Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Algeria was 2.77 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs Sri Lanka population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	Sri Lanka
1960	7.5	5.35
1961	7.56	5.24
1962	7.61	5.18
1963	7.65	5.12
1964	7.67	5.06
1965	7.71	4.93
1966	7.71	4.83
1967	7.71	4.79
1968	7.71	4.66
1969	7.71	4.5
1970	7.7	4.39
1971	7.67	4.27
1972	7.63	4.16
1973	7.59	4
1974	7.55	3.86
1975	7.49	3.82
1976	7.41	3.78
1977	7.31	3.74
1978	7.21	3.81
1979	7.12	3.82
1980	6.99	3.73
1981	6.85	3.65
1982	6.68	3.32
1983	6.5	3.11
1984	6.28	3.01
1985	6.04	2.9
1986	5.65	2.74
1987	5.3	2.64
1988	5.02	2.57
1989	4.76	2.58
1990	4.51	2.54
1991	4.37	2.51
1992	4.27	2.49
1993	4.08	2.44
1994	3.91	2.4
1995	3.49	2.35
1996	3.14	2.29
1997	2.89	2.22
1998	2.69	2.14
1999	2.62	2.14
2000	2.59	2.21
2001	2.52	2.28
2002	2.43	2.31
2003	2.45	2.3
2004	2.5	2.27
2005	2.56	2.26
2006	2.63	2.29
2007	2.7	2.3
2008	2.79	2.23
2009	2.83	2.18
2010	2.88	2.13
2011	2.9	2.14
2012	3	2.17
2013	3	2.18
2014	3.08	2.13
2015	3.09	2.09
2016	3.09	2.06
2017	3.09	2.04
2018	3.02	2.03
2019	3	2.02
2020	2.94	2.01
2021	2.87	2
2022	2.82	1.98
2023	2.77	1.97
2024	2.72	1.95
2025	2.67	1.94
2026	2.62	1.93
2027	2.58	1.91
2028	2.53	1.9
2029	2.49	1.89
2030	2.45	1.88
2031	2.41	1.87
2032	2.38	1.86
2033	2.34	1.85
2034	2.32	1.85
2035	2.29	1.84
2036	2.26	1.83
2037	2.23	1.83
2038	2.21	1.82
2039	2.18	1.81
2040	2.16	1.81
2041	2.14	1.8
2042	2.12	1.8
2043	2.1	1.8
2044	2.08	1.79
2045	2.07	1.79
2046	2.05	1.79
2047	2.04	1.78
2048	2.03	1.78
2049	2.01	1.77
2050	2	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	Sri Lanka
1960	45.5%	41%
1961	45.9%	40.9%
1962	46.2%	40.8%
1963	46.6%	40.7%
1964	46.9%	40.6%
1965	47%	40.5%
1966	47.1%	40.4%
1967	47.2%	40.3%
1968	47.1%	40.1%
1969	47%	39.9%
1970	47%	39.7%
1971	46.9%	39.5%
1972	46.8%	39.2%
1973	46.7%	38.8%
1974	46.6%	38.4%
1975	46.7%	38%
1976	47.2%	37.6%
1977	47.3%	37.2%
1978	47%	36.9%
1979	46.8%	36.7%
1980	46.5%	36.4%
1981	46.1%	36.2%
1982	45.8%	36%
1983	45.4%	35.8%
1984	45%	35.5%
1985	44.6%	35.2%
1986	44.2%	34.6%
1987	43.7%	34%
1988	43.1%	33.5%
1989	42.6%	33%
1990	42%	32.5%
1991	41.4%	32.1%
1992	41%	31.4%
1993	40.5%	30.6%
1994	39.9%	29.9%
1995	39.1%	29.2%
1996	38.2%	28.6%
1997	37.2%	28.2%
1998	36.1%	27.8%
1999	34.9%	27.4%
2000	33.7%	27%
2001	32.6%	26.6%
2002	31.5%	26.3%
2003	30.6%	26.1%
2004	29.7%	26%
2005	29%	25.8%
2006	28.4%	25.7%
2007	28%	25.7%
2008	27.7%	25.6%
2009	27.5%	25.5%
2010	27.5%	25.4%
2011	27.5%	25.3%
2012	27.7%	25.2%
2013	28.1%	25%
2014	28.6%	24.9%
2015	29%	24.7%
2016	29.5%	24.5%
2017	29.9%	24.2%
2018	30.3%	24%
2019	30.6%	23.7%
2020	30.8%	23.3%
2021	30.9%	23%
2022	30.8%	22.7%
2023	30.6%	22.4%
2024	30.3%	22%
2025	29.9%	21.7%
2026	29.4%	21.4%
2027	28.9%	21.1%
2028	28.2%	20.8%
2029	27.5%	20.5%
2030	26.8%	20.2%
2031	26%	20%
2032	25.2%	19.8%
2033	24.5%	19.6%
2034	23.8%	19.4%
2035	23.2%	19.2%
2036	22.6%	19.1%
2037	22.2%	18.9%
2038	21.8%	18.8%
2039	21.5%	18.7%
2040	21.2%	18.6%
2041	21%	18.4%
2042	20.9%	18.3%
2043	20.8%	18.2%
2044	20.8%	18.1%
2045	20.8%	18%
2046	20.9%	17.9%
2047	20.9%	17.7%
2048	20.9%	17.6%
2049	21%	17.5%
2050	21%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 42% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Algeria	Sri Lanka
