Fertility & birth rates in Croatia and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Croatia vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Croatia 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 Croatia 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
	Croatia	Sri Lanka
1960	2.24	5.35
1961	2.22	5.24
1962	2.19	5.18
1963	2.15	5.12
1964	2.14	5.06
1965	2.22	4.93
1966	2.23	4.83
1967	2.1	4.79
1968	2.03	4.66
1969	1.95	4.5
1970	1.88	4.39
1971	1.97	4.27
1972	2.01	4.16
1973	2.01	4
1974	1.98	3.86
1975	1.95	3.82
1976	1.94	3.78
1977	1.95	3.74
1978	1.96	3.81
1979	1.95	3.82
1980	1.93	3.73
1981	1.93	3.65
1982	1.9	3.32
1983	1.88	3.11
1984	1.87	3.01
1985	1.82	2.9
1986	1.76	2.74
1987	1.64	2.64
1988	1.79	2.57
1989	1.63	2.58
1990	1.63	2.54
1991	1.53	2.51
1992	1.48	2.49
1993	1.52	2.44
1994	1.47	2.4
1995	1.58	2.35
1996	1.67	2.29
1997	1.69	2.22
1998	1.45	2.14
1999	1.38	2.14
2000	1.39	2.21
2001	1.46	2.28
2002	1.42	2.31
2003	1.41	2.3
2004	1.43	2.27
2005	1.5	2.26
2006	1.47	2.29
2007	1.48	2.3
2008	1.47	2.23
2009	1.5	2.18
2010	1.46	2.13
2011	1.41	2.14
2012	1.52	2.17
2013	1.46	2.18
2014	1.46	2.13
2015	1.41	2.09
2016	1.43	2.06
2017	1.42	2.04
2018	1.47	2.03
2019	1.47	2.02
2020	1.48	2.01
2021	1.62	2
2022	1.53	1.98
2023	1.46	1.97
2024	1.46	1.95
2025	1.47	1.94
2026	1.46	1.93
2027	1.47	1.91
2028	1.47	1.9
2029	1.47	1.89
2030	1.47	1.88
2031	1.48	1.87
2032	1.48	1.86
2033	1.48	1.85
2034	1.48	1.85
2035	1.49	1.84
2036	1.49	1.83
2037	1.49	1.83
2038	1.49	1.82
2039	1.49	1.81
2040	1.49	1.81
2041	1.5	1.8
2042	1.5	1.8
2043	1.5	1.8
2044	1.5	1.79
2045	1.5	1.79
2046	1.51	1.79
2047	1.51	1.78
2048	1.51	1.78
2049	1.51	1.77
2050	1.51	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Croatia	Sri Lanka
1960	27%	41%
1961	26.9%	40.9%
1962	26.8%	40.8%
1963	26.5%	40.7%
1964	26.1%	40.6%
1965	25.7%	40.5%
1966	25.2%	40.4%
1967	24.8%	40.3%
1968	24.3%	40.1%
1969	23.7%	39.9%
1970	23.2%	39.7%
1971	22.8%	39.5%
1972	22.4%	39.2%
1973	22.2%	38.8%
1974	22%	38.4%
1975	21.8%	38%
1976	21.6%	37.6%
1977	21.4%	37.2%
1978	21.3%	36.9%
1979	21.2%	36.7%
1980	21.1%	36.4%
1981	21%	36.2%
1982	21%	36%
1983	20.9%	35.8%
1984	20.9%	35.5%
1985	20.8%	35.2%
1986	20.7%	34.6%
1987	20.5%	34%
1988	20.3%	33.5%
1989	20.1%	33%
1990	19.8%	32.5%
1991	19.5%	32.1%
1992	19.2%	31.4%
1993	18.8%	30.6%
1994	18.4%	29.9%
1995	18%	29.2%
1996	17.7%	28.6%
1997	17.5%	28.2%
1998	17.3%	27.8%
1999	17.1%	27.4%
2000	16.9%	27%
2001	16.7%	26.6%
2002	16.5%	26.3%
2003	16.3%	26.1%
2004	16%	26%
2005	15.8%	25.8%
2006	15.7%	25.7%
2007	15.5%	25.7%
2008	15.4%	25.6%
2009	15.4%	25.5%
2010	15.3%	25.4%
2011	15.1%	25.3%
2012	15%	25.2%
2013	14.8%	25%
2014	14.7%	24.9%
2015	14.6%	24.7%
2016	14.6%	24.5%
2017	14.6%	24.2%
2018	14.6%	24%
2019	14.5%	23.7%
2020	14.5%	23.3%
2021	14.4%	23%
2022	14.3%	22.7%
2023	14.1%	22.4%
2024	13.9%	22%
2025	13.7%	21.7%
2026	13.5%	21.4%
2027	13.3%	21.1%
2028	13.2%	20.8%
2029	13.1%	20.5%
2030	13%	20.2%
2031	12.9%	20%
2032	12.8%	19.8%
2033	12.8%	19.6%
2034	12.7%	19.4%
2035	12.7%	19.2%
2036	12.6%	19.1%
2037	12.6%	18.9%
2038	12.6%	18.8%
2039	12.6%	18.7%
2040	12.6%	18.6%
2041	12.6%	18.4%
2042	12.6%	18.3%
2043	12.7%	18.2%
2044	12.7%	18.1%
2045	12.7%	18%
2046	12.7%	17.9%
2047	12.8%	17.7%
2048	12.8%	17.6%
2049	12.8%	17.5%
