Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Fiji vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Fiji was 2.28 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 Fiji 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
	Fiji	Sri Lanka
1960	6.36	5.35
1961	6.28	5.24
1962	6.2	5.18
1963	6.09	5.12
1964	5.96	5.06
1965	5.76	4.93
1966	5.55	4.83
1967	5.33	4.79
1968	5.11	4.66
1969	4.91	4.5
1970	4.71	4.39
1971	4.51	4.27
1972	4.32	4.16
1973	4.16	4
1974	4.07	3.86
1975	4.1	3.82
1976	4.12	3.78
1977	4.11	3.74
1978	4.1	3.81
1979	4.08	3.82
1980	4.04	3.73
1981	3.99	3.65
1982	3.94	3.32
1983	3.88	3.11
1984	3.8	3.01
1985	3.66	2.9
1986	3.54	2.74
1987	3.48	2.64
1988	3.43	2.57
1989	3.4	2.58
1990	3.39	2.54
1991	3.37	2.51
1992	3.33	2.49
1993	3.29	2.44
1994	3.26	2.4
1995	3.25	2.35
1996	3.25	2.29
1997	3.19	2.22
1998	3.12	2.14
1999	3.05	2.14
2000	2.99	2.21
2001	2.97	2.28
2002	2.97	2.31
2003	2.96	2.3
2004	2.94	2.27
2005	2.92	2.26
2006	2.91	2.29
2007	2.87	2.3
2008	2.82	2.23
2009	2.76	2.18
2010	2.7	2.13
2011	2.63	2.14
2012	2.61	2.17
2013	2.6	2.18
2014	2.59	2.13
2015	2.57	2.09
2016	2.52	2.06
2017	2.46	2.04
2018	2.42	2.03
2019	2.38	2.02
2020	2.36	2.01
2021	2.33	2
2022	2.31	1.98
2023	2.28	1.97
2024	2.27	1.95
2025	2.25	1.94
2026	2.23	1.93
2027	2.21	1.91
2028	2.2	1.9
2029	2.18	1.89
2030	2.16	1.88
2031	2.15	1.87
2032	2.13	1.86
2033	2.12	1.85
2034	2.1	1.85
2035	2.09	1.84
2036	2.07	1.83
2037	2.06	1.83
2038	2.05	1.82
2039	2.04	1.81
2040	2.03	1.81
2041	2.01	1.8
2042	2.01	1.8
2043	1.99	1.8
2044	1.98	1.79
2045	1.97	1.79
2046	1.96	1.79
2047	1.95	1.78
2048	1.94	1.78
2049	1.94	1.77
2050	1.93	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	Sri Lanka
1960	46.4%	41%
1961	46.5%	40.9%
1962	46.5%	40.8%
1963	46.5%	40.7%
1964	46.4%	40.6%
1965	46.4%	40.5%
1966	46.3%	40.4%
1967	46.1%	40.3%
1968	45.9%	40.1%
1969	45.6%	39.9%
1970	45.2%	39.7%
1971	44.7%	39.5%
1972	44.2%	39.2%
1973	43.5%	38.8%
1974	42.8%	38.4%
1975	42.2%	38%
1976	41.5%	37.6%
1977	40.9%	37.2%
1978	40.4%	36.9%
1979	40%	36.7%
1980	39.6%	36.4%
1981	39.3%	36.2%
1982	39.1%	36%
1983	39%	35.8%
1984	38.9%	35.5%
1985	38.9%	35.2%
1986	38.8%	34.6%
1987	38.7%	34%
1988	38.7%	33.5%
1989	38.7%	33%
1990	38.7%	32.5%
1991	38.5%	32.1%
1992	38.2%	31.4%
1993	37.9%	30.6%
1994	37.5%	29.9%
1995	37.1%	29.2%
1996	36.6%	28.6%
1997	36.1%	28.2%
1998	35.5%	27.8%
1999	34.9%	27.4%
2000	34.3%	27%
2001	33.8%	26.6%
2002	33.4%	26.3%
2003	33%	26.1%
2004	32.6%	26%
2005	32.2%	25.8%
2006	31.9%	25.7%
2007	31.6%	25.7%
2008	31.3%	25.6%
2009	31%	25.5%
2010	30.8%	25.4%
2011	30.5%	25.3%
2012	30.2%	25.2%
2013	30%	25%
2014	29.8%	24.9%
2015	29.6%	24.7%
2016	29.5%	24.5%
2017	29.2%	24.2%
2018	28.9%	24%
2019	28.6%	23.7%
2020	28.3%	23.3%
2021	28%	23%
2022	27.7%	22.7%
2023	27.4%	22.4%
2024	27.1%	22%
2025	26.8%	21.7%
2026	26.6%	21.4%
2027	26.3%	21.1%
2028	26%	20.8%
2029	25.7%	20.5%
2030	25.4%	20.2%
2031	25%	20%
2032	24.7%	19.8%
2033	24.5%	19.6%
2034	24.2%	19.4%
2035	24%	19.2%
2036	23.8%	19.1%
2037	23.6%	18.9%
2038	23.5%	18.8%
2039	23.3%	18.7%
2040	23.2%	18.6%
2041	23%	18.4%
2042	22.9%	18.3%
2043	22.7%	18.2%
2044	22.6%	18.1%
2045	22.4%	18%
2046	22.3%	17.9%
2047	22.1%	17.7%
