Sri Lanka's Fertility Rate

Sri Lanka's population estimates are based on poor quality data, as the World Economics Population Data Quality Index rates Sri Lankan data as C Grade

Sri Lanka's data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C. and World Economics Research, London



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    Fertility Rates
Country: Population Data Quality
(A-E)		 1970
 		 1980
 		 1990
 		 2000
 		 2010
 		 2020
 		 Latest
(2023)
Niger E 6.5% 7.8% 7.8% 7.7% 7.5% 6.9% 6.7%
Chad E 6.4% 6.9% 7.2% 7.2% 7.0% 6.3% 6.1%
Congo, Dem. Rep E 5.8% 6.5% 6.7% 6.7% 6.6% 6.2% 6.1%
Mali C 6.7% 7.3% 7.3% 6.9% 6.6% 6.0% 5.8%
Central African Republic E 6.5% 6.1% 6.0% 5.9% 5.9% 6.0% 5.8%
Angola E 6.2% 7.5% 7.3% 6.6% 6.2% 5.4% 5.1%
Nigeria E 4.4% 6.8% 6.5% 6.1% 6.0% 5.3% 5.1%
Burundi E 7.1% 7.4% 7.4% 6.9% 6.3% 5.2% 4.9%
Benin D 6.7% 7.0% 6.7% 5.9% 5.4% 5.0% 4.8%
Burkina Faso C 6.9% 7.2% 7.0% 6.5% 5.9% 4.9% 4.6%
Tanzania E 7.4% 6.9% 6.2% 5.7% 5.3% 4.8% 4.6%
Gambia E 7.0% 6.4% 6.2% 5.8% 5.7% 4.8% 4.5%
Afghanistan E 6.9% 7.6% 7.6% 7.5% 6.1% 4.8% 4.4%
Mozambique D 4.5% 6.5% 6.2% 5.8% 5.6% 4.7% 4.5%
Uganda E 6.9% 7.1% 7.0% 6.8% 6.1% 4.7% 4.4%
Cameroon E 6.0% 6.7% 6.4% 5.5% 5.2% 4.5% 4.3%
Sudan E 6.5% 6.7% 6.2% 5.4% 5.0% 4.5% 4.3%
Guinea E 6.0% 6.5% 6.6% 5.9% 5.4% 4.5% 4.2%
Cote d'Ivoire D 6.3% 7.6% 6.7% 5.8% 5.1% 4.5% 4.3%
Mauritania E 7.5% 6.6% 6.1% 5.5% 5.0% 4.5% 4.3%
Senegal D 6.4% 7.3% 6.4% 5.5% 5.1% 4.5% 4.3%
Zambia E 7.1% 7.2% 6.5% 5.9% 5.4% 4.4% 4.2%
Togo D 5.6% 6.9% 6.1% 5.3% 5.0% 4.3% 4.1%
Ethiopia E 8.0% 7.3% 7.2% 6.6% 5.2% 4.2% 4.0%
Congo, Rep. E 6.3% 6.1% 5.2% 4.8% 4.8% 4.2% 4.0%
Liberia E 7.2% 6.9% 6.4% 5.9% 5.1% 4.2% 4.0%
Guinea-Bissau E 6.6% 6.5% 6.5% 5.7% 5.1% 4.1% 3.8%
Sierra Leone C 7.1% 6.6% 6.6% 6.4% 5.3% 4.1% 3.8%
Comoros D 6.9% 7.1% 6.5% 5.3% 4.8% 4.1% 3.8%
Malawi D 4.0% 7.6% 6.8% 6.0% 5.3% 4.0% 3.8%
Madagascar D 7.3% 6.7% 6.2% 5.4% 4.8% 3.9% 3.7%
Yemen, Rep. E 2.3% 8.7% 8.6% 6.3% 4.9% 3.9% 3.6%
Rwanda D 5.8% 8.2% 6.9% 5.9% 4.5% 3.9% 3.7%
Ghana C 6.2% 6.5% 5.7% 4.9% 4.2% 3.6% 3.5%
