Fertility & birth rates in Haiti and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Haiti vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Haiti was 2.66 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 Haiti 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
	Haiti	Sri Lanka
1960	6.18	5.35
1961	6.18	5.24
1962	6.18	5.18
1963	6.17	5.12
1964	6.16	5.06
1965	6.13	4.93
1966	6.09	4.83
1967	6.05	4.79
1968	6.01	4.66
1969	5.96	4.5
1970	5.91	4.39
1971	5.88	4.27
1972	5.85	4.16
1973	5.81	4
1974	5.78	3.86
1975	5.75	3.82
1976	5.71	3.78
1977	5.67	3.74
1978	5.64	3.81
1979	5.59	3.82
1980	5.56	3.73
1981	5.53	3.65
1982	5.53	3.32
1983	5.51	3.11
1984	5.51	3.01
1985	5.5	2.9
1986	5.48	2.74
1987	5.47	2.64
1988	5.47	2.57
1989	5.44	2.58
1990	5.41	2.54
1991	5.32	2.51
1992	5.21	2.49
1993	5.1	2.44
1994	4.99	2.4
1995	4.88	2.35
1996	4.78	2.29
1997	4.67	2.22
1998	4.56	2.14
1999	4.45	2.14
2000	4.39	2.21
2001	4.25	2.28
2002	4.13	2.31
2003	4.05	2.3
2004	3.94	2.27
2005	3.84	2.26
2006	3.76	2.29
2007	3.69	2.3
2008	3.62	2.23
2009	3.57	2.18
2010	3.5	2.13
2011	3.43	2.14
2012	3.32	2.17
2013	3.22	2.18
2014	3.16	2.13
2015	3.11	2.09
2016	3.05	2.06
2017	2.99	2.04
2018	2.92	2.03
2019	2.86	2.02
2020	2.8	2.01
2021	2.75	2
2022	2.7	1.98
2023	2.66	1.97
2024	2.63	1.95
2025	2.59	1.94
2026	2.55	1.93
2027	2.52	1.91
2028	2.49	1.9
2029	2.46	1.89
2030	2.43	1.88
2031	2.41	1.87
2032	2.38	1.86
2033	2.35	1.85
2034	2.33	1.85
2035	2.3	1.84
2036	2.28	1.83
2037	2.26	1.83
2038	2.25	1.82
2039	2.23	1.81
2040	2.21	1.81
2041	2.19	1.8
2042	2.18	1.8
2043	2.16	1.8
2044	2.14	1.79
2045	2.13	1.79
2046	2.11	1.79
2047	2.1	1.78
2048	2.09	1.78
2049	2.07	1.77
2050	2.06	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Haiti	Sri Lanka
1960	40.6%	41%
1961	40.7%	40.9%
1962	40.8%	40.8%
1963	40.8%	40.7%
1964	40.9%	40.6%
1965	40.9%	40.5%
1966	40.9%	40.4%
1967	41%	40.3%
1968	41%	40.1%
1969	41%	39.9%
1970	40.9%	39.7%
1971	40.9%	39.5%
1972	40.9%	39.2%
1973	40.9%	38.8%
1974	40.9%	38.4%
1975	41%	38%
1976	41%	37.6%
1977	41.1%	37.2%
1978	41.1%	36.9%
1979	41.1%	36.7%
1980	41.2%	36.4%
1981	41.2%	36.2%
1982	41.3%	36%
1983	41.4%	35.8%
1984	41.4%	35.5%
1985	41.5%	35.2%
1986	41.6%	34.6%
1987	41.7%	34%
1988	41.8%	33.5%
1989	41.8%	33%
1990	41.9%	32.5%
1991	41.9%	32.1%
1992	41.9%	31.4%
1993	41.8%	30.6%
1994	41.7%	29.9%
1995	41.6%	29.2%
1996	41.4%	28.6%
1997	41.2%	28.2%
1998	41%	27.8%
1999	40.7%	27.4%
2000	40.4%	27%
2001	40.1%	26.6%
2002	39.7%	26.3%
2003	39.3%	26.1%
2004	38.9%	26%
2005	38.4%	25.8%
2006	37.9%	25.7%
2007	37.5%	25.7%
2008	37.1%	25.6%
2009	36.6%	25.5%
2010	36.2%	25.4%
2011	35.9%	25.3%
2012	35.5%	25.2%
2013	35.1%	25%
2014	34.7%	24.9%
2015	34.3%	24.7%
2016	33.9%	24.5%
2017	33.6%	24.2%
2018	33.3%	24%
2019	32.9%	23.7%
2020	32.6%	23.3%
2021	32.3%	23%
2022	31.9%	22.7%
2023	31.6%	22.4%
2024	31.2%	22%
2025	30.8%	21.7%
2026	30.4%	21.4%
2027	30%	21.1%
2028	29.6%	20.8%
2029	29.2%	20.5%
2030	28.8%	20.2%
2031	28.5%	20%
2032	28.1%	19.8%
2033	27.8%	19.6%
2034	27.4%	19.4%
2035	27.1%	19.2%
2036	26.8%	19.1%
2037	26.5%	18.9%
2038	26.3%	18.8%
2039	26%	18.7%
2040	25.7%	18.6%
2041	25.5%	18.4%
2042	25.2%	18.3%
2043	25%	18.2%
2044	24.8%	18.1%
2045	24.5%	18%
2046	24.3%	17.9%
2047	24.1%	17.7%
2048	23.8%	17.6%
2049	23.6%	17.5%
2050	23.4%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.2% of the population in Haiti and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 41.9% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Haiti and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Haiti vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Haiti 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
