Fertility & birth rates in France and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in France vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in France was 1.66 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 France 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
	France	Sri Lanka
1960	2.85	5.35
1961	2.87	5.24
1962	2.89	5.18
1963	2.89	5.12
1964	2.87	5.06
1965	2.84	4.93
1966	2.8	4.83
1967	2.75	4.79
1968	2.69	4.66
1969	2.62	4.5
1970	2.55	4.39
1971	2.47	4.27
1972	2.38	4.16
1973	2.28	4
1974	2.18	3.86
1975	2.09	3.82
1976	2.01	3.78
1977	1.94	3.74
1978	1.89	3.81
1979	1.87	3.82
1980	1.85	3.73
1981	1.85	3.65
1982	1.86	3.32
1983	1.86	3.11
1984	1.86	3.01
1985	1.86	2.9
1986	1.85	2.74
1987	1.83	2.64
1988	1.81	2.57
1989	1.79	2.58
1990	1.77	2.54
1991	1.75	2.51
1992	1.74	2.49
1993	1.73	2.44
1994	1.73	2.4
1995	1.74	2.35
1996	1.75	2.29
1997	1.77	2.22
1998	1.78	2.14
1999	1.81	2.14
2000	1.89	2.21
2001	1.9	2.28
2002	1.88	2.31
2003	1.89	2.3
2004	1.92	2.27
2005	1.94	2.26
2006	2	2.29
2007	1.98	2.3
2008	2.01	2.23
2009	2	2.18
2010	2.03	2.13
2011	2.01	2.14
2012	2.01	2.17
2013	1.99	2.18
2014	2	2.13
2015	1.96	2.09
2016	1.92	2.06
2017	1.89	2.04
2018	1.87	2.03
2019	1.86	2.02
2020	1.83	2.01
2021	1.84	2
2022	1.79	1.98
2023	1.66	1.97
2024	1.66	1.95
2025	1.66	1.94
2026	1.66	1.93
2027	1.66	1.91
2028	1.66	1.9
2029	1.66	1.89
2030	1.66	1.88
2031	1.66	1.87
2032	1.66	1.86
2033	1.66	1.85
2034	1.66	1.85
2035	1.66	1.84
2036	1.66	1.83
2037	1.67	1.83
2038	1.66	1.82
2039	1.66	1.81
2040	1.66	1.81
2041	1.67	1.8
2042	1.67	1.8
2043	1.67	1.8
2044	1.67	1.79
2045	1.67	1.79
2046	1.67	1.79
2047	1.67	1.78
2048	1.67	1.78
2049	1.67	1.77
2050	1.67	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	France	Sri Lanka
1960	26.5%	41%
1961	26.5%	40.9%
1962	26.2%	40.8%
1963	26%	40.7%
1964	25.8%	40.6%
1965	25.6%	40.5%
1966	25.4%	40.4%
1967	25.3%	40.3%
1968	25.1%	40.1%
1969	25%	39.9%
1970	24.8%	39.7%
1971	24.7%	39.5%
1972	24.6%	39.2%
1973	24.4%	38.8%
1974	24.2%	38.4%
1975	23.9%	38%
1976	23.6%	37.6%
1977	23.3%	37.2%
1978	23%	36.9%
1979	22.7%	36.7%
1980	22.4%	36.4%
1981	22.1%	36.2%
1982	21.9%	36%
1983	21.7%	35.8%
1984	21.5%	35.5%
1985	21.3%	35.2%
1986	21%	34.6%
1987	20.7%	34%
1988	20.5%	33.5%
1989	20.3%	33%
1990	20.1%	32.5%
1991	20.1%	32.1%
1992	20%	31.4%
1993	19.9%	30.6%
1994	19.7%	29.9%
1995	19.5%	29.2%
1996	19.3%	28.6%
1997	19.1%	28.2%
1998	19%	27.8%
1999	19%	27.4%
2000	18.9%	27%
2001	18.9%	26.6%
2002	18.8%	26.3%
2003	18.7%	26.1%
2004	18.6%	26%
2005	18.5%	25.8%
2006	18.5%	25.7%
2007	18.4%	25.7%
2008	18.5%	25.6%
2009	18.5%	25.5%
2010	18.5%	25.4%
2011	18.5%	25.3%
2012	18.5%	25.2%
2013	18.4%	25%
2014	18.3%	24.9%
2015	18.2%	24.7%
2016	18.1%	24.5%
2017	17.9%	24.2%
2018	17.8%	24%
2019	17.6%	23.7%
2020	17.4%	23.3%
2021	17.2%	23%
2022	17%	22.7%
2023	16.8%	22.4%
2024	16.5%	22%
2025	16.2%	21.7%
2026	16%	21.4%
2027	15.7%	21.1%
2028	15.5%	20.8%
2029	15.3%	20.5%
2030	15.1%	20.2%
2031	15%	20%
2032	14.8%	19.8%
2033	14.8%	19.6%
2034	14.7%	19.4%
2035	14.7%	19.2%
2036	14.7%	19.1%
2037	14.7%	18.9%
2038	14.7%	18.8%
2039	14.8%	18.7%
2040	14.9%	18.6%
2041	15%	18.4%
2042	15.1%	18.3%
2043	15.2%	18.2%
2044	15.3%	18.1%
2045	15.4%	18%
2046	15.5%	17.9%
2047	15.5%	17.7%
2048	15.5%	17.6%
2049	15.6%	17.5%
