Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belgium was 1.47 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 Belgium 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
	Belgium	Sri Lanka
1960	2.54	5.35
1961	2.63	5.24
1962	2.59	5.18
1963	2.68	5.12
1964	2.71	5.06
1965	2.61	4.93
1966	2.52	4.83
1967	2.41	4.79
1968	2.31	4.66
1969	2.27	4.5
1970	2.25	4.39
1971	2.21	4.27
1972	2.09	4.16
1973	1.95	4
1974	1.83	3.86
1975	1.74	3.82
1976	1.73	3.78
1977	1.71	3.74
1978	1.69	3.81
1979	1.69	3.82
1980	1.68	3.73
1981	1.66	3.65
1982	1.61	3.32
1983	1.57	3.11
1984	1.54	3.01
1985	1.51	2.9
1986	1.54	2.74
1987	1.54	2.64
1988	1.57	2.57
1989	1.58	2.58
1990	1.62	2.54
1991	1.66	2.51
1992	1.65	2.49
1993	1.61	2.44
1994	1.56	2.4
1995	1.56	2.35
1996	1.59	2.29
1997	1.6	2.22
1998	1.6	2.14
1999	1.62	2.14
2000	1.67	2.21
2001	1.67	2.28
2002	1.65	2.31
2003	1.67	2.3
2004	1.72	2.27
2005	1.76	2.26
2006	1.8	2.29
2007	1.82	2.3
2008	1.85	2.23
2009	1.84	2.18
2010	1.86	2.13
2011	1.81	2.14
2012	1.8	2.17
2013	1.76	2.18
2014	1.74	2.13
2015	1.7	2.09
2016	1.68	2.06
2017	1.65	2.04
2018	1.62	2.03
2019	1.6	2.02
2020	1.55	2.01
2021	1.6	2
2022	1.53	1.98
2023	1.47	1.97
2024	1.47	1.95
2025	1.48	1.94
2026	1.49	1.93
2027	1.49	1.91
2028	1.5	1.9
2029	1.51	1.89
2030	1.51	1.88
2031	1.52	1.87
2032	1.52	1.86
2033	1.53	1.85
2034	1.53	1.85
2035	1.54	1.84
2036	1.54	1.83
2037	1.54	1.83
2038	1.55	1.82
2039	1.55	1.81
2040	1.56	1.81
2041	1.56	1.8
2042	1.56	1.8
2043	1.57	1.8
2044	1.57	1.79
2045	1.57	1.79
2046	1.57	1.79
2047	1.58	1.78
2048	1.58	1.78
2049	1.59	1.77
2050	1.59	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Sri Lanka
1960	23.7%	41%
1961	23.8%	40.9%
1962	23.8%	40.8%
1963	23.9%	40.7%
1964	23.9%	40.6%
1965	24%	40.5%
1966	24%	40.4%
1967	23.9%	40.3%
1968	23.9%	40.1%
1969	23.8%	39.9%
1970	23.6%	39.7%
1971	23.5%	39.5%
1972	23.3%	39.2%
1973	23%	38.8%
1974	22.6%	38.4%
1975	22.2%	38%
1976	21.8%	37.6%
1977	21.4%	37.2%
1978	21%	36.9%
1979	20.6%	36.7%
1980	20.3%	36.4%
1981	19.9%	36.2%
1982	19.6%	36%
1983	19.4%	35.8%
1984	19.1%	35.5%
1985	18.8%	35.2%
1986	18.6%	34.6%
1987	18.3%	34%
1988	18.2%	33.5%
1989	18.1%	33%
1990	18.1%	32.5%
1991	18.2%	32.1%
1992	18.2%	31.4%
1993	18.1%	30.6%
1994	18.1%	29.9%
1995	18%	29.2%
1996	17.9%	28.6%
1997	17.8%	28.2%
1998	17.7%	27.8%
1999	17.7%	27.4%
2000	17.6%	27%
2001	17.5%	26.6%
2002	17.5%	26.3%
2003	17.3%	26.1%
2004	17.2%	26%
2005	17.1%	25.8%
2006	17%	25.7%
2007	16.9%	25.7%
2008	16.9%	25.6%
2009	16.9%	25.5%
2010	16.9%	25.4%
2011	17%	25.3%
2012	17%	25.2%
2013	17%	25%
2014	17%	24.9%
2015	17%	24.7%
2016	17%	24.5%
2017	17%	24.2%
2018	16.9%	24%
2019	16.9%	23.7%
2020	16.8%	23.3%
2021	16.7%	23%
2022	16.5%	22.7%
2023	16.3%	22.4%
2024	16%	22%
2025	15.7%	21.7%
2026	15.4%	21.4%
2027	15.1%	21.1%
2028	14.9%	20.8%
2029	14.6%	20.5%
2030	14.4%	20.2%
2031	14.2%	20%
2032	14%	19.8%
2033	13.8%	19.6%
2034	13.6%	19.4%
2035	13.5%	19.2%
2036	13.4%	19.1%
2037	13.3%	18.9%
2038	13.3%	18.8%
2039	13.3%	18.7%
2040	13.4%	18.6%
2041	13.4%	18.4%
2042	13.5%	18.3%
2043	13.5%	18.2%
2044	13.6%	18.1%
