Fertility & birth rates in Cuba and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Cuba vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cuba was 1.44 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 Cuba 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
	Cuba	Sri Lanka
1960	4.13	5.35
1961	4.26	5.24
1962	4.42	5.18
1963	4.56	5.12
1964	4.53	5.06
1965	4.5	4.93
1966	4.4	4.83
1967	4.29	4.79
1968	4.19	4.66
1969	4.12	4.5
1970	3.98	4.39
1971	3.8	4.27
1972	3.61	4.16
1973	3.4	4
1974	3.16	3.86
1975	2.82	3.82
1976	2.51	3.78
1977	2.21	3.74
1978	1.88	3.81
1979	1.77	3.82
1980	1.64	3.73
1981	1.59	3.65
1982	1.78	3.32
1983	1.8	3.11
1984	1.77	3.01
1985	1.77	2.9
1986	1.78	2.74
1987	1.8	2.64
1988	1.85	2.57
1989	1.83	2.58
1990	1.81	2.54
1991	1.66	2.51
1992	1.56	2.49
1993	1.49	2.44
1994	1.47	2.4
1995	1.48	2.35
1996	1.46	2.29
1997	1.59	2.22
1998	1.62	2.14
1999	1.64	2.14
2000	1.61	2.21
2001	1.6	2.28
2002	1.65	2.31
2003	1.63	2.3
2004	1.55	2.27
2005	1.49	2.26
2006	1.4	2.29
2007	1.44	2.3
2008	1.58	2.23
2009	1.68	2.18
2010	1.67	2.13
2011	1.73	2.14
2012	1.67	2.17
2013	1.68	2.18
2014	1.66	2.13
2015	1.69	2.09
2016	1.6	2.06
2017	1.59	2.04
2018	1.61	2.03
2019	1.54	2.02
2020	1.49	2.01
2021	1.43	2
2022	1.41	1.98
2023	1.44	1.97
2024	1.45	1.95
2025	1.45	1.94
2026	1.45	1.93
2027	1.46	1.91
2028	1.46	1.9
2029	1.46	1.89
2030	1.47	1.88
2031	1.47	1.87
2032	1.47	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	1.49	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
	Cuba	Sri Lanka
1960	36%	41%
1961	36.2%	40.9%
1962	36.5%	40.8%
1963	36.8%	40.7%
1964	37.1%	40.6%
1965	37.3%	40.5%
1966	37.5%	40.4%
1967	37.7%	40.3%
1968	37.8%	40.1%
1969	37.9%	39.9%
1970	38%	39.7%
1971	37.9%	39.5%
1972	37.8%	39.2%
1973	37.6%	38.8%
1974	37.3%	38.4%
1975	36.8%	38%
1976	36.2%	37.6%
1977	35.4%	37.2%
1978	34.3%	36.9%
1979	33.2%	36.7%
1980	31.9%	36.4%
1981	30.5%	36.2%
1982	29.3%	36%
1983	28.1%	35.8%
1984	27.1%	35.5%
1985	26.1%	35.2%
1986	25.2%	34.6%
1987	24.3%	34%
1988	23.6%	33.5%
1989	23.1%	33%
1990	22.8%	32.5%
1991	22.5%	32.1%
1992	22.4%	31.4%
1993	22.2%	30.6%
1994	22.1%	29.9%
1995	22.1%	29.2%
1996	22.1%	28.6%
1997	22%	28.2%
1998	21.8%	27.8%
1999	21.5%	27.4%
2000	21.3%	27%
2001	20.9%	26.6%
2002	20.6%	26.3%
2003	20.2%	26.1%
2004	19.8%	26%
2005	19.4%	25.8%
2006	18.9%	25.7%
2007	18.5%	25.7%
2008	18.2%	25.6%
2009	17.9%	25.5%
2010	17.7%	25.4%
2011	17.5%	25.3%
2012	17.3%	25.2%
2013	17.1%	25%
2014	16.9%	24.9%
2015	16.7%	24.7%
2016	16.5%	24.5%
2017	16.3%	24.2%
2018	16.1%	24%
2019	16%	23.7%
2020	15.8%	23.3%
2021	15.8%	23%
2022	15.7%	22.7%
2023	15.5%	22.4%
2024	15.3%	22%
2025	15%	21.7%
2026	14.7%	21.4%
2027	14.4%	21.1%
2028	14.1%	20.8%
2029	13.9%	20.5%
2030	13.6%	20.2%
2031	13.4%	20%
2032	13.2%	19.8%
2033	13%	19.6%
2034	12.8%	19.4%
2035	12.7%	19.2%
2036	12.6%	19.1%
2037	12.6%	18.9%
2038	12.5%	18.8%
2039	12.4%	18.7%
2040	12.4%	18.6%
2041	12.3%	18.4%
2042	12.3%	18.3%
2043	12.2%	18.2%
2044	12.2%	18.1%
2045	12.1%	18%
2046	12.1%	17.9%
2047	12%	17.7%
2048	12%	17.6%
2049	11.9%	17.5%
2050	11.8%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.3% of the population in Cuba and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 22.8% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cuba and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Cuba vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.06% in Cuba 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
