Fertility & birth rates in Ecuador and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Ecuador vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ecuador was 1.82 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 Ecuador 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
	Ecuador	Sri Lanka
1960	6.72	5.35
1961	6.7	5.24
1962	6.68	5.18
1963	6.65	5.12
1964	6.61	5.06
1965	6.56	4.93
1966	6.51	4.83
1967	6.44	4.79
1968	6.35	4.66
1969	6.25	4.5
1970	6.14	4.39
1971	6.01	4.27
1972	5.87	4.16
1973	5.73	4
1974	5.58	3.86
1975	5.43	3.82
1976	5.28	3.78
1977	5.13	3.74
1978	4.99	3.81
1979	4.86	3.82
1980	4.73	3.73
1981	4.61	3.65
1982	4.5	3.32
1983	4.39	3.11
1984	4.31	3.01
1985	4.14	2.9
1986	4	2.74
1987	3.87	2.64
1988	3.79	2.57
1989	3.74	2.58
1990	3.68	2.54
1991	3.63	2.51
1992	3.58	2.49
1993	3.49	2.44
1994	3.42	2.4
1995	3.38	2.35
1996	3.35	2.29
1997	3.29	2.22
1998	3.23	2.14
1999	3.17	2.14
2000	3.1	2.21
2001	3.04	2.28
2002	2.97	2.31
2003	2.91	2.3
2004	2.85	2.27
2005	2.8	2.26
2006	2.75	2.29
2007	2.7	2.3
2008	2.69	2.23
2009	2.68	2.18
2010	2.62	2.13
2011	2.61	2.14
2012	2.51	2.17
2013	2.36	2.18
2014	2.27	2.13
2015	2.21	2.09
2016	2.12	2.06
2017	2.13	2.04
2018	2.11	2.03
2019	2.04	2.02
2020	1.97	2.01
2021	1.91	2
2022	1.86	1.98
2023	1.82	1.97
2024	1.81	1.95
2025	1.79	1.94
2026	1.78	1.93
2027	1.77	1.91
2028	1.76	1.9
2029	1.75	1.89
2030	1.75	1.88
2031	1.74	1.87
2032	1.73	1.86
2033	1.73	1.85
2034	1.72	1.85
2035	1.72	1.84
2036	1.72	1.83
2037	1.71	1.83
2038	1.71	1.82
2039	1.71	1.81
2040	1.71	1.81
2041	1.7	1.8
2042	1.7	1.8
2043	1.7	1.8
2044	1.69	1.79
2045	1.69	1.79
2046	1.69	1.79
2047	1.69	1.78
2048	1.69	1.78
2049	1.68	1.77
2050	1.68	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ecuador	Sri Lanka
1960	43.9%	41%
1961	44.1%	40.9%
1962	44.3%	40.8%
1963	44.4%	40.7%
1964	44.4%	40.6%
1965	44.4%	40.5%
1966	44.4%	40.4%
1967	44.4%	40.3%
1968	44.3%	40.1%
1969	44.3%	39.9%
1970	44.2%	39.7%
1971	44.2%	39.5%
1972	44.1%	39.2%
1973	43.9%	38.8%
1974	43.8%	38.4%
1975	43.6%	38%
1976	43.4%	37.6%
1977	43.2%	37.2%
1978	43%	36.9%
1979	42.7%	36.7%
1980	42.4%	36.4%
1981	42.1%	36.2%
1982	41.8%	36%
1983	41.4%	35.8%
1984	41.1%	35.5%
1985	40.7%	35.2%
1986	40.3%	34.6%
1987	39.9%	34%
1988	39.5%	33.5%
1989	39.1%	33%
1990	38.7%	32.5%
1991	38.4%	32.1%
1992	38.1%	31.4%
1993	37.7%	30.6%
1994	37.4%	29.9%
1995	37.1%	29.2%
1996	36.8%	28.6%
1997	36.4%	28.2%
1998	36.1%	27.8%
1999	35.7%	27.4%
2000	35.4%	27%
2001	35%	26.6%
2002	34.7%	26.3%
2003	34.3%	26.1%
2004	33.9%	26%
2005	33.5%	25.8%
2006	33%	25.7%
2007	32.6%	25.7%
2008	32.1%	25.6%
2009	31.7%	25.5%
2010	31.3%	25.4%
2011	30.9%	25.3%
2012	30.5%	25.2%
2013	30.1%	25%
2014	29.6%	24.9%
2015	29%	24.7%
2016	28.5%	24.5%
2017	28%	24.2%
2018	27.4%	24%
2019	26.9%	23.7%
2020	26.4%	23.3%
2021	26%	23%
2022	25.5%	22.7%
2023	25%	22.4%
2024	24.5%	22%
2025	23.9%	21.7%
2026	23.3%	21.4%
2027	22.8%	21.1%
2028	22.3%	20.8%
2029	21.9%	20.5%
2030	21.6%	20.2%
2031	21.2%	20%
2032	20.9%	19.8%
2033	20.6%	19.6%
2034	20.3%	19.4%
2035	20%	19.2%
2036	19.7%	19.1%
2037	19.5%	18.9%
2038	19.3%	18.8%
2039	19.1%	18.7%
2040	18.9%	18.6%
2041	18.8%	18.4%
2042	18.6%	18.3%
2043	18.4%	18.2%
2044	18.2%	18.1%
2045	18%	18%
2046	17.8%	17.9%
2047	17.6%	17.7%
2048	17.4%	17.6%
2049	17.2%	17.5%
2050	17%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.5% of the population in Ecuador and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ecuador and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Ecuador vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.15% in Ecuador 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
