Fertility & birth rates in Austria and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Austria vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Austria was 1.32 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 Austria 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
	Austria	Sri Lanka
1960	2.69	5.35
1961	2.78	5.24
1962	2.8	5.18
1963	2.82	5.12
1964	2.79	5.06
1965	2.7	4.93
1966	2.66	4.83
1967	2.62	4.79
1968	2.58	4.66
1969	2.49	4.5
1970	2.29	4.39
1971	2.2	4.27
1972	2.08	4.16
1973	1.94	4
1974	1.91	3.86
1975	1.83	3.82
1976	1.69	3.78
1977	1.63	3.74
1978	1.6	3.81
1979	1.6	3.82
1980	1.65	3.73
1981	1.67	3.65
1982	1.66	3.32
1983	1.56	3.11
1984	1.52	3.01
1985	1.47	2.9
1986	1.45	2.74
1987	1.43	2.64
1988	1.45	2.57
1989	1.45	2.58
1990	1.46	2.54
1991	1.51	2.51
1992	1.51	2.49
1993	1.5	2.44
1994	1.47	2.4
1995	1.42	2.35
1996	1.45	2.29
1997	1.39	2.22
1998	1.37	2.14
1999	1.34	2.14
2000	1.36	2.21
2001	1.33	2.28
2002	1.39	2.31
2003	1.38	2.3
2004	1.42	2.27
2005	1.41	2.26
2006	1.41	2.29
2007	1.38	2.3
2008	1.42	2.23
2009	1.39	2.18
2010	1.44	2.13
2011	1.43	2.14
2012	1.44	2.17
2013	1.44	2.18
2014	1.46	2.13
2015	1.49	2.09
2016	1.53	2.06
2017	1.52	2.04
2018	1.47	2.03
2019	1.46	2.02
2020	1.44	2.01
2021	1.48	2
2022	1.41	1.98
2023	1.32	1.97
2024	1.32	1.95
2025	1.33	1.94
2026	1.34	1.93
2027	1.35	1.91
2028	1.35	1.9
2029	1.36	1.89
2030	1.36	1.88
2031	1.37	1.87
2032	1.37	1.86
2033	1.38	1.85
2034	1.38	1.85
2035	1.39	1.84
2036	1.39	1.83
2037	1.4	1.83
2038	1.4	1.82
2039	1.41	1.81
2040	1.41	1.81
2041	1.41	1.8
2042	1.42	1.8
2043	1.42	1.8
2044	1.42	1.79
2045	1.42	1.79
2046	1.43	1.79
2047	1.43	1.78
2048	1.43	1.78
2049	1.43	1.77
2050	1.43	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Austria	Sri Lanka
1960	22%	41%
1961	22.4%	40.9%
1962	22.7%	40.8%
1963	22.8%	40.7%
1964	23.1%	40.6%
1965	23.4%	40.5%
1966	23.6%	40.4%
1967	23.9%	40.3%
1968	24.1%	40.1%
1969	24.3%	39.9%
1970	24.4%	39.7%
1971	24.3%	39.5%
1972	24.2%	39.2%
1973	23.9%	38.8%
1974	23.6%	38.4%
1975	23.2%	38%
1976	22.8%	37.6%
1977	22.2%	37.2%
1978	21.6%	36.9%
1979	21%	36.7%
1980	20.4%	36.4%
1981	20%	36.2%
1982	19.5%	36%
1983	19.1%	35.8%
1984	18.7%	35.5%
1985	18.3%	35.2%
1986	18%	34.6%
1987	17.8%	34%
1988	17.6%	33.5%
1989	17.6%	33%
1990	17.5%	32.5%
1991	17.6%	32.1%
1992	17.7%	31.4%
1993	17.8%	30.6%
1994	17.8%	29.9%
1995	17.8%	29.2%
1996	17.7%	28.6%
1997	17.6%	28.2%
1998	17.4%	27.8%
1999	17.2%	27.4%
2000	17%	27%
2001	16.8%	26.6%
2002	16.6%	26.3%
2003	16.4%	26.1%
2004	16.2%	26%
2005	16%	25.8%
2006	15.8%	25.7%
2007	15.5%	25.7%
2008	15.2%	25.6%
2009	15%	25.5%
2010	14.8%	25.4%
2011	14.6%	25.3%
2012	14.5%	25.2%
2013	14.4%	25%
2014	14.3%	24.9%
2015	14.3%	24.7%
2016	14.4%	24.5%
2017	14.4%	24.2%
2018	14.4%	24%
2019	14.4%	23.7%
2020	14.4%	23.3%
2021	14.4%	23%
2022	14.3%	22.7%
2023	14.3%	22.4%
2024	14.2%	22%
2025	14.1%	21.7%
2026	14.1%	21.4%
2027	14%	21.1%
2028	13.8%	20.8%
2029	13.7%	20.5%
2030	13.6%	20.2%
2031	13.4%	20%
2032	13.2%	19.8%
2033	13%	19.6%
2034	12.8%	19.4%
2035	12.6%	19.2%
2036	12.5%	19.1%
2037	12.3%	18.9%
2038	12.2%	18.8%
2039	12.1%	18.7%
2040	12.1%	18.6%
2041	12%	18.4%
2042	12%	18.3%
2043	12%	18.2%
2044	12%	18.1%
2045	12%	18%
2046	12%	17.9%
2047	12.1%	17.7%
2048	12.1%	17.6%
2049	12.2%	17.5%