	Haiti	Sri Lanka
1960	85,368	247,631
1961	87,563	251,087
1962	89,683	256,719
1963	86,394	262,880
1964	93,987	269,584
1965	95,754	272,422
1966	96,973	275,549
1967	99,266	284,738
1968	101,300	286,642
1969	103,133	286,218
1970	105,208	286,719
1971	107,968	281,200
1972	110,709	282,494
1973	113,223	278,577
1974	115,941	275,521
1975	118,508	282,496
1976	120,992	291,816
1977	123,520	300,038
1978	125,885	317,055
1979	128,206	329,791
1980	130,773	328,155
1981	133,695	328,096
1982	137,214	300,030
1983	140,422	277,768
1984	144,211	263,175
1985	148,364	247,836
1986	152,288	233,782
1987	156,468	226,414
1988	160,750	219,184
1989	163,947	212,401
1990	167,420	224,454
1991	167,919	218,117
1992	168,980	222,230
1993	169,240	226,257
1994	169,260	228,904
1995	171,852	221,957
1996	173,351	215,290
1997	174,962	208,193
1998	175,687	201,059
1999	177,421	206,876
2000	180,677	227,060
2001	178,741	244,377
2002	178,126	252,840
2003	179,543	252,008
2004	174,071	212,527
2005	180,618	248,683
2006	182,866	248,706
2007	184,223	248,287
2008	185,364	232,225
2009	187,804	200,175
2010	95,965	224,325
2011	184,695	224,461
2012	183,702	229,138
2013	181,457	221,021
2014	182,009	211,541
2015	182,063	201,815
2016	180,902	194,232
2017	180,310	187,993
2018	178,632	183,610
2019	176,550	172,243
2020	169,264	170,968
2021	158,994	121,858
2022	164,214	95,378
2023	167,381	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Haiti vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 328 deaths per 100,000 live births in Haiti, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Haiti	Sri Lanka
1985	991	68
1986	975	66
1987	952	64
1988	929	62
1989	900	61
1990	874	59
1991	831	57
1992	793	54
1993	747	51
1994	710	49
1995	638	48
1996	588	47
1997	551	45
1998	511	43
1999	464	41
2000	440	39
2001	428	37
2002	410	36
2003	385	35
2004	427	37
2005	355	32
2006	368	32
2007	383	31
2008	394	30
2009	397	28
2010	398	26
2011	409	25
2012	385	24
2013	380	23
2014	373	23
2015	364	22
2016	356	22
2017	351	21
2018	358	21
2019	351	20
2020	346	23
2021	385	34
2022	331	22
2023	328	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Haiti 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
	Haiti	Sri Lanka
1960	29.2%	9.41%
1961	28.8%	8.95%
1962	28.3%	8.66%
1963	27.9%	8.48%
1964	27.4%	8.3%
1965	27%	8.07%
1966	26.5%	7.81%
1967	26%	7.55%
1968	25.5%	7.32%
1969	25%	7.14%
1970	24.5%	7.02%
1971	23.9%	6.94%
1972	23.4%	6.86%
1973	22.8%	6.77%
1974	22.3%	6.62%
1975	21.7%	6.41%
1976	21.2%	6.12%
1977	20.6%	5.77%
1978	20.1%	5.38%
1979	19.6%	4.99%
1980	19.1%	4.63%
1981	18.6%	4.29%
1982	18.1%	3.98%
1983	17.6%	3.67%
1984	17.1%	3.35%
1985	16.6%	3.02%
1986	16.2%	2.74%
1987	15.8%	2.54%
1988	15.3%	2.41%
1989	14.9%	2.74%
1990	14.5%	2.33%
1991	14.1%	2.32%
1992	13.7%	2.29%
1993	13.2%	2.22%
1994	12.8%	2.14%
1995	12.4%	2.05%
1996	12%	1.95%
1997	11.5%	1.86%
1998	11.1%	1.76%
1999	10.7%	1.69%
2000	10.4%	1.63%
2001	10%	1.58%
2002	9.68%	1.55%
2003	9.4%	1.52%
2004	9.14%	2.88%
2005	8.91%	1.4%
2006	8.69%	1.33%
2007	8.49%	1.26%
2008	8.29%	1.2%
2009	8.11%	2.08%
2010	13.7%	1.12%
2011	7.74%	1.08%
2012	7.56%	1.03%
2013	7.38%	0.98%
2014	7.19%	0.92%
2015	6.99%	0.87%
2016	6.79%	0.83%
2017	6.61%	0.79%
2018	6.42%	0.76%
2019	6.23%	0.72%
2020	6.04%	0.69%
2021	5.85%	0.66%
2022	5.69%	0.64%
2023	5.51%	0.61%