	Cuba	Sri Lanka
1960	172,816	247,631
1961	183,806	251,087
1962	196,423	256,719
1963	205,788	262,880
1964	209,315	269,584
1965	211,322	272,422
1966	209,179	275,549
1967	207,245	284,738
1968	205,487	286,642
1969	205,581	286,218
1970	201,823	286,719
1971	195,106	281,200
1972	187,588	282,494
1973	177,387	278,577
1974	165,099	275,521
1975	144,964	282,496
1976	125,383	291,816
1977	106,875	300,038
1978	86,864	317,055
1979	81,192	329,791
1980	74,271	328,155
1981	74,067	328,096
1982	95,866	300,030
1983	101,858	277,768
1984	101,670	263,175
1985	103,228	247,836
1986	105,997	233,782
1987	109,617	226,414
1988	116,626	219,184
1989	114,865	212,401
1990	112,378	224,454
1991	95,398	218,117
1992	83,461	222,230
1993	73,221	226,257
1994	68,604	228,904
1995	66,809	221,957
1996	61,837	215,290
1997	71,828	208,193
1998	71,284	201,059
1999	69,069	206,876
2000	61,133	227,060
2001	57,325	244,377
2002	58,212	252,840
2003	56,170	252,008
2004	44,258	212,527
2005	36,660	248,683
2006	24,508	248,706
2007	24,617	248,287
2008	32,848	232,225
2009	37,543	200,175
2010	37,021	224,325
2011	40,753	224,461
2012	33,864	229,138
2013	29,827	221,021
2014	22,448	211,541
2015	20,464	201,815
2016	9,677	194,232
2017	2,306	187,993
2018	3,436	183,610
2019	-4,245	172,243
2020	-12,808	170,968
2021	-71,616	121,858
2022	-17,961	95,378
2023	-15,880	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Cuba vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 35 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cuba, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cuba	Sri Lanka
1985	70	68
1986	70	66
1987	69	64
1988	68	62
1989	66	61
1990	66	59
1991	66	57
1992	66	54
1993	65	51
1994	64	49
1995	62	48
1996	59	47
1997	57	45
1998	54	43
1999	51	41
2000	48	39
2001	46	37
2002	45	36
2003	44	35
2004	44	37
2005	43	32
2006	42	32
2007	42	31
2008	44	30
2009	45	28
2010	44	26
2011	44	25
2012	42	24
2013	42	23
2014	42	23
2015	41	22
2016	40	22
2017	39	21
2018	39	21
2019	40	20
2020	40	23
2021	172	34
2022	41	22
2023	35	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.83% in Cuba 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
	Cuba	Sri Lanka
1960	4.41%	9.41%
1961	4.44%	8.95%
1962	4.45%	8.66%
1963	4.45%	8.48%
1964	4.43%	8.3%
1965	4.38%	8.07%
1966	4.31%	7.81%
1967	4.22%	7.55%
1968	4.11%	7.32%
1969	3.97%	7.14%
1970	3.82%	7.02%
1971	3.65%	6.94%
1972	3.47%	6.86%
1973	3.29%	6.77%
1974	3.11%	6.62%
1975	2.94%	6.41%
1976	2.77%	6.12%
1977	2.62%	5.77%
1978	2.47%	5.38%
1979	2.34%	4.99%
1980	2.22%	4.63%
1981	2.11%	4.29%
1982	2%	3.98%
1983	1.9%	3.67%
1984	1.81%	3.35%
1985	1.73%	3.02%
1986	1.64%	2.74%
1987	1.56%	2.54%
1988	1.49%	2.41%
1989	1.41%	2.74%
1990	1.34%	2.33%
1991	1.28%	2.32%
1992	1.22%	2.29%
1993	1.16%	2.22%
1994	1.11%	2.14%
1995	1.06%	2.05%
1996	1.01%	1.95%
1997	0.97%	1.86%
1998	0.93%	1.76%
1999	0.89%	1.69%
2000	0.86%	1.63%
2001	0.82%	1.58%
2002	0.79%	1.55%
2003	0.76%	1.52%
2004	0.73%	2.88%
2005	0.71%	1.4%
2006	0.69%	1.33%
2007	0.66%	1.26%
2008	0.65%	1.2%
2009	0.63%	2.08%
2010	0.62%	1.12%
2011	0.61%	1.08%
2012	0.6%	1.03%
2013	0.6%	0.98%
2014	0.6%	0.92%
2015	0.61%	0.87%
2016	0.62%	0.83%
2017	0.64%	0.79%
2018	0.66%	0.76%
2019	0.69%	0.72%
2020	0.72%	0.69%
2021	0.76%	0.66%
2022	0.79%	0.64%
2023	0.83%	0.61%