Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 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 Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Sri Lanka
1960	6.7	5.35
1961	6.7	5.24
1962	6.69	5.18
1963	6.69	5.12
1964	6.68	5.06
1965	6.68	4.93
1966	6.67	4.83
1967	6.67	4.79
1968	6.66	4.66
1969	6.66	4.5
1970	6.65	4.39
1971	6.64	4.27
1972	6.64	4.16
1973	6.63	4
1974	6.62	3.86
1975	6.62	3.82
1976	6.62	3.78
1977	6.61	3.74
1978	6.58	3.81
1979	6.55	3.82
1980	6.51	3.73
1981	6.46	3.65
1982	6.4	3.32
1983	6.34	3.11
1984	6.26	3.01
1985	6.18	2.9
1986	6.1	2.74
1987	6	2.64
1988	5.88	2.57
1989	5.76	2.58
1990	5.6	2.54
1991	5.45	2.51
1992	5.27	2.49
1993	5.07	2.44
1994	4.87	2.4
1995	4.62	2.35
1996	4.37	2.29
1997	4.09	2.22
1998	3.85	2.14
1999	3.61	2.14
2000	3.38	2.21
2001	3.19	2.28
2002	3.01	2.31
2003	2.87	2.3
2004	2.78	2.27
2005	2.73	2.26
2006	2.66	2.29
2007	2.59	2.3
2008	2.48	2.23
2009	2.36	2.18
2010	2.25	2.13
2011	2.15	2.14
2012	2.07	2.17
2013	2	2.18
2014	1.92	2.13
2015	1.84	2.09
2016	1.74	2.06
2017	1.62	2.04
2018	1.52	2.03
2019	1.45	2.02
2020	1.5	2.01
2021	1.49	2
2022	1.48	1.98
2023	1.46	1.97
2024	1.45	1.95
2025	1.44	1.94
2026	1.43	1.93
2027	1.42	1.91
2028	1.42	1.9
2029	1.42	1.89
2030	1.42	1.88
2031	1.42	1.87
2032	1.42	1.86
2033	1.42	1.85
2034	1.42	1.85
2035	1.42	1.84
2036	1.43	1.83
2037	1.43	1.83
2038	1.43	1.82
2039	1.43	1.81
2040	1.43	1.81
2041	1.44	1.8
2042	1.44	1.8
2043	1.44	1.8
2044	1.44	1.79
2045	1.44	1.79
2046	1.45	1.79
2047	1.45	1.78
2048	1.45	1.78
2049	1.46	1.77
2050	1.46	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Sri Lanka
1960	42.3%	41%
1961	42.1%	40.9%
1962	41.9%	40.8%
1963	41.8%	40.7%
1964	41.8%	40.6%
1965	41.7%	40.5%
1966	41.7%	40.4%
1967	41.7%	40.3%
1968	41.8%	40.1%
1969	41.8%	39.9%
1970	41.8%	39.7%
1971	41.9%	39.5%
1972	42%	39.2%
1973	42.1%	38.8%
1974	42.2%	38.4%
1975	42.3%	38%
1976	42.4%	37.6%
1977	42.5%	37.2%
1978	42.6%	36.9%
1979	42.7%	36.7%
1980	42.8%	36.4%
1981	42.9%	36.2%
1982	43%	36%
1983	43.1%	35.8%
1984	43.1%	35.5%
1985	43.1%	35.2%
1986	43.1%	34.6%
1987	43.1%	34%
1988	43%	33.5%
1989	43%	33%
1990	42.9%	32.5%
1991	42.8%	32.1%
1992	42.6%	31.4%
1993	42.4%	30.6%
1994	42.1%	29.9%
1995	41.7%	29.2%
1996	41.3%	28.6%
1997	40.7%	28.2%
1998	40.1%	27.8%
1999	39.4%	27.4%
2000	38.6%	27%
2001	37.7%	26.6%
2002	36.6%	26.3%
2003	35.5%	26.1%
2004	34.3%	26%
2005	33.2%	25.8%
2006	32.4%	25.7%
2007	31.6%	25.7%
2008	30.8%	25.6%
2009	30.1%	25.5%
2010	29.4%	25.4%
2011	28.8%	25.3%
2012	28.3%	25.2%
2013	27.8%	25%
2014	27.4%	24.9%
2015	27%	24.7%
2016	26.5%	24.5%
2017	25.8%	24.2%
2018	25%	24%
2019	24.2%	23.7%
2020	23.4%	23.3%
2021	22.7%	23%
2022	22%	22.7%
2023	21.5%	22.4%
2024	20.9%	22%
2025	20.4%	21.7%
2026	19.8%	21.4%
2027	19.3%	21.1%
2028	18.7%	20.8%
2029	18.3%	20.5%
2030	17.9%	20.2%
2031	17.6%	20%
2032	17.4%	19.8%
2033	17.2%	19.6%
2034	17.1%	19.4%
2035	17%	19.2%
2036	16.9%	19.1%
2037	16.8%	18.9%
2038	16.6%	18.8%
2039	16.5%	18.7%
2040	16.3%	18.6%
2041	16.2%	18.4%
2042	16%	18.3%
2043	15.9%	18.2%
