Fertility & birth rates in Chad and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Chad vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chad was 6.12 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 Chad 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
	Chad	Sri Lanka
1960	6.25	5.35
1961	6.27	5.24
1962	6.29	5.18
1963	6.3	5.12
1964	6.32	5.06
1965	6.34	4.93
1966	6.36	4.83
1967	6.39	4.79
1968	6.43	4.66
1969	6.48	4.5
1970	6.53	4.39
1971	6.58	4.27
1972	6.85	4.16
1973	6.87	4
1974	6.86	3.86
1975	6.88	3.82
1976	6.89	3.78
1977	6.9	3.74
1978	6.89	3.81
1979	6.91	3.82
1980	6.91	3.73
1981	6.94	3.65
1982	6.96	3.32
1983	6.98	3.11
1984	7.02	3.01
1985	7.04	2.9
1986	7.07	2.74
1987	7.11	2.64
1988	7.15	2.57
1989	7.19	2.58
1990	7.22	2.54
1991	7.26	2.51
1992	7.3	2.49
1993	7.34	2.44
1994	7.31	2.4
1995	7.29	2.35
1996	7.29	2.29
1997	7.27	2.22
1998	7.27	2.14
1999	7.26	2.14
2000	7.25	2.21
2001	7.23	2.28
2002	7.2	2.31
2003	7.18	2.3
2004	7.16	2.27
2005	7.13	2.26
2006	7.12	2.29
2007	7.09	2.3
2008	7.06	2.23
2009	7.02	2.18
2010	6.99	2.13
2011	6.95	2.14
2012	6.91	2.17
2013	6.84	2.18
2014	6.78	2.13
2015	6.71	2.09
2016	6.62	2.06
2017	6.54	2.04
2018	6.46	2.03
2019	6.41	2.02
2020	6.35	2.01
2021	6.26	2
2022	6.22	1.98
2023	6.12	1.97
2024	6.03	1.95
2025	5.94	1.94
2026	5.83	1.93
2027	5.74	1.91
2028	5.63	1.9
2029	5.54	1.89
2030	5.44	1.88
2031	5.36	1.87
2032	5.25	1.86
2033	5.15	1.85
2034	5.06	1.85
2035	4.97	1.84
2036	4.88	1.83
2037	4.8	1.83
2038	4.72	1.82
2039	4.63	1.81
2040	4.55	1.81
2041	4.47	1.8
2042	4.39	1.8
2043	4.32	1.8
2044	4.24	1.79
2045	4.17	1.79
2046	4.1	1.79
2047	4.04	1.78
2048	3.97	1.78
2049	3.91	1.77
2050	3.85	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chad	Sri Lanka
1960	41%	41%
1961	41.2%	40.9%
1962	41.5%	40.8%
1963	41.7%	40.7%
1964	41.9%	40.6%
1965	42%	40.5%
1966	42.1%	40.4%
1967	42.2%	40.3%
1968	42.4%	40.1%
1969	42.5%	39.9%
1970	42.7%	39.7%
1971	43%	39.5%
1972	43.2%	39.2%
1973	43.5%	38.8%
1974	43.9%	38.4%
1975	44.2%	38%
1976	44.6%	37.6%
1977	45%	37.2%
1978	45.4%	36.9%
1979	45.7%	36.7%
1980	46.6%	36.4%
1981	47.5%	36.2%
1982	46.6%	36%
1983	45.8%	35.8%
1984	46.5%	35.5%
1985	47.3%	35.2%
1986	47.2%	34.6%
1987	47%	34%
1988	46.8%	33.5%
1989	46.8%	33%
1990	47.1%	32.5%
1991	47.1%	32.1%
1992	46.9%	31.4%
1993	47.5%	30.6%
1994	48.2%	29.9%
1995	47.9%	29.2%
1996	47.8%	28.6%
1997	48.2%	28.2%
1998	48.5%	27.8%
1999	48.6%	27.4%
2000	48.8%	27%
2001	49%	26.6%
2002	49.1%	26.3%
2003	49%	26.1%
2004	48.7%	26%
2005	48.6%	25.8%
2006	48.6%	25.7%
2007	48.7%	25.7%
2008	48.7%	25.6%
2009	48.7%	25.5%
2010	48.8%	25.4%
2011	48.7%	25.3%
2012	48.7%	25.2%
2013	48.6%	25%
2014	48.5%	24.9%
2015	48.5%	24.7%
2016	48.5%	24.5%
2017	48.4%	24.2%
2018	48.2%	24%
2019	48.1%	23.7%
2020	48%	23.3%
2021	47.7%	23%
2022	47.4%	22.7%
2023	46.7%	22.4%
2024	46.1%	22%
2025	46%	21.7%
2026	46%	21.4%
2027	45.9%	21.1%
2028	45.8%	20.8%
2029	45.6%	20.5%
2030	45.4%	20.2%
2031	45.1%	20%
2032	44.9%	19.8%
2033	44.6%	19.6%
2034	44.3%	19.4%
2035	44%	19.2%
2036	43.7%	19.1%
2037	43.3%	18.9%
2038	42.9%	18.8%
2039	42.4%	18.7%
2040	41.9%	18.6%
2041	41.4%	18.4%
2042	40.9%	18.3%
2043	40.5%	18.2%
2044	40%	18.1%
2045	39.6%	18%
2046	39.2%	17.9%
2047	38.8%	17.7%
2048	38.4%	17.6%
2049	38.1%	17.5%
2050	37.7%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.1% of the population in Chad and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 47.1% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chad and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Chad vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.18% in Chad 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
