Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Australia vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Australia was 1.5 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 Australia 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
	Australia	Sri Lanka
1960	3.45	5.35
1961	3.54	5.24
1962	3.44	5.18
1963	3.33	5.12
1964	3.15	5.06
1965	2.98	4.93
1966	2.88	4.83
1967	2.85	4.79
1968	2.89	4.66
1969	2.89	4.5
1970	2.86	4.39
1971	2.96	4.27
1972	2.74	4.16
1973	2.49	4
1974	2.4	3.86
1975	2.15	3.82
1976	2.06	3.78
1977	2.01	3.74
1978	1.95	3.81
1979	1.91	3.82
1980	1.89	3.73
1981	1.94	3.65
1982	1.93	3.32
1983	1.92	3.11
1984	1.84	3.01
1985	1.92	2.9
1986	1.87	2.74
1987	1.85	2.64
1988	1.83	2.57
1989	1.84	2.58
1990	1.9	2.54
1991	1.85	2.51
1992	1.89	2.49
1993	1.86	2.44
1994	1.84	2.4
1995	1.82	2.35
1996	1.8	2.29
1997	1.78	2.22
1998	1.76	2.14
1999	1.76	2.14
2000	1.76	2.21
2001	1.74	2.28
2002	1.76	2.31
2003	1.75	2.3
2004	1.77	2.27
2005	1.81	2.26
2006	1.91	2.29
2007	1.96	2.3
2008	1.98	2.23
2009	1.97	2.18
2010	1.93	2.13
2011	1.93	2.14
2012	1.92	2.17
2013	1.86	2.18
2014	1.83	2.13
2015	1.81	2.09
2016	1.75	2.06
2017	1.74	2.04
2018	1.74	2.03
2019	1.66	2.02
2020	1.58	2.01
2021	1.7	2
2022	1.63	1.98
2023	1.5	1.97
2024	1.5	1.95
2025	1.5	1.94
2026	1.5	1.93
2027	1.5	1.91
2028	1.51	1.9
2029	1.5	1.89
2030	1.51	1.88
2031	1.5	1.87
2032	1.5	1.86
2033	1.5	1.85
2034	1.5	1.85
2035	1.5	1.84
2036	1.5	1.83
2037	1.5	1.83
2038	1.5	1.82
2039	1.5	1.81
2040	1.5	1.81
2041	1.5	1.8
2042	1.5	1.8
2043	1.5	1.8
2044	1.5	1.79
2045	1.5	1.79
2046	1.5	1.79
2047	1.5	1.78
2048	1.5	1.78
2049	1.5	1.77
2050	1.5	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Sri Lanka
1960	30.2%	41%
1961	30.2%	40.9%
1962	30.1%	40.8%
1963	29.9%	40.7%
1964	29.8%	40.6%
1965	29.6%	40.5%
1966	29.5%	40.4%
1967	29.3%	40.3%
1968	29.1%	40.1%
1969	28.9%	39.9%
1970	28.8%	39.7%
1971	28.7%	39.5%
1972	28.5%	39.2%
1973	28.2%	38.8%
1974	27.9%	38.4%
1975	27.5%	38%
1976	27%	37.6%
1977	26.5%	37.2%
1978	26.1%	36.9%
1979	25.6%	36.7%
1980	25.3%	36.4%
1981	25%	36.2%
1982	24.7%	36%
1983	24.4%	35.8%
1984	24%	35.5%
1985	23.6%	35.2%
1986	23.1%	34.6%
1987	22.7%	34%
1988	22.4%	33.5%
1989	22.2%	33%
1990	22%	32.5%
1991	21.9%	32.1%
1992	21.8%	31.4%
1993	21.7%	30.6%
1994	21.7%	29.9%
1995	21.5%	29.2%
1996	21.4%	28.6%
1997	21.2%	28.2%
1998	21.1%	27.8%
1999	20.9%	27.4%
2000	20.8%	27%
2001	20.6%	26.6%
2002	20.4%	26.3%
2003	20.2%	26.1%
2004	20%	26%
2005	19.8%	25.8%
2006	19.6%	25.7%
2007	19.4%	25.7%
2008	19.3%	25.6%
2009	19.2%	25.5%
2010	19.1%	25.4%
2011	19%	25.3%
2012	18.9%	25.2%
2013	18.9%	25%
2014	18.9%	24.9%
2015	18.9%	24.7%
2016	18.9%	24.5%
2017	18.8%	24.2%
2018	18.8%	24%
2019	18.7%	23.7%
2020	18.6%	23.3%
2021	18.4%	23%
2022	18.2%	22.7%
2023	18%	22.4%
2024	17.8%	22%
2025	17.7%	21.7%
2026	17.5%	21.4%
2027	17.4%	21.1%
2028	17.2%	20.8%
2029	17%	20.5%
2030	16.9%	20.2%
2031	16.7%	20%
2032	16.6%	19.8%
2033	16.5%	19.6%
2034	16.4%	19.4%
2035	16.3%	19.2%
2036	16.2%	19.1%
2037	16.1%	18.9%
2038	16%	18.8%
2039	15.9%	18.7%
2040	15.9%	18.6%
2041	15.8%	18.4%
2042	15.8%	18.3%
2043	15.7%	18.2%
2044	15.7%	18.1%
2045	15.7%	18%
2046	15.7%	17.9%
2047	15.7%	17.7%
2048	15.7%	17.6%
2049	15.7%	17.5%