	Ecuador	Sri Lanka
1960	130,368	247,631
1961	135,573	251,087
1962	140,943	256,719
1963	146,531	262,880
1964	152,263	269,584
1965	157,915	272,422
1966	163,317	275,549
1967	168,629	284,738
1968	173,828	286,642
1969	178,403	286,218
1970	183,517	286,719
1971	187,995	281,200
1972	192,136	282,494
1973	196,028	278,577
1974	199,276	275,521
1975	202,407	282,496
1976	205,366	291,816
1977	209,095	300,038
1978	212,497	317,055
1979	216,162	329,791
1980	220,120	328,155
1981	224,073	328,096
1982	227,606	300,030
1983	231,336	277,768
1984	236,543	263,175
1985	236,438	247,836
1986	237,084	233,782
1987	237,724	226,414
1988	241,191	219,184
1989	248,129	212,401
1990	252,919	224,454
1991	257,713	218,117
1992	259,787	222,230
1993	260,330	226,257
1994	261,788	228,904
1995	264,449	221,957
1996	267,695	215,290
1997	266,020	208,193
1998	263,927	201,059
1999	261,650	206,876
2000	259,837	227,060
2001	259,376	244,377
2002	259,446	252,840
2003	258,928	252,008
2004	257,436	212,527
2005	255,295	248,683
2006	254,184	248,706
2007	253,419	248,287
2008	257,894	232,225
2009	260,892	200,175
2010	257,404	224,325
2011	258,171	224,461
2012	249,825	229,138
2013	234,103	221,021
2014	225,790	211,541
2015	219,399	201,815
2016	208,245	194,232
2017	211,355	187,993
2018	219,513	183,610
2019	211,045	172,243
2020	156,458	170,968
2021	155,146	121,858
2022	179,308	95,378
2023	178,093	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Ecuador vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 55 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ecuador, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ecuador	Sri Lanka
1985	188	68
1986	181	66
1987	131	64
1988	166	62
1989	166	61
1990	168	59
1991	177	57
1992	172	54
1993	168	51
1994	155	49
1995	146	48
1996	138	47
1997	135	45
1998	131	43
1999	128	41
2000	123	39
2001	116	37
2002	109	36
2003	102	35
2004	97	37
2005	94	32
2006	90	32
2007	86	31
2008	83	30
2009	82	28
2010	80	26
2011	77	25
2012	72	24
2013	68	23
2014	65	23
2015	64	22
2016	65	22
2017	62	21
2018	61	21
2019	62	20
2020	91	23
2021	93	34
2022	69	22
2023	55	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.31% in Ecuador 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
	Ecuador	Sri Lanka
1960	17.6%	9.41%
1961	17.1%	8.95%
1962	16.6%	8.66%
1963	16.1%	8.48%
1964	15.7%	8.3%
1965	15.3%	8.07%
1966	14.9%	7.81%
1967	14.6%	7.55%
1968	14.3%	7.32%
1969	14%	7.14%
1970	13.7%	7.02%
1971	13.4%	6.94%
1972	13%	6.86%
1973	12.5%	6.77%
1974	12%	6.62%
1975	11.5%	6.41%
1976	11%	6.12%
1977	10.5%	5.77%
1978	10%	5.38%
1979	9.57%	4.99%
1980	9.12%	4.63%
1981	8.68%	4.29%
1982	8.23%	3.98%
1983	7.78%	3.67%
1984	7.35%	3.35%
1985	6.95%	3.02%
1986	6.58%	2.74%
1987	6.25%	2.54%
1988	5.94%	2.41%
1989	5.66%	2.74%
1990	5.39%	2.33%
1991	5.12%	2.32%
1992	4.86%	2.29%
1993	4.6%	2.22%
1994	4.34%	2.14%
1995	4.08%	2.05%
1996	3.82%	1.95%
1997	3.57%	1.86%
1998	3.34%	1.76%
1999	3.14%	1.69%
2000	2.96%	1.63%
2001	2.81%	1.58%
2002	2.68%	1.55%
2003	2.57%	1.52%
2004	2.46%	2.88%
2005	2.37%	1.4%
2006	2.28%	1.33%
2007	2.19%	1.26%
2008	2.1%	1.2%
2009	2%	2.08%
2010	1.92%	1.12%
2011	1.83%	1.08%
2012	1.74%	1.03%
2013	1.66%	0.98%
2014	1.59%	0.92%
2015	1.53%	0.87%
2016	1.48%	0.83%
2017	1.44%	0.79%
2018	1.41%	0.76%
2019	1.38%	0.72%
2020	1.36%	0.69%
2021	1.34%	0.66%
2022	1.32%	0.64%
2023	1.31%	0.61%