Fertility & birth rates in Benin and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Benin vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Benin was 4.56 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 Benin 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
	Benin	Sri Lanka
1960	6.28	5.35
1961	6.4	5.24
1962	6.46	5.18
1963	6.51	5.12
1964	6.57	5.06
1965	6.61	4.93
1966	6.63	4.83
1967	6.64	4.79
1968	6.67	4.66
1969	6.71	4.5
1970	6.74	4.39
1971	6.77	4.27
1972	6.8	4.16
1973	6.81	4
1974	6.82	3.86
1975	6.83	3.82
1976	6.83	3.78
1977	6.83	3.74
1978	6.82	3.81
1979	6.91	3.82
1980	6.99	3.73
1981	7.06	3.65
1982	7.06	3.32
1983	7.05	3.11
1984	7.03	3.01
1985	7	2.9
1986	6.96	2.74
1987	6.92	2.64
1988	6.87	2.57
1989	6.82	2.58
1990	6.74	2.54
1991	6.67	2.51
1992	6.59	2.49
1993	6.51	2.44
1994	6.42	2.4
1995	6.33	2.35
1996	6.28	2.29
1997	6.23	2.22
1998	6.14	2.14
1999	6.03	2.14
2000	5.94	2.21
2001	5.85	2.28
2002	5.79	2.31
2003	5.76	2.3
2004	5.72	2.27
2005	5.69	2.26
2006	5.67	2.29
2007	5.63	2.3
2008	5.55	2.23
2009	5.49	2.18
2010	5.45	2.13
2011	5.44	2.14
2012	5.43	2.17
2013	5.41	2.18
2014	5.37	2.13
2015	5.32	2.09
2016	5.25	2.06
2017	5.16	2.04
2018	5.03	2.03
2019	4.9	2.02
2020	4.8	2.01
2021	4.71	2
2022	4.63	1.98
2023	4.56	1.97
2024	4.48	1.95
2025	4.42	1.94
2026	4.34	1.93
2027	4.27	1.91
2028	4.19	1.9
2029	4.12	1.89
2030	4.05	1.88
2031	3.98	1.87
2032	3.9	1.86
2033	3.85	1.85
2034	3.79	1.85
2035	3.74	1.84
2036	3.68	1.83
2037	3.62	1.83
2038	3.57	1.82
2039	3.52	1.81
2040	3.48	1.81
2041	3.43	1.8
2042	3.39	1.8
2043	3.35	1.8
2044	3.3	1.79
2045	3.26	1.79
2046	3.23	1.79
2047	3.18	1.78
2048	3.14	1.78
2049	3.1	1.77
2050	3.06	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Benin	Sri Lanka
1960	39.1%	41%
1961	39.5%	40.9%
1962	39.9%	40.8%
1963	40.3%	40.7%
1964	40.8%	40.6%
1965	41.2%	40.5%
1966	41.6%	40.4%
1967	42.1%	40.3%
1968	42.5%	40.1%
1969	42.8%	39.9%
1970	43.2%	39.7%
1971	43.5%	39.5%
1972	43.8%	39.2%
1973	44.1%	38.8%
1974	44.3%	38.4%
1975	44.5%	38%
1976	44.7%	37.6%
1977	44.8%	37.2%
1978	45%	36.9%
1979	45.1%	36.7%
1980	45.2%	36.4%
1981	45.3%	36.2%
1982	45.5%	36%
1983	45.6%	35.8%
1984	45.7%	35.5%
1985	45.8%	35.2%
1986	45.9%	34.6%
1987	46%	34%
1988	46.1%	33.5%
1989	46.1%	33%
1990	46.1%	32.5%
1991	46.2%	32.1%
1992	46.2%	31.4%
1993	45.7%	30.6%
1994	45.5%	29.9%
1995	45.9%	29.2%
1996	46%	28.6%
1997	45.9%	28.2%
1998	45.8%	27.8%
1999	45.6%	27.4%
2000	45.4%	27%
2001	45.3%	26.6%
2002	45.1%	26.3%
2003	44.9%	26.1%
2004	44.8%	26%
2005	44.6%	25.8%
2006	44.4%	25.7%
2007	44.4%	25.7%
2008	44.3%	25.6%
2009	44.1%	25.5%
2010	43.9%	25.4%
2011	43.8%	25.3%
2012	43.7%	25.2%
2013	43.6%	25%
2014	43.5%	24.9%
2015	43.4%	24.7%
2016	43.3%	24.5%
2017	43.2%	24.2%
2018	43.1%	24%
2019	42.9%	23.7%
2020	42.7%	23.3%
2021	42.4%	23%
2022	42.1%	22.7%
2023	41.8%	22.4%
2024	41.6%	22%
2025	41.3%	21.7%
2026	40.9%	21.4%
2027	40.6%	21.1%
2028	40.2%	20.8%
2029	39.8%	20.5%
2030	39.4%	20.2%
2031	39%	20%
2032	38.6%	19.8%
2033	38.2%	19.6%
2034	37.8%	19.4%
2035	37.5%	19.2%
2036	37.1%	19.1%
2037	36.8%	18.9%
2038	36.5%	18.8%
2039	36.2%	18.7%
2040	35.9%	18.6%
2041	35.6%	18.4%
2042	35.3%	18.3%
2043	35%	18.2%
2044	34.8%	18.1%
2045	34.5%	18%
2046	34.2%	17.9%
2047	33.9%	17.7%
2048	33.7%	17.6%
2049	33.4%	17.5%
2050	33.1%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.6% of the population in Benin and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Benin and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Benin vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.72% in Benin 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