Pakistan D 4.4% 6.7% 6.4% 5.3% 4.3% 3.6% 3.3%
Gabon D 6.5% 5.7% 5.5% 4.5% 4.2% 3.5% 3.4%
Zimbabwe E 6.5% 6.6% 4.9% 4.0% 4.0% 3.5% 3.4%
Kenya D 7.3% 7.6% 6.1% 5.1% 4.4% 3.4% 3.2%
Namibia E 5.6% 6.2% 5.3% 4.0% 3.6% 3.3% 3.2%
Papua New Guinea E 7.0% 5.7% 5.2% 4.5% 3.9% 3.3% 3.1%
Tajikistan B 6.4% 6.1% 5.3% 4.0% 3.5% 3.2% 3.1%
Kazakhstan A 5.0% 3.0% 2.8% 1.9% 2.6% 3.1% 3.0%
Lesotho E 6.5% 5.7% 4.8% 3.7% 3.2% 3.0% 2.9%
Kyrgyzstan A 7.0% 4.2% 3.8% 2.6% 3.1% 3.0% 2.9%
Israel C 8.1% 3.3% 3.2% 2.9% 3.0% 3.0% 2.9%
Egypt B 8.1% 5.6% 4.5% 3.4% 3.2% 3.0% 2.8%
Algeria C 6.1% 7.0% 4.6% 2.6% 2.8% 2.9% 2.8%
Uzbekistan E 5.4% 5.0% 4.2% 2.7% 2.4% 2.9% 2.8%
Mongolia A 4.4% 6.3% 4.2% 2.3% 2.5% 2.9% 2.7%
Eswatini D 5.7% 6.5% 5.3% 4.0% 3.4% 2.9% 2.8%
Jordan C 7.0% 7.3% 5.5% 3.9% 3.8% 2.9% 2.7%
Haiti E 5.6% 5.7% 5.5% 4.4% 3.5% 2.9% 2.7%
Botswana D 6.8% 6.3% 4.5% 3.3% 3.0% 2.8% 2.7%
Philippines B 3.1% 5.1% 4.4% 3.7% 3.3% 2.8% 2.7%
Turkmenistan B 6.3% 5.3% 4.2% 2.9% 2.8% 2.7% 2.6%
Oman A 6.5% 8.1% 6.6% 3.9% 2.9% 2.7% 2.5%
Bolivia D 5.0% 5.5% 4.9% 4.0% 3.2% 2.7% 2.5%
Laos D 5.0% 6.3% 6.1% 4.4% 3.1% 2.5% 2.4%
Libya E 6.7% 7.2% 5.0% 2.9% 2.6% 2.5% 2.4%
Paraguay D 6.3% 5.1% 4.5% 3.6% 2.7% 2.5% 2.4%
Guatemala C 7.2% 6.2% 5.5% 4.6% 3.4% 2.5% 2.3%
Saudi Arabia A 7.7% 7.2% 5.8% 4.1% 2.9% 2.5% 2.4%
Guyana D 5.7% 3.8% 3.1% 3.0% 2.7% 2.4% 2.3%
South Africa C 6.7% 4.8% 3.7% 2.4% 2.4% 2.4% 2.3%
Honduras D 6.6% 6.4% 5.3% 4.2% 3.0% 2.4% 2.3%
Cambodia D 5.4% 5.8% 5.6% 3.8% 2.8% 2.4% 2.3%
Suriname D 2.7% 3.9% 3.3% 2.9% 2.6% 2.4% 2.3%
Morocco C 7.0% 5.7% 4.0% 2.8% 2.6% 2.4% 2.3%
Nicaragua E 5.2% 6.0% 4.6% 3.1% 2.6% 2.3% 2.3%
Panama C 4.8% 3.8% 3.1% 2.7% 2.6% 2.3% 2.3%
Dominican Republic D 4.5% 4.3% 3.4% 2.9% 2.5% 2.3% 2.2%
Peru B 5.7% 5.0% 3.9% 2.8% 2.6% 2.2% 2.1%
Indonesia B 6.3% 4.5% 3.1% 2.5% 2.5% 2.2% 2.1%
Myanmar C 6.2% 4.8% 3.5% 2.8% 2.3% 2.2% 2.1%
Kuwait A 5.2% 5.4% 3.3% 2.7% 2.3% 2.1% 2.1%
Tunisia C 6.3% 5.1% 3.5% 2.0% 2.1% 2.1% 2.0%
Lebanon E 7.3% 4.0% 3.3% 2.5% 2.1% 2.1% 2.1%
Nepal D 6.8% 5.6% 5.2% 3.9% 2.5% 2.1% 2.0%
Ecuador D 2.9% 4.7% 3.7% 3.1% 2.6% 2.1% 2.0%