2050	12.3%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.2% of the population in Austria and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 17.5% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Austria and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Austria vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.02% in Austria 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
	Austria	Sri Lanka
1960	36,647	247,631
1961	46,061	251,087
1962	42,779	256,719
1963	43,055	262,880
1964	44,788	269,584
1965	35,627	272,422
1966	37,343	275,549
1967	32,459	284,738
1968	30,403	286,642
1969	22,323	286,218
1970	13,441	286,719
1971	11,250	281,200
1972	9,053	282,494
1973	5,310	278,577
1974	3,039	275,521
1975	-2,274	282,496
1976	-7,565	291,816
1977	-6,811	300,038
1978	-9,074	317,055
1979	-6,039	329,791
1980	-1,510	328,155
1981	1,514	328,096
1982	3,029	300,030
1983	-3,025	277,768
1984	756	263,175
1985	-1,513	247,836
1986	0	233,782
1987	1,515	226,414
1988	4,551	219,184
1989	5,333	212,401
1990	7,678	224,454
1991	10,857	218,117
1992	12,545	222,230
1993	12,649	226,257
1994	11,110	228,904
1995	7,948	221,957
1996	7,959	215,290
1997	3,984	208,193
1998	3,191	201,059
1999	0	206,876
2000	1,602	227,060
2001	804	244,377
2002	2,424	252,840
2003	0	252,008
2004	4,904	212,527
2005	3,291	248,683
2006	3,308	248,706
2007	1,659	248,287
2008	2,496	232,225
2009	-834	200,175
2010	1,672	224,325
2011	1,679	224,461
2012	0	229,138
2013	0	221,021
2014	3,419	211,541
2015	1,729	201,815
2016	6,989	194,232
2017	4,399	187,993
2018	1,769	183,610
2019	1,776	172,243
2020	-8,025	170,968
2021	-6,269	121,858
2022	-10,851	95,378
2023	-11,872	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Austria vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Austria, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Austria	Sri Lanka
1985	14	68
1986	14	66
1987	13	64
1988	13	62
1989	12	61
1990	12	59
1991	11	57
1992	10	54
1993	10	51
1994	10	49
1995	9	48
1996	8	47
1997	7	45
1998	7	43
1999	7	41
2000	7	39
2001	6	37
2002	6	36
2003	6	35
2004	6	37
2005	6	32
2006	6	32
2007	6	31
2008	6	30
2009	6	28
2010	6	26
2011	6	25
2012	6	24
2013	6	23
2014	7	23
2015	7	22
2016	6	22
2017	6	21
2018	7	21
2019	7	20
2020	6	23
2021	6	34
2022	7	22
2023	6	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.31% in Austria 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
	Austria	Sri Lanka
1960	4.28%	9.41%
1961	4.03%	8.95%
1962	3.79%	8.66%
1963	3.59%	8.48%
1964	3.42%	8.3%
1965	3.27%	8.07%
1966	3.15%	7.81%
1967	3.05%	7.55%
1968	2.98%	7.32%
1969	2.94%	7.14%
1970	2.91%	7.02%
1971	2.87%	6.94%
1972	2.8%	6.86%
1973	2.67%	6.77%
1974	2.51%	6.62%
1975	2.31%	6.41%
1976	2.11%	6.12%
1977	1.94%	5.77%
1978	1.81%	5.38%
1979	1.71%	4.99%
1980	1.63%	4.63%
1981	1.55%	4.29%
1982	1.47%	3.98%
1983	1.4%	3.67%
1984	1.33%	3.35%
1985	1.26%	3.02%
1986	1.19%	2.74%
1987	1.12%	2.54%
1988	1.05%	2.41%
1989	1%	2.74%
1990	0.95%	2.33%
1991	0.9%	2.32%
1992	0.85%	2.29%
1993	0.79%	2.22%
1994	0.74%	2.14%
1995	0.68%	2.05%
1996	0.64%	1.95%
1997	0.6%	1.86%
1998	0.58%	1.76%
1999	0.56%	1.69%
2000	0.55%	1.63%
2001	0.54%	1.58%
2002	0.53%	1.55%
2003	0.52%	1.52%
2004	0.51%	2.88%
2005	0.49%	1.4%
2006	0.48%	1.33%
2007	0.46%	1.26%
2008	0.45%	1.2%
2009	0.44%	2.08%
2010	0.43%	1.12%
2011	0.42%	1.08%
2012	0.4%	1.03%
2013	0.39%	0.98%
2014	0.38%	0.92%
2015	0.37%	0.87%
2016	0.36%	0.83%
2017	0.36%	0.79%
2018	0.35%	0.76%
2019	0.35%	0.72%
2020	0.34%	0.69%
2021	0.33%	0.66%
2022	0.32%	0.64%
2023	0.31%	0.61%