	Chad	Sri Lanka
1960	62,003	247,631
1961	63,639	251,087
1962	65,312	256,719
1963	67,414	262,880
1964	69,483	269,584
1965	70,913	272,422
1966	73,123	275,549
1967	76,142	284,738
1968	79,465	286,642
1969	83,413	286,218
1970	87,660	286,719
1971	89,404	281,200
1972	101,142	282,494
1973	104,418	278,577
1974	106,898	275,521
1975	109,315	282,496
1976	111,324	291,816
1977	113,498	300,038
1978	115,084	317,055
1979	117,780	329,791
1980	122,468	328,155
1981	111,907	328,096
1982	119,121	300,030
1983	144,684	277,768
1984	151,511	263,175
1985	145,845	247,836
1986	152,360	233,782
1987	156,797	226,414
1988	178,489	219,184
1989	188,485	212,401
1990	191,959	224,454
1991	200,102	218,117
1992	219,348	222,230
1993	229,984	226,257
1994	223,996	228,904
1995	234,010	221,957
1996	254,589	215,290
1997	261,030	208,193
1998	270,055	201,059
1999	278,264	206,876
2000	287,173	227,060
2001	297,254	244,377
2002	302,995	252,840
2003	314,740	252,008
2004	334,136	212,527
2005	352,302	248,683
2006	362,027	248,706
2007	376,732	248,287
2008	387,439	232,225
2009	401,937	200,175
2010	416,177	224,325
2011	428,989	224,461
2012	444,246	229,138
2013	454,517	221,021
2014	467,957	211,541
2015	478,010	201,815
2016	483,442	194,232
2017	494,304	187,993
2018	509,642	183,610
2019	530,540	172,243
2020	541,234	170,968
2021	554,851	121,858
2022	588,060	95,378
2023	605,924	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Chad vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 748 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chad, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chad	Sri Lanka
1985	1,119	68
1986	1,068	66
1987	1,123	64
1988	1,093	62
1989	1,083	61
1990	1,113	59
1991	1,093	57
1992	1,119	54
1993	1,166	51
1994	1,151	49
1995	1,119	48
1996	1,150	47
1997	1,146	45
1998	1,177	43
1999	1,184	41
2000	1,208	39
2001	1,204	37
2002	1,199	36
2003	1,170	35
2004	1,167	37
2005	1,189	32
2006	1,220	32
2007	1,240	31
2008	1,264	30
2009	1,285	28
2010	1,284	26
2011	1,264	25
2012	1,245	24
2013	1,216	23
2014	1,198	23
2015	1,176	22
2016	1,133	22
2017	1,085	21
2018	1,020	21
2019	958	20
2020	877	23
2021	869	34
2022	775	22
2023	748	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 10.1% in Chad 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
	Chad	Sri Lanka
1960	26.7%	9.41%
1961	26.6%	8.95%
1962	26.5%	8.66%
1963	26.4%	8.48%
1964	26.3%	8.3%
1965	26.1%	8.07%
1966	26%	7.81%
1967	25.9%	7.55%
1968	25.7%	7.32%
1969	25.6%	7.14%
1970	25.4%	7.02%
1971	25.3%	6.94%
1972	25.2%	6.86%
1973	25%	6.77%
1974	24.8%	6.62%
1975	24.7%	6.41%
1976	24.6%	6.12%
1977	24.4%	5.77%
1978	24.2%	5.38%
1979	24.1%	4.99%
1980	23.8%	4.63%
1981	23.6%	4.29%
1982	23.4%	3.98%
1983	23.2%	3.67%
1984	22.9%	3.35%
1985	22.6%	3.02%
1986	22.3%	2.74%
1987	22%	2.54%
1988	21.8%	2.41%
1989	21.5%	2.74%
1990	21.2%	2.33%
1991	20.9%	2.32%
1992	20.6%	2.29%
1993	20.3%	2.22%
1994	20.1%	2.14%
1995	19.8%	2.05%
1996	19.6%	1.95%
1997	19.3%	1.86%
1998	19%	1.76%
1999	18.7%	1.69%
2000	18.4%	1.63%
2001	18%	1.58%
2002	17.7%	1.55%
2003	17.3%	1.52%
2004	17%	2.88%
2005	16.7%	1.4%
2006	16.3%	1.33%
2007	15.9%	1.26%
2008	15.5%	1.2%
2009	15.2%	2.08%
2010	14.8%	1.12%
2011	14.4%	1.08%
2012	14%	1.03%
2013	13.7%	0.98%
2014	13.3%	0.92%
2015	12.9%	0.87%
2016	12.6%	0.83%
2017	12.2%	0.79%
2018	11.8%	0.76%
2019	11.5%	0.72%
2020	11.1%	0.69%
2021	10.8%	0.66%
2022	10.4%	0.64%
2023	10.1%	0.61%