Fertility & birth rates in Germany and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Germany vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Germany was 1.39 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 Germany 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
	Germany	Sri Lanka
1960	2.37	5.35
1961	2.45	5.24
1962	2.44	5.18
1963	2.51	5.12
1964	2.54	5.06
1965	2.5	4.93
1966	2.53	4.83
1967	2.48	4.79
1968	2.38	4.66
1969	2.21	4.5
1970	2.03	4.39
1971	1.92	4.27
1972	1.71	4.16
1973	1.54	4
1974	1.51	3.86
1975	1.45	3.82
1976	1.45	3.78
1977	1.4	3.74
1978	1.38	3.81
1979	1.38	3.82
1980	1.44	3.73
1981	1.43	3.65
1982	1.41	3.32
1983	1.33	3.11
1984	1.29	3.01
1985	1.37	2.9
1986	1.43	2.74
1987	1.43	2.64
1988	1.46	2.57
1989	1.42	2.58
1990	1.45	2.54
1991	1.33	2.51
1992	1.29	2.49
1993	1.28	2.44
1994	1.24	2.4
1995	1.25	2.35
1996	1.3	2.29
1997	1.35	2.22
1998	1.36	2.14
1999	1.36	2.14
2000	1.38	2.21
2001	1.35	2.28
2002	1.34	2.31
2003	1.34	2.3
2004	1.36	2.27
2005	1.34	2.26
2006	1.33	2.29
2007	1.37	2.3
2008	1.38	2.23
2009	1.36	2.18
2010	1.39	2.13
2011	1.39	2.14
2012	1.41	2.17
2013	1.42	2.18
2014	1.47	2.13
2015	1.5	2.09
2016	1.6	2.06
2017	1.57	2.04
2018	1.57	2.03
2019	1.54	2.02
2020	1.53	2.01
2021	1.58	2
2022	1.46	1.98
2023	1.39	1.97
2024	1.4	1.95
2025	1.4	1.94
2026	1.41	1.93
2027	1.41	1.91
2028	1.42	1.9
2029	1.42	1.89
2030	1.42	1.88
2031	1.43	1.87
2032	1.43	1.86
2033	1.44	1.85
2034	1.44	1.85
2035	1.44	1.84
2036	1.45	1.83
2037	1.45	1.83
2038	1.45	1.82
2039	1.46	1.81
2040	1.46	1.81
2041	1.46	1.8
2042	1.47	1.8
2043	1.47	1.8
2044	1.47	1.79
2045	1.47	1.79
2046	1.48	1.79
2047	1.48	1.78
2048	1.48	1.78
2049	1.48	1.77
2050	1.48	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Germany	Sri Lanka
1960	21.3%	41%
1961	21.7%	40.9%
1962	22%	40.8%
1963	22.3%	40.7%
1964	22.6%	40.6%
1965	22.8%	40.5%
1966	23%	40.4%
1967	23.1%	40.3%
1968	23.3%	40.1%
1969	23.3%	39.9%
1970	23.2%	39.7%
1971	23%	39.5%
1972	22.8%	39.2%
1973	22.4%	38.8%
1974	22%	38.4%
1975	21.5%	38%
1976	20.9%	37.6%
1977	20.3%	37.2%
1978	19.7%	36.9%
1979	19.1%	36.7%
1980	18.5%	36.4%
1981	17.9%	36.2%
1982	17.4%	36%
1983	16.9%	35.8%
1984	16.4%	35.5%
1985	16%	35.2%
1986	15.8%	34.6%
1987	15.6%	34%
1988	15.7%	33.5%
1989	15.9%	33%
1990	16.1%	32.5%
1991	16.3%	32.1%
1992	16.3%	31.4%
1993	16.3%	30.6%
1994	16.3%	29.9%
1995	16.3%	29.2%
1996	16.2%	28.6%
1997	16.1%	28.2%
1998	15.9%	27.8%
1999	15.8%	27.4%
2000	15.7%	27%
2001	15.5%	26.6%
2002	15.3%	26.3%
2003	15%	26.1%
2004	14.8%	26%
2005	14.5%	25.8%
2006	14.2%	25.7%
2007	14%	25.7%
2008	13.8%	25.6%
2009	13.8%	25.5%
2010	13.7%	25.4%
2011	13.6%	25.3%
2012	13.4%	25.2%
2013	13.2%	25%
2014	13.2%	24.9%
2015	13.2%	24.7%
2016	13.3%	24.5%
2017	13.5%	24.2%
2018	13.6%	24%
2019	13.7%	23.7%
2020	13.8%	23.3%
2021	13.9%	23%
2022	13.9%	22.7%
2023	13.9%	22.4%
2024	13.9%	22%
2025	13.9%	21.7%
2026	13.9%	21.4%
2027	13.8%	21.1%
2028	13.8%	20.8%
2029	13.7%	20.5%
2030	13.6%	20.2%
2031	13.5%	20%
2032	13.4%	19.8%
2033	13.2%	19.6%
2034	13.1%	19.4%
2035	12.9%	19.2%
2036	12.8%	19.1%
2037	12.7%	18.9%
2038	12.6%	18.8%
2039	12.6%	18.7%
2040	12.6%	18.6%
2041	12.5%	18.4%
2042	12.5%	18.3%
2043	12.6%	18.2%
2044	12.6%	18.1%
2045	12.7%	18%
2046	12.7%	17.9%
2047	12.8%	17.7%
2048	12.9%	17.6%
2049	13%	17.5%
