Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Bahamas was 1.37 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 the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Sri Lanka
1960	5.09	5.35
1961	5.16	5.24
1962	5.13	5.18
1963	5.06	5.12
1964	4.97	5.06
1965	4.88	4.93
1966	4.79	4.83
1967	4.69	4.79
1968	4.56	4.66
1969	4.38	4.5
1970	4.21	4.39
1971	4.06	4.27
1972	3.89	4.16
1973	3.73	4
1974	3.57	3.86
1975	3.42	3.82
1976	3.3	3.78
1977	3.17	3.74
1978	3.05	3.81
1979	2.94	3.82
1980	2.84	3.73
1981	2.77	3.65
1982	2.71	3.32
1983	2.65	3.11
1984	2.59	3.01
1985	2.55	2.9
1986	2.53	2.74
1987	2.52	2.64
1988	2.52	2.57
1989	2.52	2.58
1990	2.52	2.54
1991	2.51	2.51
1992	2.71	2.49
1993	2.61	2.44
1994	2.47	2.4
1995	2.42	2.35
1996	2.35	2.29
1997	2.29	2.22
1998	2.23	2.14
1999	2.13	2.14
2000	2.06	2.21
2001	2.02	2.28
2002	1.98	2.31
2003	1.97	2.3
2004	1.98	2.27
2005	2.01	2.26
2006	2.02	2.29
2007	2.04	2.3
2008	2	2.23
2009	2.01	2.18
2010	1.84	2.13
2011	1.79	2.14
2012	1.76	2.17
2013	1.74	2.18
2014	1.69	2.13
2015	1.57	2.09
2016	1.5	2.06
2017	1.42	2.04
2018	1.4	2.03
2019	1.4	2.02
2020	1.39	2.01
2021	1.38	2
2022	1.38	1.98
2023	1.37	1.97
2024	1.37	1.95
2025	1.36	1.94
2026	1.36	1.93
2027	1.35	1.91
2028	1.35	1.9
2029	1.35	1.89
2030	1.35	1.88
2031	1.36	1.87
2032	1.36	1.86
2033	1.36	1.85
2034	1.37	1.85
2035	1.37	1.84
2036	1.37	1.83
2037	1.38	1.83
2038	1.38	1.82
2039	1.38	1.81
2040	1.39	1.81
2041	1.39	1.8
2042	1.39	1.8
2043	1.39	1.8
2044	1.4	1.79
2045	1.4	1.79
2046	1.4	1.79
2047	1.4	1.78
2048	1.41	1.78
2049	1.41	1.77
2050	1.41	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Sri Lanka
1960	41.1%	41%
1961	41%	40.9%
1962	40.9%	40.8%
1963	40.8%	40.7%
1964	40.7%	40.6%
1965	40.7%	40.5%
1966	40.6%	40.4%
1967	40.6%	40.3%
1968	40.4%	40.1%
1969	40.3%	39.9%
1970	40.1%	39.7%
1971	40%	39.5%
1972	39.9%	39.2%
1973	39.7%	38.8%
1974	39.4%	38.4%
1975	39%	38%
1976	38.4%	37.6%
1977	37.8%	37.2%
1978	37%	36.9%
1979	36.1%	36.7%
1980	35.3%	36.4%
1981	34.4%	36.2%
1982	33.6%	36%
1983	32.8%	35.8%
1984	32%	35.5%
1985	31.2%	35.2%
1986	30.6%	34.6%
1987	30%	34%
1988	29.5%	33.5%
1989	29.2%	33%
1990	28.9%	32.5%
1991	28.7%	32.1%
1992	28.6%	31.4%
1993	28.6%	30.6%
1994	28.6%	29.9%
1995	28.5%	29.2%
1996	28.5%	28.6%
1997	28.4%	28.2%
1998	28.2%	27.8%
1999	28.1%	27.4%
2000	27.8%	27%
2001	27.5%	26.6%
2002	27.2%	26.3%
2003	26.8%	26.1%
2004	26.3%	26%
2005	25.9%	25.8%
2006	25.4%	25.7%
2007	24.9%	25.7%
2008	24.3%	25.6%
2009	23.8%	25.5%
2010	23.3%	25.4%
2011	22.8%	25.3%
2012	22.4%	25.2%
2013	22%	25%
2014	21.6%	24.9%
2015	21.3%	24.7%
2016	20.9%	24.5%
2017	20.6%	24.2%
2018	20.2%	24%
2019	19.8%	23.7%
2020	19.5%	23.3%
2021	19.1%	23%
2022	18.8%	22.7%
2023	18.3%	22.4%
2024	17.9%	22%
2025	17.5%	21.7%
2026	17.2%	21.4%
2027	16.9%	21.1%
2028	16.7%	20.8%
2029	16.4%	20.5%
2030	16.2%	20.2%
2031	16%	20%
2032	15.9%	19.8%
2033	15.8%	19.6%
2034	15.7%	19.4%
2035	15.6%	19.2%
2036	15.5%	19.1%
2037	15.4%	18.9%
2038	15.3%	18.8%
2039	15.3%	18.7%
2040	15.2%	18.6%
2041	15.1%	18.4%
2042	15%	18.3%
2043	14.9%	18.2%
2044	14.9%	18.1%
2045	14.8%	18%
2046	14.7%	17.9%
2047	14.7%	17.7%
2048	14.6%	17.6%
