Fertility & birth rates in Gambia and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Gambia vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Gambia was 4.01 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 the Gambia 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
	Gambia	Sri Lanka
1960	6.25	5.35
1961	6.23	5.24
1962	6.21	5.18
1963	6.2	5.12
1964	6.2	5.06
1965	6.19	4.93
1966	6.18	4.83
1967	6.21	4.79
1968	6.22	4.66
1969	6.25	4.5
1970	6.26	4.39
1971	6.33	4.27
1972	6.37	4.16
1973	6.41	4
1974	6.42	3.86
1975	6.43	3.82
1976	6.43	3.78
1977	6.43	3.74
1978	6.42	3.81
1979	6.41	3.82
1980	6.41	3.73
1981	6.4	3.65
1982	6.4	3.32
1983	6.39	3.11
1984	6.39	3.01
1985	6.36	2.9
1986	6.34	2.74
1987	6.3	2.64
1988	6.26	2.57
1989	6.25	2.58
1990	6.25	2.54
1991	6.19	2.51
1992	6.11	2.49
1993	6.03	2.44
1994	6.04	2.4
1995	5.99	2.35
1996	5.93	2.29
1997	5.85	2.22
1998	5.82	2.14
1999	5.77	2.14
2000	5.72	2.21
2001	5.67	2.28
2002	5.66	2.31
2003	5.66	2.3
2004	5.68	2.27
2005	5.71	2.26
2006	5.74	2.29
2007	5.69	2.3
2008	5.63	2.23
2009	5.57	2.18
2010	5.56	2.13
2011	5.54	2.14
2012	5.52	2.17
2013	5.39	2.18
2014	5.2	2.13
2015	5	2.09
2016	4.81	2.06
2017	4.61	2.04
2018	4.42	2.03
2019	4.33	2.02
2020	4.25	2.01
2021	4.17	2
2022	4.08	1.98
2023	4.01	1.97
2024	3.91	1.95
2025	3.8	1.94
2026	3.7	1.93
2027	3.6	1.91
2028	3.51	1.9
2029	3.41	1.89
2030	3.33	1.88
2031	3.24	1.87
2032	3.17	1.86
2033	3.1	1.85
2034	3.03	1.85
2035	2.97	1.84
2036	2.91	1.83
2037	2.86	1.83
2038	2.81	1.82
2039	2.76	1.81
2040	2.71	1.81
2041	2.67	1.8
2042	2.63	1.8
2043	2.59	1.8
2044	2.56	1.79
2045	2.52	1.79
2046	2.49	1.79
2047	2.46	1.78
2048	2.43	1.78
2049	2.4	1.77
2050	2.38	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gambia	Sri Lanka
1960	41%	41%
1961	40.8%	40.9%
1962	40.7%	40.8%
1963	40.8%	40.7%
1964	41%	40.6%
1965	41.3%	40.5%
1966	41.5%	40.4%
1967	41.6%	40.3%
1968	41.8%	40.1%
1969	41.9%	39.9%
1970	42%	39.7%
1971	42.1%	39.5%
1972	42.2%	39.2%
1973	42.3%	38.8%
1974	42.4%	38.4%
1975	42.6%	38%
1976	42.8%	37.6%
1977	43%	37.2%
1978	43.3%	36.9%
1979	43.5%	36.7%
1980	43.7%	36.4%
1981	44%	36.2%
1982	44.3%	36%
1983	44.6%	35.8%
1984	44.9%	35.5%
1985	45%	35.2%
1986	45.2%	34.6%
1987	45.4%	34%
1988	45.5%	33.5%
1989	45.6%	33%
1990	45.7%	32.5%
1991	45.8%	32.1%
1992	45.9%	31.4%
1993	46%	30.6%
1994	46.3%	29.9%
1995	46.5%	29.2%
1996	46.7%	28.6%
1997	46.9%	28.2%
1998	46.9%	27.8%
1999	46.9%	27.4%
2000	46.8%	27%
2001	46.7%	26.6%
2002	46.6%	26.3%
2003	46.4%	26.1%
2004	46.1%	26%
2005	45.9%	25.8%
2006	45.6%	25.7%
2007	45.3%	25.7%
2008	45.1%	25.6%
2009	44.8%	25.5%
2010	44.5%	25.4%
2011	44.3%	25.3%
2012	44.1%	25.2%
2013	43.9%	25%
2014	43.7%	24.9%
2015	43.6%	24.7%
2016	43.3%	24.5%
2017	43.1%	24.2%
2018	42.8%	24%
2019	42.4%	23.7%
2020	42%	23.3%
2021	41.6%	23%
2022	41.2%	22.7%
2023	40.7%	22.4%
2024	40.2%	22%
2025	39.7%	21.7%
2026	39.2%	21.4%
2027	38.5%	21.1%
2028	37.9%	20.8%
2029	37.3%	20.5%
2030	36.7%	20.2%
2031	36.2%	20%
2032	35.7%	19.8%
2033	35.2%	19.6%
2034	34.8%	19.4%
2035	34.3%	19.2%
2036	33.9%	19.1%
2037	33.4%	18.9%
2038	33%	18.8%
2039	32.5%	18.7%
2040	32.1%	18.6%
2041	31.7%	18.4%
2042	31.3%	18.3%
2043	30.9%	18.2%
2044	30.5%	18.1%
2045	30.2%	18%
2046	29.8%	17.9%
2047	29.5%	17.7%
2048	29.1%	17.6%
2049	28.8%	17.5%
2050	28.4%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.2% of the population in the Gambia and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Gambia and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Gambia vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.59% in the Gambia 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