2050	15.6%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.5% of the population in France and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 20.1% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of France and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in France vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in France 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
	France	Sri Lanka
1960	346,115	247,631
1961	354,504	251,087
1962	358,082	256,719
1963	361,694	262,880
1964	360,631	269,584
1965	354,132	272,422
1966	352,181	275,549
1967	339,843	284,738
1968	337,346	286,642
1969	329,831	286,218
1970	322,444	286,719
1971	309,747	281,200
1972	296,589	282,494
1973	282,979	278,577
1974	268,733	275,521
1975	248,413	282,496
1976	227,776	291,816
1977	217,946	300,038
1978	213,462	317,055
1979	208,923	329,791
1980	210,042	328,155
1981	222,414	328,096
1982	234,389	300,030
1983	235,655	277,768
1984	248,086	263,175
1985	249,328	247,836
1986	250,606	233,782
1987	251,971	226,414
1988	247,672	219,184
1989	243,361	212,401
1990	238,870	224,454
1991	234,216	218,117
1992	229,502	222,230
1993	224,592	226,257
1994	201,704	228,904
1995	220,303	221,957
1996	221,092	215,290
1997	215,885	208,193
1998	222,705	201,059
1999	229,907	206,876
2000	268,042	227,060
2001	263,867	244,377
2002	253,430	252,840
2003	230,325	252,008
2004	282,185	212,527
2005	271,677	248,683
2006	305,387	248,706
2007	288,076	248,287
2008	283,250	232,225
2009	278,238	200,175
2010	286,116	224,325
2011	280,966	224,461
2012	256,065	229,138
2013	244,192	221,021
2014	265,248	211,541
2015	206,300	201,815
2016	193,500	194,232
2017	160,604	187,993
2018	147,749	183,610
2019	141,503	172,243
2020	67,602	170,968
2021	74,627	121,858
2022	54,452	95,378
2023	47,802	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: France vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in France, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	France	Sri Lanka
1985	20	68
1986	20	66
1987	19	64
1988	19	62
1989	19	61
1990	18	59
1991	18	57
1992	17	54
1993	16	51
1994	15	49
1995	15	48
1996	13	47
1997	11	45
1998	10	43
1999	10	41
2000	9	39
2001	9	37
2002	9	36
2003	9	35
2004	9	37
2005	9	32
2006	9	32
2007	9	31
2008	10	30
2009	10	28
2010	9	26
2011	9	25
2012	9	24
2013	9	23
2014	9	23
2015	9	22
2016	9	22
2017	8	21
2018	9	21
2019	8	20
2020	9	23
2021	9	34
2022	9	22
2023	7	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.43% in France 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
	France	Sri Lanka
1960	2.85%	9.41%
1961	2.7%	8.95%
1962	2.57%	8.66%
1963	2.45%	8.48%
1964	2.34%	8.3%
1965	2.24%	8.07%
1966	2.14%	7.81%
1967	2.06%	7.55%
1968	1.99%	7.32%
1969	1.91%	7.14%
1970	1.82%	7.02%
1971	1.74%	6.94%
1972	1.66%	6.86%
1973	1.6%	6.77%
1974	1.54%	6.62%
1975	1.49%	6.41%
1976	1.44%	6.12%
1977	1.39%	5.77%
1978	1.34%	5.38%
1979	1.28%	4.99%
1980	1.24%	4.63%
1981	1.19%	4.29%
1982	1.15%	3.98%
1983	1.11%	3.67%
1984	1.07%	3.35%
1985	1.04%	3.02%
1986	1.01%	2.74%
1987	0.98%	2.54%
1988	0.96%	2.41%
1989	0.93%	2.74%
1990	0.9%	2.33%
1991	0.86%	2.32%
1992	0.81%	2.29%
1993	0.75%	2.22%
1994	0.7%	2.14%
1995	0.65%	2.05%
1996	0.61%	1.95%
1997	0.58%	1.86%
1998	0.57%	1.76%
1999	0.55%	1.69%
2000	0.54%	1.63%
2001	0.52%	1.58%
2002	0.51%	1.55%
2003	0.49%	1.52%
2004	0.48%	2.88%
2005	0.46%	1.4%
2006	0.45%	1.33%
2007	0.44%	1.26%
2008	0.44%	1.2%
2009	0.43%	2.08%
2010	0.42%	1.12%
2011	0.42%	1.08%
2012	0.41%	1.03%
2013	0.41%	0.98%
2014	0.41%	0.92%
2015	0.42%	0.87%
2016	0.42%	0.83%
2017	0.42%	0.79%
2018	0.42%	0.76%
2019	0.42%	0.72%
2020	0.42%	0.69%
2021	0.43%	0.66%
2022	0.43%	0.64%
2023	0.43%	0.61%