2050	12.7%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Croatia and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 19.8% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Croatia and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Croatia vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.45% in Croatia 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
	Croatia	Sri Lanka
1960	34,778	247,631
1961	36,255	251,087
1962	30,216	256,719
1963	31,270	262,880
1964	25,942	269,584
1965	31,251	272,422
1966	33,192	275,549
1967	26,032	284,738
1968	21,828	286,642
1969	16,688	286,218
1970	16,767	286,719
1971	19,941	281,200
1972	17,802	282,494
1973	21,904	278,577
1974	22,453	275,521
1975	21,658	282,496
1976	22,226	291,816
1977	22,798	300,038
1978	20,157	317,055
1979	21,136	329,791
1980	17,939	328,155
1981	15,680	328,096
1982	15,756	300,030
1983	10,714	277,768
1984	10,764	263,175
1985	10,343	247,836
1986	8,499	233,782
1987	6,161	226,414
1988	5,707	219,184
1989	3,337	212,401
1990	3,344	224,454
1991	-2,813	218,117
1992	-4,576	222,230
1993	-2,301	226,257
1994	-930	228,904
1995	0	221,957
1996	3,190	215,290
1997	3,175	208,193
1998	-4,985	201,059
1999	-6,769	206,876
2000	-6,255	227,060
2001	-8,599	244,377
2002	-10,325	252,840
2003	-12,480	252,008
2004	-9,040	212,527
2005	-9,022	248,683
2006	-8,669	248,706
2007	-10,335	248,287
2008	-8,188	232,225
2009	-7,319	200,175
2010	-8,591	224,325
2011	-9,846	224,461
2012	-9,799	229,138
2013	-10,162	221,021
2014	-11,345	211,541
2015	-16,607	201,815
2016	-13,553	194,232
2017	-16,570	187,993
2018	-15,557	183,610
2019	-15,008	172,243
2020	-20,354	170,968
2021	-26,377	121,858
2022	-23,134	95,378
2023	-19,298	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Croatia vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Croatia, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Croatia	Sri Lanka
1985	10	68
1986	10	66
1987	10	64
1988	10	62
1989	9	61
1990	10	59
1991	10	57
1992	10	54
1993	9	51
1994	9	49
1995	9	48
1996	9	47
1997	9	45
1998	8	43
1999	8	41
2000	8	39
2001	7	37
2002	7	36
2003	8	35
2004	7	37
2005	7	32
2006	6	32
2007	6	31
2008	6	30
2009	6	28
2010	6	26
2011	5	25
2012	5	24
2013	5	23
2014	4	23
2015	4	22
2016	4	22
2017	4	21
2018	3	21
2019	4	20
2020	5	23
2021	12	34
2022	6	22
2023	3	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.46% in Croatia 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
	Croatia	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	-	7.32%
1969	-	7.14%
1970	-	7.02%
1971	-	6.94%
1972	-	6.86%
1973	-	6.77%
1974	-	6.62%
1975	-	6.41%
1976	-	6.12%
1977	-	5.77%
1978	-	5.38%
1979	-	4.99%
1980	-	4.63%
1981	2.19%	4.29%
1982	2.09%	3.98%
1983	2%	3.67%
1984	1.91%	3.35%
1985	1.8%	3.02%
1986	1.69%	2.74%
1987	1.59%	2.54%
1988	1.48%	2.41%
1989	1.38%	2.74%
1990	1.29%	2.33%
1991	1.39%	2.32%
1992	1.15%	2.29%
1993	1.09%	2.22%
1994	1.04%	2.14%
1995	1%	2.05%
1996	0.96%	1.95%
1997	0.93%	1.86%
1998	0.9%	1.76%
1999	0.86%	1.69%
2000	0.83%	1.63%
2001	0.8%	1.58%
2002	0.77%	1.55%
2003	0.82%	1.52%
2004	0.71%	2.88%
2005	0.67%	1.4%
2006	0.64%	1.33%
2007	0.61%	1.26%
2008	0.59%	1.2%
2009	0.57%	2.08%
2010	0.55%	1.12%
2011	0.53%	1.08%
2012	0.52%	1.03%
2013	0.51%	0.98%
2014	0.5%	0.92%
2015	0.49%	0.87%
2016	0.49%	0.83%
2017	0.48%	0.79%
2018	0.48%	0.76%
2019	0.47%	0.72%
2020	0.47%	0.69%
2021	0.46%	0.66%
2022	0.46%	0.64%
2023	0.46%	0.61%