2044	15.7%	18.1%
2045	15.6%	18%
2046	15.4%	17.9%
2047	15.2%	17.7%
2048	15%	17.6%
2049	14.8%	17.5%
2050	14.6%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Sri Lanka
1960	4,888	247,631
1961	5,081	251,087
1962	5,297	256,719
1963	5,551	262,880
1964	5,818	269,584
1965	6,109	272,422
1966	6,418	275,549
1967	6,744	284,738
1968	7,085	286,642
1969	7,435	286,218
1970	7,791	286,719
1971	8,161	281,200
1972	8,549	282,494
1973	8,939	278,577
1974	9,324	275,521
1975	9,775	282,496
1976	10,228	291,816
1977	10,679	300,038
1978	11,133	317,055
1979	11,583	329,791
1980	12,016	328,155
1981	12,444	328,096
1982	12,872	300,030
1983	13,284	277,768
1984	13,688	263,175
1985	14,061	247,836
1986	14,516	233,782
1987	14,887	226,414
1988	15,212	219,184
1989	15,516	212,401
1990	15,704	224,454
1991	15,801	218,117
1992	15,594	222,230
1993	13,915	226,257
1994	13,536	228,904
1995	12,938	221,957
1996	12,153	215,290
1997	11,668	208,193
1998	11,320	201,059
1999	10,940	206,876
2000	10,142	227,060
2001	9,904	244,377
2002	9,464	252,840
2003	9,132	252,008
2004	9,056	212,527
2005	9,102	248,683
2006	9,197	248,706
2007	9,322	248,287
2008	9,200	232,225
2009	8,913	200,175
2010	8,598	224,325
2011	8,282	224,461
2012	7,967	229,138
2013	7,689	221,021
2014	7,290	211,541
2015	6,762	201,815
2016	6,164	194,232
2017	5,367	187,993
2018	4,909	183,610
2019	4,643	172,243
2020	5,142	170,968
2021	5,162	121,858
2022	5,204	95,378
2023	5,153	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Sri Lanka
1985	969	68
1986	911	66
1987	857	64
1988	798	62
1989	747	61
1990	704	59
1991	671	57
1992	656	54
1993	578	51
1994	544	49
1995	498	48
1996	450	47
1997	415	45
1998	378	43
1999	346	41
2000	324	39
2001	286	37
2002	257	36
2003	229	35
2004	207	37
2005	186	32
2006	167	32
2007	149	31
2008	133	30
2009	121	28
2010	107	26
2011	96	25
2012	86	24
2013	79	23
2014	73	23
2015	68	22
2016	63	22
2017	58	21
2018	55	21
2019	52	20
2020	51	23
2021	50	34
2022	49	22
2023	47	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	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	27.4%	7.32%
1969	26.7%	7.14%
1970	26.2%	7.02%
1971	25.5%	6.94%
1972	24.9%	6.86%
1973	24.3%	6.77%
1974	23.6%	6.62%
1975	22.9%	6.41%
1976	22.3%	6.12%
1977	21.6%	5.77%
1978	20.9%	5.38%
1979	20.2%	4.99%
1980	19.5%	4.63%
1981	18.7%	4.29%
1982	18%	3.98%
1983	17.3%	3.67%
1984	16.6%	3.35%
1985	15.9%	3.02%
1986	15.3%	2.74%
1987	14.6%	2.54%
1988	14%	2.41%
1989	13.4%	2.74%
1990	12.8%	2.33%
1991	12.3%	2.32%
1992	11.8%	2.29%
1993	11.3%	2.22%
1994	10.8%	2.14%
1995	10.3%	2.05%
1996	9.75%	1.95%
1997	9.26%	1.86%
1998	8.77%	1.76%
1999	8.3%	1.69%
2000	7.85%	1.63%
2001	7.4%	1.58%
2002	6.96%	1.55%
2003	6.54%	1.52%
2004	6.12%	2.88%
2005	5.71%	1.4%
2006	5.32%	1.33%
2007	4.96%	1.26%
2008	4.62%	1.2%
2009	4.31%	2.08%
2010	4.03%	1.12%
2011	3.77%	1.08%
2012	3.56%	1.03%
2013	3.38%	0.98%
2014	3.22%	0.92%
2015	3.08%	0.87%
2016	2.96%	0.83%
2017	2.85%	0.79%
2018	2.74%	0.76%
2019	2.65%	0.72%
2020	2.55%	0.69%
2021	2.47%	0.66%
2022	2.39%	0.64%
2023	2.31%	0.61%