2050	13.1%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Germany and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 16.1% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Germany and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Germany vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.25% in Germany 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
	Germany	Sri Lanka
1960	385,919	247,631
1961	462,279	251,087
1962	436,752	256,719
1963	455,757	262,880
1964	482,038	269,584
1965	410,204	272,422
1966	405,982	275,549
1967	353,977	284,738
1968	239,612	286,642
1969	155,820	286,218
1970	70,352	286,719
1971	46,988	281,200
1972	-62,950	282,494
1973	-149,980	278,577
1974	-150,038	275,521
1975	-212,418	282,496
1976	-164,508	291,816
1977	-125,055	300,038
1978	-140,566	317,055
1979	-125,002	329,791
1980	-86,117	328,155
1981	-94,090	328,096
1982	-78,333	300,030
1983	-109,380	277,768
1984	-109,002	263,175
1985	-116,527	247,836
1986	-77,721	233,782
1987	-31,136	226,414
1988	-7,815	219,184
1989	-23,625	212,401
1990	-15,887	224,454
1991	-80,014	218,117
1992	-80,625	222,230
1993	-105,503	226,257
1994	-114,013	228,904
1995	-114,349	221,957
1996	-90,107	215,290
1997	-49,221	208,193
1998	-65,637	201,059
1999	-73,890	206,876
2000	-73,990	227,060
2001	-98,820	244,377
2002	-123,733	252,840
2003	-140,309	252,008
2004	-107,271	212,527
2005	-148,445	248,683
2006	-148,278	248,706
2007	-148,080	248,287
2008	-164,220	232,225
2009	-188,375	200,175
2010	-179,909	224,325
2011	-184,632	224,461
2012	-193,022	229,138
2013	-209,679	221,021
2014	-153,866	211,541
2015	-187,879	201,815
2016	-123,523	194,232
2017	-148,783	187,993
2018	-165,812	183,610
2019	-157,877	172,243
2020	-216,218	170,968
2021	-224,629	121,858
2022	-326,812	95,378
2023	-335,608	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Germany vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Germany, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Germany	Sri Lanka
1985	14	68
1986	14	66
1987	13	64
1988	13	62
1989	12	61
1990	12	59
1991	11	57
1992	10	54
1993	9	51
1994	9	49
1995	8	48
1996	8	47
1997	8	45
1998	7	43
1999	7	41
2000	7	39
2001	6	37
2002	6	36
2003	6	35
2004	6	37
2005	6	32
2006	6	32
2007	5	31
2008	6	30
2009	6	28
2010	5	26
2011	5	25
2012	5	24
2013	5	23
2014	5	23
2015	5	22
2016	4	22
2017	4	21
2018	4	21
2019	4	20
2020	4	23
2021	4	34
2022	4	22
2023	4	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Germany 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
	Germany	Sri Lanka
1960	-	9.41%
1961	-	8.95%
1962	-	8.66%
1963	-	8.48%
1964	-	8.3%
1965	-	8.07%
1966	-	7.81%
1967	-	7.55%
1968	2.71%	7.32%
1969	2.64%	7.14%
1970	2.57%	7.02%
1971	2.49%	6.94%
1972	2.4%	6.86%
1973	2.31%	6.77%
1974	2.2%	6.62%
1975	2.08%	6.41%
1976	1.95%	6.12%
1977	1.83%	5.77%
1978	1.71%	5.38%
1979	1.6%	4.99%
1980	1.5%	4.63%
1981	1.41%	4.29%
1982	1.32%	3.98%
1983	1.25%	3.67%
1984	1.18%	3.35%
1985	1.11%	3.02%
1986	1.06%	2.74%
1987	1.01%	2.54%
1988	0.95%	2.41%
1989	0.9%	2.74%
1990	0.85%	2.33%
1991	0.8%	2.32%
1992	0.76%	2.29%
1993	0.72%	2.22%
1994	0.68%	2.14%
1995	0.65%	2.05%
1996	0.62%	1.95%
1997	0.59%	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	0.5%	1.52%
2004	0.48%	2.88%
2005	0.47%	1.4%
2006	0.46%	1.33%
2007	0.45%	1.26%
2008	0.44%	1.2%
2009	0.43%	2.08%
2010	0.42%	1.12%
2011	0.41%	1.08%
2012	0.4%	1.03%
2013	0.4%	0.98%
2014	0.4%	0.92%
2015	0.39%	0.87%
2016	0.39%	0.83%
2017	0.38%	0.79%
2018	0.38%	0.76%
2019	0.37%	0.72%
2020	0.37%	0.69%
2021	0.37%	0.66%
2022	0.37%	0.64%
2023	0.37%	0.61%