Fertility rate: Sri Lanka
1.974 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.974 |
| 2022 | 1.984 |
| 2021 | 1.995 |
| 2020 | 2.007 |
| 2019 | 2.022 |
| 2018 | 2.033 |
| 2017 | 2.044 |
| 2016 | 2.062 |
| 2015 | 2.09 |
| 2014 | 2.134 |
| 2013 | 2.178 |
| 2012 | 2.173 |
| 2011 | 2.144 |
| 2010 | 2.134 |
| 2009 | 2.179 |
| 2008 | 2.232 |
| 2007 | 2.295 |
| 2006 | 2.292 |
| 2005 | 2.263 |
| 2004 | 2.271 |
| 2003 | 2.301 |
| 2002 | 2.31 |
| 2001 | 2.283 |
| 2000 | 2.213 |
| 1999 | 2.142 |
| 1998 | 2.136 |
| 1997 | 2.215 |
| 1996 | 2.285 |
| 1995 | 2.353 |
| 1994 | 2.405 |
| 1993 | 2.438 |
| 1992 | 2.487 |
| 1991 | 2.514 |
| 1990 | 2.541 |
| 1989 | 2.578 |
| 1988 | 2.565 |
| 1987 | 2.644 |
| 1986 | 2.743 |
| 1985 | 2.895 |
| 1984 | 3.006 |
| 1983 | 3.114 |
| 1982 | 3.32 |
| 1981 | 3.649 |
| 1980 | 3.725 |
| 1979 | 3.822 |
| 1978 | 3.81 |
| 1977 | 3.741 |
| 1976 | 3.783 |
| 1975 | 3.816 |
| 1974 | 3.855 |
| 1973 | 4.001 |
| 1972 | 4.156 |
| 1971 | 4.266 |
| 1970 | 4.387 |
| 1969 | 4.499 |
| 1968 | 4.658 |
| 1967 | 4.787 |
| 1966 | 4.828 |
| 1965 | 4.934 |
| 1964 | 5.057 |
| 1963 | 5.118 |
| 1962 | 5.177 |
| 1961 | 5.24 |
| 1960 | 5.352 |
| 1959 | 5.414 |
| 1958 | 5.404 |
| 1957 | 5.337 |
| 1956 | 5.262 |
| 1955 | 5.308 |
| 1954 | 5.35 |
| 1953 | 5.393 |
| 1952 | 5.431 |
| 1951 | 5.461 |
| 1950 | 5.462 |