Fertility & birth rates in Chile and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Chile vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chile was 1.17 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 Chile 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
	Chile	Sri Lanka
1960	4.7	5.35
1961	4.66	5.24
1962	4.6	5.18
1963	4.54	5.12
1964	4.46	5.06
1965	4.36	4.93
1966	4.26	4.83
1967	4.14	4.79
1968	4.03	4.66
1969	3.9	4.5
1970	3.78	4.39
1971	3.65	4.27
1972	3.53	4.16
1973	3.41	4
1974	3.29	3.86
1975	3.18	3.82
1976	3.08	3.78
1977	2.98	3.74
1978	2.89	3.81
1979	2.81	3.82
1980	2.74	3.73
1981	2.69	3.65
1982	2.65	3.32
1983	2.62	3.11
1984	2.6	3.01
1985	2.59	2.9
1986	2.59	2.74
1987	2.59	2.64
1988	2.59	2.57
1989	2.59	2.58
1990	2.58	2.54
1991	2.56	2.51
1992	2.48	2.49
1993	2.43	2.44
1994	2.38	2.4
1995	2.35	2.35
1996	2.28	2.29
1997	2.2	2.22
1998	2.15	2.14
1999	2.07	2.14
2000	2.05	2.21
2001	2.01	2.28
2002	1.93	2.31
2003	1.89	2.3
2004	1.84	2.27
2005	1.83	2.26
2006	1.8	2.29
2007	1.83	2.3
2008	1.85	2.23
2009	1.86	2.18
2010	1.84	2.13
2011	1.82	2.14
2012	1.8	2.17
2013	1.79	2.18
2014	1.77	2.13
2015	1.74	2.09
2016	1.69	2.06
2017	1.56	2.04
2018	1.54	2.03
2019	1.43	2.02
2020	1.31	2.01
2021	1.18	2
2022	1.25	1.98
2023	1.17	1.97
2024	1.14	1.95
2025	1.13	1.94
2026	1.12	1.93
2027	1.12	1.91
2028	1.12	1.9
2029	1.12	1.89
2030	1.13	1.88
2031	1.13	1.87
2032	1.14	1.86
2033	1.15	1.85
2034	1.15	1.85
2035	1.16	1.84
2036	1.17	1.83
2037	1.17	1.83
2038	1.18	1.82
2039	1.19	1.81
2040	1.19	1.81
2041	1.2	1.8
2042	1.2	1.8
2043	1.21	1.8
2044	1.21	1.79
2045	1.22	1.79
2046	1.22	1.79
2047	1.22	1.78
2048	1.23	1.78
2049	1.24	1.77
2050	1.24	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chile	Sri Lanka
1960	39.7%	41%
1961	39.7%	40.9%
1962	39.7%	40.8%
1963	39.6%	40.7%
1964	39.4%	40.6%
1965	39.2%	40.5%
1966	39%	40.4%
1967	38.8%	40.3%
1968	38.5%	40.1%
1969	38.3%	39.9%
1970	38%	39.7%
1971	37.6%	39.5%
1972	37.2%	39.2%
1973	36.8%	38.8%
1974	36.3%	38.4%
1975	35.8%	38%
1976	35.3%	37.6%
1977	34.8%	37.2%
1978	34.3%	36.9%
1979	33.8%	36.7%
1980	33.3%	36.4%
1981	32.9%	36.2%
1982	32.4%	36%
1983	32%	35.8%
1984	31.5%	35.5%
1985	31.2%	35.2%
1986	30.8%	34.6%
1987	30.5%	34%
1988	30.2%	33.5%
1989	30%	33%
1990	29.8%	32.5%
1991	29.6%	32.1%
1992	29.3%	31.4%
1993	29.1%	30.6%
1994	28.9%	29.9%
1995	28.6%	29.2%
1996	28.3%	28.6%
1997	28%	28.2%
1998	27.7%	27.8%
1999	27.3%	27.4%
2000	26.8%	27%
2001	26.3%	26.6%
2002	25.8%	26.3%
2003	25.3%	26.1%
2004	24.7%	26%
2005	24.1%	25.8%
2006	23.5%	25.7%
2007	22.9%	25.7%
2008	22.4%	25.6%
2009	22%	25.5%
2010	21.5%	25.4%
2011	21.1%	25.3%
2012	20.8%	25.2%
2013	20.5%	25%
2014	20.2%	24.9%
2015	19.9%	24.7%
2016	19.7%	24.5%
2017	19.3%	24.2%
2018	19%	24%
2019	18.7%	23.7%
2020	18.4%	23.3%
2021	18.1%	23%
2022	17.8%	22.7%
2023	17.4%	22.4%
2024	17%	22%
2025	16.5%	21.7%
2026	16.1%	21.4%
2027	15.7%	21.1%
2028	15.3%	20.8%
2029	14.9%	20.5%
2030	14.4%	20.2%
2031	14%	20%
2032	13.7%	19.8%
2033	13.4%	19.6%
2034	13.1%	19.4%
2035	12.8%	19.2%
2036	12.7%	19.1%
2037	12.5%	18.9%
2038	12.4%	18.8%
2039	12.3%	18.7%
2040	12.2%	18.6%
2041	12.1%	18.4%
2042	12%	18.3%
2043	12%	18.2%
2044	11.9%	18.1%
2045	11.8%	18%
2046	11.7%	17.9%
2047	11.7%	17.7%
2048	11.6%	17.6%
2049	11.5%	17.5%