India C 6.7% 4.8% 4.0% 3.4% 2.6% 2.1% 2.0%
Bangladesh E 6.7% 6.3% 4.5% 3.2% 2.3% 2.0% 1.9%
Sri Lanka C 5.6% 3.6% 2.5% 2.2% 2.2% 2.0% 2.0%
Georgia B 7.1% 2.3% 2.3% 1.6% 1.9% 2.0% 2.1%
Vietnam B 5.9% 4.9% 3.6% 2.1% 1.9% 2.0% 1.9%
Türkiye A 6.5% 4.4% 3.1% 2.5% 2.1% 1.9% 1.9%
Argentina A 6.0% 3.3% 3.0% 2.6% 2.3% 1.9% 1.9%
Mexico A 6.8% 4.8% 3.5% 2.7% 2.3% 1.9% 1.8%
Bahrain C 3.1% 4.8% 3.8% 2.8% 2.1% 1.8% 1.8%
El Salvador D 6.6% 5.1% 3.9% 3.1% 2.2% 1.8% 1.8%
Malaysia B 5.8% 4.1% 3.4% 2.9% 2.1% 1.8% 1.8%
Qatar A 7.6% 5.5% 4.2% 3.2% 2.1% 1.8% 1.8%
France A 2.0% 2.0% 1.8% 1.9% 2.0% 1.8% 1.8%
New Zealand A 6.0% 2.0% 2.2% 2.0% 2.2% 1.8% 1.8%
Ireland A 3.0% 3.2% 2.1% 1.9% 2.1% 1.8% 1.8%
Moldova B 2.8% 2.4% 2.4% 1.5% 1.7% 1.8% 1.8%
Romania C 2.0% 2.4% 1.8% 1.3% 1.6% 1.7% 1.7%
Iceland B 3.9% 2.5% 2.3% 2.1% 2.2% 1.7% 1.7%
Colombia B 6.1% 3.9% 3.1% 2.6% 2.0% 1.7% 1.7%
Czechia B 2.0% 2.1% 1.9% 1.2% 1.5% 1.7% 1.7%
Denmark B 2.2% 1.5% 1.7% 1.8% 1.9% 1.7% 1.7%
Azerbaijan B 6.4% 3.5% 3.0% 2.0% 2.1% 1.7% 1.7%
Estonia D 3.4% 2.0% 2.0% 1.3% 1.7% 1.7% 1.7%
Sweden B 2.4% 1.7% 2.1% 1.5% 2.0% 1.7% 1.7%
Brazil A 3.8% 4.0% 2.9% 2.3% 1.8% 1.6% 1.6%
United States A 3.6% 1.8% 2.1% 2.0% 1.9% 1.6% 1.7%
Lithuania C 2.5% 2.0% 2.0% 1.4% 1.5% 1.6% 1.6%
Australia A 3.2% 1.9% 1.9% 1.8% 2.0% 1.6% 1.6%
Netherlands B 2.1% 1.6% 1.6% 1.7% 1.8% 1.6% 1.6%
Slovenia A 2.8% 2.1% 1.5% 1.3% 1.6% 1.6% 1.6%
Bulgaria C 1.9% 2.1% 1.8% 1.3% 1.6% 1.6% 1.6%
Armenia A 4.9% 2.5% 2.7% 1.6% 1.5% 1.6% 1.6%
Latvia D 2.4% 1.9% 2.0% 1.2% 1.4% 1.6% 1.6%
Slovak Republic D 2.0% 2.3% 2.1% 1.3% 1.4% 1.6% 1.6%
Hungary D 2.3% 1.9% 1.9% 1.3% 1.3% 1.6% 1.6%
Belgium B 2.5% 1.7% 1.6% 1.7% 1.9% 1.6% 1.6%
United Kingdom A 2.6% 1.9% 1.8% 1.6% 1.9% 1.6% 1.6%
Costa Rica C 6.2% 3.6% 3.2% 2.4% 1.9% 1.6% 1.5%
Chile B 5.3% 2.7% 2.6% 2.0% 1.8% 1.5% 1.5%
Serbia C 2.1% 1.9% 1.7% 1.4% 1.4% 1.5% 1.5%
Germany B 2.1% 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.5% 1.5%
Norway B 1.9% 1.7% 1.9% 1.9% 1.9% 1.5% 1.5%
Russia A 2.4% 1.9% 1.9% 1.2% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5%