2048	21.9%	17.6%
2049	21.8%	17.5%
2050	21.6%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Sri Lanka
1960	13,313	247,631
1961	13,653	251,087
1962	14,429	256,719
1963	14,774	262,880
1964	14,979	269,584
1965	15,166	272,422
1966	15,111	275,549
1967	14,861	284,738
1968	14,831	286,642
1969	14,669	286,218
1970	14,538	286,719
1971	14,313	281,200
1972	13,905	282,494
1973	13,383	278,577
1974	13,557	275,521
1975	14,272	282,496
1976	14,933	291,816
1977	15,532	300,038
1978	16,196	317,055
1979	16,450	329,791
1980	16,907	328,155
1981	17,282	328,096
1982	17,681	300,030
1983	18,237	277,768
1984	18,499	263,175
1985	18,469	247,836
1986	18,024	233,782
1987	17,987	226,414
1988	18,063	219,184
1989	18,007	212,401
1990	17,748	224,454
1991	17,617	218,117
1992	17,170	222,230
1993	16,751	226,257
1994	16,424	228,904
1995	16,273	221,957
1996	16,163	215,290
1997	15,750	208,193
1998	15,464	201,059
1999	15,229	206,876
2000	14,724	227,060
2001	14,720	244,377
2002	14,468	252,840
2003	14,527	252,008
2004	14,526	212,527
2005	14,503	248,683
2006	14,555	248,706
2007	14,349	248,287
2008	14,000	232,225
2009	13,540	200,175
2010	13,227	224,325
2011	12,657	224,461
2012	11,716	229,138
2013	11,972	221,021
2014	11,680	211,541
2015	11,213	201,815
2016	10,807	194,232
2017	10,413	187,993
2018	9,779	183,610
2019	9,271	172,243
2020	8,730	170,968
2021	6,777	121,858
2022	8,223	95,378
2023	8,078	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 30 deaths per 100,000 live births in Fiji, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	Sri Lanka
1985	78	68
1986	76	66
1987	74	64
1988	71	62
1989	70	61
1990	70	59
1991	67	57
1992	64	54
1993	62	51
1994	58	49
1995	55	48
1996	53	47
1997	51	45
1998	49	43
1999	46	41
2000	47	39
2001	46	37
2002	48	36
2003	47	35
2004	46	37
2005	44	32
2006	43	32
2007	43	31
2008	42	30
2009	41	28
2010	40	26
2011	39	25
2012	42	24
2013	40	23
2014	38	23
2015	37	22
2016	38	22
2017	34	21
2018	35	21
2019	34	20
2020	34	23
2021	68	34
2022	32	22
2023	30	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Sri Lanka
1960	7.89%	9.41%
1961	7.53%	8.95%
1962	7.21%	8.66%
1963	6.9%	8.48%
1964	6.61%	8.3%
1965	6.35%	8.07%
1966	6.14%	7.81%
1967	5.97%	7.55%
1968	5.84%	7.32%
1969	5.75%	7.14%
1970	5.69%	7.02%
1971	5.66%	6.94%
1972	5.63%	6.86%
1973	5.59%	6.77%
1974	5.52%	6.62%
1975	5.41%	6.41%
1976	5.27%	6.12%
1977	5.1%	5.77%
1978	4.9%	5.38%
1979	4.68%	4.99%
1980	4.46%	4.63%
1981	4.24%	4.29%
1982	4.03%	3.98%
1983	3.84%	3.67%
1984	3.67%	3.35%
1985	3.51%	3.02%
1986	3.37%	2.74%
1987	3.24%	2.54%
1988	3.12%	2.41%
1989	3%	2.74%
1990	2.89%	2.33%
1991	2.78%	2.32%
1992	2.68%	2.29%
1993	2.6%	2.22%
1994	2.52%	2.14%
1995	2.45%	2.05%
1996	2.39%	1.95%
1997	2.35%	1.86%
1998	2.31%	1.76%
1999	2.28%	1.69%
2000	2.27%	1.63%
2001	2.26%	1.58%
2002	2.27%	1.55%
2003	2.28%	1.52%
2004	2.31%	2.88%
2005	2.33%	1.4%
2006	2.35%	1.33%
2007	2.35%	1.26%
2008	2.32%	1.2%
2009	2.28%	2.08%
2010	2.22%	1.12%
2011	2.16%	1.08%
2012	2.1%	1.03%
2013	2.07%	0.98%
2014	2.06%	0.92%
2015	2.09%	0.87%
2016	2.16%	0.83%
2017	2.27%	0.79%
2018	2.41%	0.76%
2019	2.57%	0.72%
2020	2.72%	0.69%
2021	2.83%	0.66%
2022	2.89%	0.64%
2023	2.91%	0.61%