	Benin	Sri Lanka
1960	44,564	247,631
1961	48,838	251,087
1962	51,664	256,719
1963	54,514	262,880
1964	57,352	269,584
1965	60,154	272,422
1966	62,169	275,549
1967	64,709	284,738
1968	67,327	286,642
1969	70,155	286,218
1970	73,156	286,719
1971	76,034	281,200
1972	79,415	282,494
1973	82,422	278,577
1974	85,623	275,521
1975	89,350	282,496
1976	93,141	291,816
1977	97,200	300,038
1978	100,762	317,055
1979	106,782	329,791
1980	112,969	328,155
1981	118,634	328,096
1982	122,748	300,030
1983	126,349	277,768
1984	131,590	263,175
1985	136,621	247,836
1986	142,039	233,782
1987	147,783	226,414
1988	153,580	219,184
1989	157,235	212,401
1990	163,055	224,454
1991	168,174	218,117
1992	173,794	222,230
1993	179,858	226,257
1994	196,637	228,904
1995	194,481	221,957
1996	197,643	215,290
1997	203,182	208,193
1998	208,342	201,059
1999	213,074	206,876
2000	218,013	227,060
2001	222,877	244,377
2002	229,472	252,840
2003	237,962	252,008
2004	245,630	212,527
2005	253,795	248,683
2006	265,040	248,706
2007	271,305	248,287
2008	274,242	232,225
2009	280,204	200,175
2010	287,703	224,325
2011	296,348	224,461
2012	306,180	229,138
2013	315,804	221,021
2014	323,753	211,541
2015	330,573	201,815
2016	336,559	194,232
2017	339,763	187,993
2018	340,270	183,610
2019	339,817	172,243
2020	341,929	170,968
2021	341,103	121,858
2022	349,518	95,378
2023	353,933	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Benin vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 518 deaths per 100,000 live births in Benin, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Benin	Sri Lanka
1985	910	68
1986	858	66
1987	817	64
1988	765	62
1989	732	61
1990	692	59
1991	666	57
1992	625	54
1993	591	51
1994	605	49
1995	586	48
1996	576	47
1997	556	45
1998	547	43
1999	536	41
2000	529	39
2001	532	37
2002	534	36
2003	532	35
2004	531	37
2005	514	32
2006	509	32
2007	501	31
2008	563	30
2009	598	28
2010	607	26
2011	613	25
2012	618	24
2013	607	23
2014	605	23
2015	606	22
2016	604	22
2017	592	21
2018	585	21
2019	572	20
2020	578	23
2021	584	34
2022	547	22
2023	518	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.79% in Benin 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
	Benin	Sri Lanka
1960	31.2%	9.41%
1961	30.7%	8.95%
1962	30.2%	8.66%
1963	29.6%	8.48%
1964	29.1%	8.3%
1965	28.5%	8.07%
1966	28%	7.81%
1967	27.5%	7.55%
1968	27%	7.32%
1969	26.6%	7.14%
1970	26.1%	7.02%
1971	25.7%	6.94%
1972	25.2%	6.86%
1973	24.7%	6.77%
1974	24.2%	6.62%
1975	23.7%	6.41%
1976	23.1%	6.12%
1977	22.6%	5.77%
1978	22.1%	5.38%
1979	21.6%	4.99%
1980	21.2%	4.63%
1981	20.8%	4.29%
1982	20.4%	3.98%
1983	20%	3.67%
1984	19.6%	3.35%
1985	19.2%	3.02%
1986	18.8%	2.74%
1987	18.4%	2.54%
1988	18%	2.41%
1989	17.6%	2.74%
1990	17.2%	2.33%
1991	16.8%	2.32%
1992	16.4%	2.29%
1993	16%	2.22%
1994	15.6%	2.14%
1995	15.2%	2.05%
1996	14.9%	1.95%
1997	14.6%	1.86%
1998	14.3%	1.76%
1999	13.9%	1.69%
2000	13.6%	1.63%
2001	13.3%	1.58%
2002	13%	1.55%
2003	12.7%	1.52%
2004	12.4%	2.88%
2005	12.1%	1.4%
2006	11.8%	1.33%
2007	11.5%	1.26%
2008	11.3%	1.2%
2009	11.1%	2.08%
2010	10.8%	1.12%
2011	10.6%	1.08%
2012	10.4%	1.03%
2013	10.2%	0.98%
2014	9.93%	0.92%
2015	9.71%	0.87%
2016	9.5%	0.83%
2017	9.27%	0.79%
2018	9.05%	0.76%
2019	8.8%	0.72%
2020	8.55%	0.69%
2021	8.31%	0.66%
2022	8.04%	0.64%
2023	7.79%	0.61%