2049	14.5%	17.5%
2050	14.4%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Sri Lanka
1960	3,351	247,631
1961	3,577	251,087
1962	3,748	256,719
1963	3,901	262,880
1964	4,037	269,584
1965	4,193	272,422
1966	4,339	275,549
1967	4,502	284,738
1968	4,622	286,642
1969	4,688	286,218
1970	4,726	286,719
1971	4,690	281,200
1972	4,583	282,494
1973	4,467	278,577
1974	4,352	275,521
1975	4,249	282,496
1976	4,167	291,816
1977	4,069	300,038
1978	3,987	317,055
1979	3,899	329,791
1980	3,845	328,155
1981	3,851	328,096
1982	3,863	300,030
1983	3,888	277,768
1984	3,892	263,175
1985	3,918	247,836
1986	3,998	233,782
1987	4,090	226,414
1988	4,198	219,184
1989	4,323	212,401
1990	4,432	224,454
1991	4,498	218,117
1992	5,064	222,230
1993	4,877	226,257
1994	4,558	228,904
1995	4,434	221,957
1996	4,265	215,290
1997	4,107	208,193
1998	3,949	201,059
1999	3,688	206,876
2000	3,487	227,060
2001	3,377	244,377
2002	3,249	252,840
2003	3,181	252,008
2004	3,165	212,527
2005	3,220	248,683
2006	3,205	248,706
2007	3,243	248,287
2008	3,134	232,225
2009	3,163	200,175
2010	2,662	224,325
2011	2,558	224,461
2012	2,485	229,138
2013	2,432	221,021
2014	2,259	211,541
2015	1,840	201,815
2016	1,569	194,232
2017	1,289	187,993
2018	1,173	183,610
2019	740	172,243
2020	631	170,968
2021	-93	121,858
2022	947	95,378
2023	854	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 76 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Bahamas, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Sri Lanka
1985	70	68
1986	68	66
1987	66	64
1988	66	62
1989	65	61
1990	65	59
1991	67	57
1992	67	54
1993	66	51
1994	64	49
1995	63	48
1996	62	47
1997	59	45
1998	57	43
1999	54	41
2000	51	39
2001	48	37
2002	46	36
2003	57	35
2004	69	37
2005	70	32
2006	74	32
2007	78	31
2008	80	30
2009	84	28
2010	79	26
2011	74	25
2012	71	24
2013	74	23
2014	78	23
2015	83	22
2016	77	22
2017	79	21
2018	82	21
2019	82	20
2020	84	23
2021	174	34
2022	80	22
2023	76	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas 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
	Bahamas	Sri Lanka
1960	-	9.41%
1961	-	8.95%
1962	-	8.66%
1963	-	8.48%
1964	-	8.3%
1965	-	8.07%
1966	-	7.81%
1967	-	7.55%
1968	2.94%	7.32%
1969	2.99%	7.14%
1970	3.03%	7.02%
1971	3.07%	6.94%
1972	3.1%	6.86%
1973	3.13%	6.77%
1974	3.14%	6.62%
1975	3.13%	6.41%
1976	3.1%	6.12%
1977	3.07%	5.77%
1978	3.03%	5.38%
1979	2.99%	4.99%
1980	2.95%	4.63%
1981	2.91%	4.29%
1982	2.88%	3.98%
1983	2.84%	3.67%
1984	2.81%	3.35%
1985	2.78%	3.02%
1986	2.73%	2.74%
1987	2.65%	2.54%
1988	2.55%	2.41%
1989	2.45%	2.74%
1990	2.34%	2.33%
1991	2.23%	2.32%
1992	2.12%	2.29%
1993	2.03%	2.22%
1994	1.93%	2.14%
1995	1.84%	2.05%
1996	1.76%	1.95%
1997	1.69%	1.86%
1998	1.65%	1.76%
1999	1.62%	1.69%
2000	1.62%	1.63%
2001	1.63%	1.58%
2002	1.65%	1.55%
2003	1.67%	1.52%
2004	1.69%	2.88%
2005	1.69%	1.4%
2006	1.68%	1.33%
2007	1.65%	1.26%
2008	1.62%	1.2%
2009	1.58%	2.08%
2010	1.54%	1.12%
2011	1.5%	1.08%
2012	1.47%	1.03%
2013	1.44%	0.98%
2014	1.42%	0.92%
2015	1.39%	0.87%
2016	1.38%	0.83%
2017	1.36%	0.79%
2018	1.35%	0.76%
2019	2.35%	0.72%
2020	1.33%	0.69%
2021	1.31%	0.66%
2022	1.29%	0.64%
2023	1.27%	0.61%