	Gambia	Sri Lanka
1960	8,420	247,631
1961	8,778	251,087
1962	9,150	256,719
1963	9,493	262,880
1964	9,825	269,584
1965	10,162	272,422
1966	10,422	275,549
1967	10,823	284,738
1968	11,215	286,642
1969	11,670	286,218
1970	12,128	286,719
1971	12,842	281,200
1972	13,432	282,494
1973	14,046	278,577
1974	14,628	275,521
1975	15,256	282,496
1976	16,032	291,816
1977	16,773	300,038
1978	17,424	317,055
1979	18,543	329,791
1980	19,566	328,155
1981	20,156	328,096
1982	21,894	300,030
1983	23,175	277,768
1984	24,586	263,175
1985	25,795	247,836
1986	27,195	233,782
1987	28,452	226,414
1988	29,938	219,184
1989	31,504	212,401
1990	33,163	224,454
1991	34,584	218,117
1992	35,951	222,230
1993	37,302	226,257
1994	38,880	228,904
1995	39,681	221,957
1996	40,253	215,290
1997	40,742	208,193
1998	41,842	201,059
1999	42,533	206,876
2000	43,249	227,060
2001	44,154	244,377
2002	45,156	252,840
2003	46,473	252,008
2004	48,276	212,527
2005	50,010	248,683
2006	52,335	248,706
2007	53,653	248,287
2008	55,032	232,225
2009	56,575	200,175
2010	58,554	224,325
2011	60,571	224,461
2012	62,745	229,138
2013	63,510	221,021
2014	63,185	211,541
2015	62,832	201,815
2016	62,358	194,232
2017	61,665	187,993
2018	60,854	183,610
2019	61,701	172,243
2020	62,209	170,968
2021	62,239	121,858
2022	63,634	95,378
2023	65,118	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Gambia vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 354 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Gambia, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gambia	Sri Lanka
1985	1,454	68
1986	1,401	66
1987	1,360	64
1988	1,302	62
1989	1,258	61
1990	1,207	59
1991	1,167	57
1992	1,115	54
1993	1,072	51
1994	1,039	49
1995	999	48
1996	956	47
1997	928	45
1998	867	43
1999	830	41
2000	810	39
2001	794	37
2002	772	36
2003	749	35
2004	719	37
2005	707	32
2006	682	32
2007	675	31
2008	653	30
2009	634	28
2010	632	26
2011	634	25
2012	628	24
2013	606	23
2014	561	23
2015	527	22
2016	490	22
2017	469	21
2018	450	21
2019	422	20
2020	400	23
2021	420	34
2022	365	22
2023	354	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.41% in the Gambia 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
	Gambia	Sri Lanka
1960	36.2%	9.41%
1961	35.5%	8.95%
1962	34.8%	8.66%
1963	34.1%	8.48%
1964	33.5%	8.3%
1965	32.8%	8.07%
1966	32.1%	7.81%
1967	31.5%	7.55%
1968	30.9%	7.32%
1969	30.2%	7.14%
1970	29.5%	7.02%
1971	28.9%	6.94%
1972	28.2%	6.86%
1973	27.5%	6.77%
1974	26.9%	6.62%
1975	26.2%	6.41%
1976	25.5%	6.12%
1977	24.9%	5.77%
1978	24.2%	5.38%
1979	23.6%	4.99%
1980	23%	4.63%
1981	22.3%	4.29%
1982	21.7%	3.98%
1983	21%	3.67%
1984	20.4%	3.35%
1985	19.7%	3.02%
1986	19.1%	2.74%
1987	18.4%	2.54%
1988	17.8%	2.41%
1989	17.2%	2.74%
1990	16.6%	2.33%
1991	16%	2.32%
1992	15.5%	2.29%
1993	14.9%	2.22%
1994	14.4%	2.14%
1995	13.9%	2.05%
1996	13.3%	1.95%
1997	12.8%	1.86%
1998	12.3%	1.76%
1999	11.8%	1.69%
2000	11.3%	1.63%
2001	10.9%	1.58%
2002	10.4%	1.55%
2003	9.95%	1.52%
2004	9.52%	2.88%
2005	9.11%	1.4%
2006	8.71%	1.33%
2007	8.33%	1.26%
2008	7.98%	1.2%
2009	7.64%	2.08%
2010	7.31%	1.12%
2011	7.01%	1.08%
2012	6.73%	1.03%
2013	6.45%	0.98%
2014	6.18%	0.92%
2015	5.93%	0.87%
2016	5.7%	0.83%
2017	5.47%	0.79%
2018	5.27%	0.76%
2019	5.07%	0.72%
2020	4.89%	0.69%
2021	4.72%	0.66%
2022	4.56%	0.64%
2023	4.41%	0.61%