2045	13.7%	18%
2046	13.8%	17.9%
2047	13.8%	17.7%
2048	13.9%	17.6%
2049	13.9%	17.5%
2050	13.9%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Sri Lanka
1960	40,275	247,631
1961	52,349	251,087
1962	42,414	256,719
1963	41,804	262,880
1964	51,580	269,584
1965	39,748	272,422
1966	36,206	275,549
1967	31,618	284,738
1968	20,199	286,642
1969	21,221	286,218
1970	23,173	286,719
1971	21,281	281,200
1972	18,451	282,494
1973	11,690	278,577
1974	7,818	275,521
1975	0	282,496
1976	1,964	291,816
1977	8,847	300,038
1978	7,872	317,055
1979	11,818	329,791
1980	10,845	328,155
1981	11,831	328,096
1982	7,885	300,030
1983	2,956	277,768
1984	4,927	263,175
1985	2,958	247,836
1986	5,917	233,782
1987	11,844	226,414
1988	14,853	219,184
1989	13,912	212,401
1990	19,935	224,454
1991	22,010	218,117
1992	20,090	222,230
1993	14,118	226,257
1994	12,139	228,904
1995	11,150	221,957
1996	12,188	215,290
1997	12,218	208,193
1998	9,183	201,059
1999	9,203	206,876
2000	12,302	227,060
2001	11,315	244,377
2002	7,233	252,840
2003	7,263	252,008
2004	16,673	212,527
2005	15,718	248,683
2006	21,096	248,706
2007	23,376	248,287
2008	22,491	232,225
2009	23,752	200,175
2010	23,970	224,325
2011	25,388	224,461
2012	18,882	229,138
2013	16,739	221,021
2014	21,297	211,541
2015	11,274	201,815
2016	14,731	194,232
2017	10,238	187,993
2018	7,999	183,610
2019	8,042	172,243
2020	-12,692	170,968
2021	5,793	121,858
2022	-2,336	95,378
2023	0	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belgium, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Sri Lanka
1985	9	68
1986	9	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	9	47
1997	8	45
1998	8	43
1999	8	41
2000	8	39
2001	8	37
2002	7	36
2003	7	35
2004	7	37
2005	7	32
2006	6	32
2007	7	31
2008	6	30
2009	6	28
2010	6	26
2011	6	25
2012	5	24
2013	6	23
2014	5	23
2015	5	22
2016	5	22
2017	5	21
2018	5	21
2019	4	20
2020	4	23
2021	7	34
2022	11	22
2023	4	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Sri Lanka
1960	3.39%	9.41%
1961	3.25%	8.95%
1962	3.12%	8.66%
1963	3%	8.48%
1964	2.89%	8.3%
1965	2.79%	8.07%
1966	2.7%	7.81%
1967	2.62%	7.55%
1968	2.55%	7.32%
1969	2.48%	7.14%
1970	2.39%	7.02%
1971	2.3%	6.94%
1972	2.19%	6.86%
1973	2.08%	6.77%
1974	1.97%	6.62%
1975	1.86%	6.41%
1976	1.76%	6.12%
1977	1.67%	5.77%
1978	1.59%	5.38%
1979	1.52%	4.99%
1980	1.45%	4.63%
1981	1.39%	4.29%
1982	1.33%	3.98%
1983	1.27%	3.67%
1984	1.22%	3.35%
1985	1.18%	3.02%
1986	1.14%	2.74%
1987	1.1%	2.54%
1988	1.07%	2.41%
1989	1.03%	2.74%
1990	1%	2.33%
1991	0.96%	2.32%
1992	0.92%	2.29%
1993	0.87%	2.22%
1994	0.82%	2.14%
1995	0.77%	2.05%
1996	0.72%	1.95%
1997	0.67%	1.86%
1998	0.64%	1.76%
1999	0.61%	1.69%
2000	0.59%	1.63%
2001	0.57%	1.58%
2002	0.55%	1.55%
2003	0.53%	1.52%
2004	0.52%	2.88%
2005	0.5%	1.4%
2006	0.49%	1.33%
2007	0.48%	1.26%
2008	0.47%	1.2%
2009	0.46%	2.08%
2010	0.45%	1.12%
2011	0.44%	1.08%
2012	0.43%	1.03%
2013	0.42%	0.98%
2014	0.42%	0.92%
2015	0.41%	0.87%
2016	0.41%	0.83%
2017	0.4%	0.79%
2018	0.4%	0.76%
2019	0.39%	0.72%
2020	0.39%	0.69%
2021	0.38%	0.66%
2022	0.37%	0.64%
2023	0.36%	0.61%