1960	290,582	247,631
1961	296,467	251,087
1962	283,903	256,719
1963	315,645	262,880
1964	312,729	269,584
1965	311,190	272,422
1966	309,628	275,549
1967	316,289	284,738
1968	324,560	286,642
1969	334,541	286,218
1970	346,564	286,719
1971	356,069	281,200
1972	368,179	282,494
1973	382,736	278,577
1974	399,509	275,521
1975	417,803	282,496
1976	440,192	291,816
1977	465,405	300,038
1978	491,876	317,055
1979	523,875	329,791
1980	559,983	328,155
1981	595,150	328,096
1982	620,415	300,030
1983	641,167	277,768
1984	656,475	263,175
1985	672,185	247,836
1986	661,644	233,782
1987	645,309	226,414
1988	637,215	219,184
1989	628,542	212,401
1990	612,369	224,454
1991	616,850	218,117
1992	627,289	222,230
1993	611,306	226,257
1994	594,445	228,904
1995	533,104	221,957
1996	483,632	215,290
1997	450,138	208,193
1998	425,928	201,059
1999	434,198	206,876
2000	447,025	227,060
2001	450,637	244,377
2002	451,369	252,840
2003	474,272	252,008
2004	508,773	212,527
2005	543,158	248,683
2006	580,812	248,706
2007	620,196	248,287
2008	662,044	232,225
2009	691,496	200,175
2010	719,350	224,325
2011	741,832	224,461
2012	790,645	229,138
2013	802,203	221,021
2014	839,654	211,541
2015	847,054	201,815
2016	849,368	194,232
2017	848,585	187,993
2018	824,428	183,610
2019	809,522	172,243
2020	724,140	170,968
2021	735,514	121,858
2022	722,591	95,378
2023	691,724	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 62 deaths per 100,000 live births in Algeria, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	Sri Lanka
1985	292	68
1986	265	66
1987	243	64
1988	227	62
1989	215	61
1990	202	59
1991	198	57
1992	193	54
1993	195	51
1994	196	49
1995	187	48
1996	173	47
1997	155	45
1998	143	43
1999	132	41
2000	123	39
2001	113	37
2002	102	36
2003	101	35
2004	91	37
2005	87	32
2006	84	32
2007	83	31
2008	83	30
2009	83	28
2010	82	26
2011	81	25
2012	81	24
2013	81	23
2014	80	23
2015	79	22
2016	79	22
2017	77	21
2018	75	21
2019	73	20
2020	97	23
2021	79	34
2022	64	22
2023	62	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Algeria	Sri Lanka
1960	24%	9.41%
1961	24%	8.95%
1962	24.1%	8.66%
1963	24.2%	8.48%
1964	24.3%	8.3%
1965	24.5%	8.07%
1966	24.6%	7.81%
1967	24.6%	7.55%
1968	24.6%	7.32%
1969	24.4%	7.14%
1970	24.1%	7.02%
1971	23.7%	6.94%
1972	23.1%	6.86%
1973	22.4%	6.77%
1974	21.7%	6.62%
1975	20.9%	6.41%
1976	20%	6.12%
1977	19%	5.77%
1978	18%	5.38%
1979	16.9%	4.99%
1980	15.6%	4.63%
1981	14%	4.29%
1982	12.3%	3.98%
1983	10.5%	3.67%
1984	8.91%	3.35%
1985	7.61%	3.02%
1986	6.63%	2.74%
1987	5.96%	2.54%
1988	5.55%	2.41%
1989	5.3%	2.74%
1990	5.17%	2.33%
1991	5.09%	2.32%
1992	5.04%	2.29%
1993	4.98%	2.22%
1994	4.9%	2.14%
1995	4.81%	2.05%
1996	4.7%	1.95%
1997	4.58%	1.86%
1998	4.45%	1.76%
1999	4.31%	1.69%
2000	4.16%	1.63%
2001	4.01%	1.58%
2002	3.85%	1.55%
2003	3.7%	1.52%
2004	3.54%	2.88%
2005	3.4%	1.4%
2006	3.26%	1.33%
2007	3.13%	1.26%
2008	3.01%	1.2%
2009	2.9%	2.08%
2010	2.81%	1.12%
2011	2.73%	1.08%
2012	2.66%	1.03%
2013	2.6%	0.98%
2014	2.54%	0.92%
2015	2.49%	0.87%
2016	2.45%	0.83%
2017	2.4%	0.79%
2018	2.37%	0.76%
2019	2.33%	0.72%
2020	2.29%	0.69%
2021	2.26%	0.66%
2022	2.23%	0.64%
2023	2.2%	0.61%