Switzerland C 5.2% 1.6% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5%
Uruguay C 5.3% 2.6% 2.4% 2.2% 2.0% 1.5% 1.5%
Belarus A 2.2% 2.0% 1.9% 1.3% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5%
Croatia C 2.8% 1.9% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5% 1.5% 1.4%
United Arab Emirates C 8.2% 5.9% 4.5% 2.7% 1.8% 1.5% 1.4%
Canada A 3.6% 1.7% 1.8% 1.5% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5%
Poland A 2.6% 2.2% 2.1% 1.4% 1.4% 1.5% 1.5%
Austria B 2.3% 1.7% 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.5%
Bhutan C 5.6% 6.5% 5.6% 3.4% 2.3% 1.4% 1.4%
Mauritius A 7.5% 2.8% 2.3% 2.0% 1.6% 1.4% 1.4%
Albania C 2.8% 3.6% 2.9% 2.2% 1.7% 1.4% 1.4%
Bahamas, The C 3.1% 2.9% 2.5% 2.1% 1.8% 1.4% 1.4%
Portugal B 2.4% 2.2% 1.6% 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4%
Luxembourg B 2.5% 1.5% 1.6% 1.8% 1.6% 1.4% 1.4%
Finland C 2.0% 1.6% 1.8% 1.7% 1.9% 1.4% 1.4%
Greece B 0.0% 2.3% 1.5% 1.3% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 1.9% 2.0% 1.8% 1.3% 1.3% 1.4% 1.3%
Jamaica D 4.6% 3.7% 2.9% 2.2% 1.7% 1.4% 1.3%
North Macedonia B 3.0% 2.4% 2.2% 1.9% 1.5% 1.4% 1.4%
Thailand A 5.7% 3.4% 2.1% 1.6% 1.6% 1.3% 1.3%
Cyprus B 2.7% 2.3% 2.4% 1.6% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3%
Japan A 7.5% 1.7% 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 1.3% 1.3%
China A 3.5% 2.7% 2.5% 1.6% 1.7% 1.3% 1.2%
Italy B 5.5% 1.6% 1.3% 1.3% 1.5% 1.3% 1.3%
Spain B 2.2% 2.2% 1.4% 1.2% 1.4% 1.2% 1.3%
Ukraine B 2.4% 1.9% 1.9% 1.1% 1.4% 1.2% 1.3%
Malta B 2.7% 2.0% 2.0% 1.7% 1.4% 1.2% 1.2%
Taiwan A 3.8% 2.5% 1.8% 1.5% 0.9% 1.1% 1.2%
Singapore A 5.6% 1.8% 1.8% 1.6% 1.2% 1.0% 1.0%
Korea, Rep. A 5.9% 2.7% 1.6% 1.4% 1.2% 0.9% 0.7%
Hong Kong A 2.1% 1.9% 1.3% 1.0% 1.1% 0.9% 0.8%

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Data quality grade definitions:
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         B: Good
         C: Use with caution
         D: Poor
         E: Extremely poor quality





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