2050	15.7%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 22% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia 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
	Australia	Sri Lanka
1960	141,816	247,631
1961	150,955	251,087
1962	143,943	256,719
1963	140,161	262,880
1964	128,420	269,584
1965	122,990	272,422
1966	126,996	275,549
1967	126,249	284,738
1968	132,099	286,642
1969	143,477	286,218
1970	145,081	286,719
1971	165,593	281,200
1972	155,488	282,494
1973	136,476	278,577
1974	128,996	275,521
1975	123,648	282,496
1976	115,070	291,816
1977	117,793	300,038
1978	116,299	317,055
1979	116,112	329,791
1980	117,536	328,155
1981	125,356	328,096
1982	126,030	300,030
1983	130,844	277,768
1984	123,077	263,175
1985	143,674	247,836
1986	123,342	233,782
1987	128,484	226,414
1988	127,298	219,184
1989	127,789	212,401
1990	143,347	224,454
1991	138,273	218,117
1992	139,829	222,230
1993	137,551	226,257
1994	131,761	228,904
1995	131,436	221,957
1996	125,751	215,290
1997	121,592	208,193
1998	120,949	201,059
1999	118,517	206,876
2000	119,882	227,060
2001	117,575	244,377
2002	116,971	252,840
2003	118,325	252,008
2004	115,610	212,527
2005	129,132	248,683
2006	132,931	248,706
2007	154,124	248,287
2008	155,119	232,225
2009	160,518	200,175
2010	158,628	224,325
2011	156,380	224,461
2012	161,408	229,138
2013	159,584	221,021
2014	154,940	211,541
2015	150,041	201,815
2016	152,403	194,232
2017	150,015	187,993
2018	157,269	183,610
2019	136,808	172,243
2020	133,376	170,968
2021	138,701	121,858
2022	111,862	95,378
2023	103,945	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Australia, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Sri Lanka
1985	9	68
1986	8	66
1987	9	64
1988	9	62
1989	9	61
1990	9	59
1991	9	57
1992	9	54
1993	9	51
1994	9	49
1995	9	48
1996	8	47
1997	8	45
1998	7	43
1999	7	41
2000	7	39
2001	6	37
2002	6	36
2003	5	35
2004	5	37
2005	5	32
2006	5	32
2007	5	31
2008	5	30
2009	5	28
2010	5	26
2011	6	25
2012	6	24
2013	6	23
2014	6	23
2015	6	22
2016	6	22
2017	6	21
2018	5	21
2019	5	20
2020	5	23
2021	4	34
2022	4	22
2023	2	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia 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
	Australia	Sri Lanka
1960	2.49%	9.41%
1961	2.43%	8.95%
1962	2.37%	8.66%
1963	2.32%	8.48%
1964	2.27%	8.3%
1965	2.24%	8.07%
1966	2.21%	7.81%
1967	2.2%	7.55%
1968	2.19%	7.32%
1969	2.18%	7.14%
1970	2.15%	7.02%
1971	2.1%	6.94%
1972	2.03%	6.86%
1973	1.94%	6.77%
1974	1.84%	6.62%
1975	1.73%	6.41%
1976	1.62%	6.12%
1977	1.52%	5.77%
1978	1.44%	5.38%
1979	1.36%	4.99%
1980	1.3%	4.63%
1981	1.26%	4.29%
1982	1.22%	3.98%
1983	1.19%	3.67%
1984	1.16%	3.35%
1985	1.13%	3.02%
1986	1.1%	2.74%
1987	1.06%	2.54%
1988	1.02%	2.41%
1989	0.97%	2.74%
1990	0.92%	2.33%
1991	0.87%	2.32%
1992	0.82%	2.29%
1993	0.77%	2.22%
1994	0.73%	2.14%
1995	0.7%	2.05%
1996	0.68%	1.95%
1997	0.66%	1.86%
1998	0.64%	1.76%
1999	0.63%	1.69%
2000	0.62%	1.63%
2001	0.61%	1.58%
2002	0.6%	1.55%
2003	0.59%	1.52%
2004	0.58%	2.88%
2005	0.57%	1.4%
2006	0.56%	1.33%
2007	0.54%	1.26%
2008	0.52%	1.2%
2009	0.5%	2.08%
2010	0.48%	1.12%
2011	0.45%	1.08%
2012	0.43%	1.03%
2013	0.41%	0.98%
2014	0.4%	0.92%
2015	0.39%	0.87%
2016	0.38%	0.83%
2017	0.38%	0.79%
2018	0.38%	0.76%
2019	0.38%	0.72%
2020	0.38%	0.69%
2021	0.37%	0.66%
2022	0.37%	0.64%
2023	0.37%	0.61%