |
| 1973 |
4.03 |
-2.75% |
| 1972 |
4.15 |
-2.24% |
| 1971 |
4.24 |
-2.73% |
| 1970 |
4.36 |
-3.09% |
| 1969 |
4.50 |
-3.89% |
| 1968 |
4.68 |
-3.56% |
| 1967 |
4.86 |
-0.59% |
| 1966 |
4.88 |
-2.40% |
| 1965 |
5.00 |
-2.55% |
| 1964 |
5.14 |
-1.46% |
| 1963 |
5.21 |
-0.95% |
| 1962 |
5.26 |
-1.31% |
| 1961 |
5.33 |
-2.45% |
| 1960 |
5.47 |
-2.45% |