2050	11.5%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Chile and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chile and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Chile vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Chile 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
	Chile	Sri Lanka
1960	198,461	247,631
1961	198,788	251,087
1962	200,905	256,719
1963	202,370	262,880
1964	202,741	269,584
1965	203,341	272,422
1966	204,661	275,549
1967	204,377	284,738
1968	203,577	286,642
1969	202,764	286,218
1970	200,402	286,719
1971	198,523	281,200
1972	198,162	282,494
1973	197,666	278,577
1974	196,322	275,521
1975	196,890	282,496
1976	196,986	291,816
1977	197,163	300,038
1978	196,483	317,055
1979	197,198	329,791
1980	198,281	328,155
1981	198,211	328,096
1982	199,522	300,030
1983	202,352	277,768
1984	205,407	263,175
1985	208,910	247,836
1986	213,571	233,782
1987	218,034	226,414
1988	221,602	219,184
1989	224,854	212,401
1990	226,941	224,454
1991	227,180	218,117
1992	219,224	222,230
1993	215,003	226,257
1994	209,834	228,904
1995	208,017	221,957
1996	199,897	215,290
1997	190,433	208,193
1998	185,815	201,059
1999	177,995	206,876
2000	175,362	227,060
2001	171,659	244,377
2002	162,322	252,840
2003	154,287	252,008
2004	150,138	212,527
2005	147,009	248,683
2006	142,277	248,706
2007	145,043	248,287
2008	147,105	232,225
2009	147,576	200,175
2010	145,527	224,325
2011	141,053	224,461
2012	134,617	229,138
2013	133,785	221,021
2014	131,373	211,541
2015	127,074	201,815
2016	120,545	194,232
2017	106,268	187,993
2018	103,950	183,610
2019	86,006	172,243
2020	52,378	170,968
2021	27,530	121,858
2022	41,041	95,378
2023	48,518	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Chile vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chile, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chile	Sri Lanka
1985	73	68
1986	70	66
1987	67	64
1988	64	62
1989	62	61
1990	56	59
1991	54	57
1992	52	54
1993	49	51
1994	47	49
1995	44	48
1996	41	47
1997	39	45
1998	36	43
1999	35	41
2000	33	39
2001	32	37
2002	30	36
2003	29	35
2004	28	37
2005	27	32
2006	27	32
2007	26	31
2008	24	30
2009	24	28
2010	22	26
2011	20	25
2012	18	24
2013	17	23
2014	16	23
2015	14	22
2016	13	22
2017	12	21
2018	11	21
2019	11	20
2020	12	23
2021	14	34
2022	12	22
2023	10	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.72% in Chile 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
	Chile	Sri Lanka
1960	15.3%	9.41%
1961	14.9%	8.95%
1962	14.3%	8.66%
1963	13.6%	8.48%
1964	12.7%	8.3%
1965	11.6%	8.07%
1966	10.4%	7.81%
1967	9.36%	7.55%
1968	8.69%	7.32%
1969	8.26%	7.14%
1970	8.01%	7.02%
1971	7.86%	6.94%
1972	7.73%	6.86%
1973	7.54%	6.77%
1974	7.14%	6.62%
1975	6.46%	6.41%
1976	5.63%	6.12%
1977	4.85%	5.77%
1978	4.2%	5.38%
1979	3.69%	4.99%
1980	3.29%	4.63%
1981	2.98%	4.29%
1982	2.71%	3.98%
1983	2.47%	3.67%
1984	2.3%	3.35%
1985	2.23%	3.02%
1986	2.22%	2.74%
1987	2.2%	2.54%
1988	2.14%	2.41%
1989	2.03%	2.74%
1990	1.91%	2.33%
1991	1.76%	2.32%
1992	1.63%	2.29%
1993	1.5%	2.22%
1994	1.39%	2.14%
1995	1.31%	2.05%
1996	1.26%	1.95%
1997	1.22%	1.86%
1998	1.19%	1.76%
1999	1.15%	1.69%
2000	1.09%	1.63%
2001	1.03%	1.58%
2002	0.98%	1.55%
2003	0.95%	1.52%
2004	0.93%	2.88%
2005	0.91%	1.4%
2006	0.9%	1.33%
2007	0.89%	1.26%
2008	0.89%	1.2%
2009	0.88%	2.08%
2010	0.87%	1.12%
2011	0.86%	1.08%
2012	0.84%	1.03%
2013	0.82%	0.98%
2014	0.81%	0.92%
2015	0.79%	0.87%
2016	0.77%	0.83%
2017	0.75%	0.79%
2018	0.72%	0.76%
2019	0.7%	0.72%
2020	0.68%	0.69%
2021	0.67%	0.66%
2022	0.68%	0.64%
2023	0.72%	0.61%