Fertility & birth rates in Iraq and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Iraq vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Iraq was 3.25 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 Iraq 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
	Iraq	Sri Lanka
1960	5.3	5.35
1961	5.8	5.24
1962	6.99	5.18
1963	7.01	5.12
1964	7.01	5.06
1965	7.02	4.93
1966	7.02	4.83
1967	7.03	4.79
1968	7.06	4.66
1969	7.08	4.5
1970	7.07	4.39
1971	7.06	4.27
1972	7.02	4.16
1973	6.99	4
1974	6.95	3.86
1975	6.91	3.82
1976	6.86	3.78
1977	6.8	3.74
1978	6.73	3.81
1979	6.66	3.82
1980	6.59	3.73
1981	6.53	3.65
1982	6.46	3.32
1983	6.39	3.11
1984	6.32	3.01
1985	6.25	2.9
1986	6.18	2.74
1987	6.11	2.64
1988	6.05	2.57
1989	5.99	2.58
1990	5.93	2.54
1991	5.83	2.51
1992	5.72	2.49
1993	5.61	2.44
1994	5.49	2.4
1995	5.36	2.35
1996	5.25	2.29
1997	5.19	2.22
1998	5.11	2.14
1999	5.04	2.14
2000	4.92	2.21
2001	4.8	2.28
2002	4.67	2.31
2003	4.58	2.3
2004	4.53	2.27
2005	4.45	2.26
2006	4.46	2.29
2007	4.4	2.3
2008	4.37	2.23
2009	4.38	2.18
2010	4.46	2.13
2011	4.59	2.14
2012	4.54	2.17
2013	4.44	2.18
2014	4.31	2.13
2015	4.08	2.09
2016	3.84	2.06
2017	3.64	2.04
2018	3.55	2.03
2019	3.48	2.02
2020	3.42	2.01
2021	3.36	2
2022	3.29	1.98
2023	3.25	1.97
2024	3.22	1.95
2025	3.17	1.94
2026	3.13	1.93
2027	3.09	1.91
2028	3.05	1.9
2029	3.01	1.89
2030	2.97	1.88
2031	2.94	1.87
2032	2.89	1.86
2033	2.86	1.85
2034	2.83	1.85
2035	2.79	1.84
2036	2.77	1.83
2037	2.74	1.83
2038	2.71	1.82
2039	2.69	1.81
2040	2.66	1.81
2041	2.64	1.8
2042	2.61	1.8
2043	2.59	1.8
2044	2.57	1.79
2045	2.54	1.79
2046	2.52	1.79
2047	2.5	1.78
2048	2.48	1.78
2049	2.47	1.77
2050	2.45	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Iraq	Sri Lanka
1960	39.8%	41%
1961	39.9%	40.9%
1962	40.4%	40.8%
1963	41%	40.7%
1964	41.5%	40.6%
1965	42.1%	40.5%
1966	42.5%	40.4%
1967	42.8%	40.3%
1968	43%	40.1%
1969	43.3%	39.9%
1970	43.6%	39.7%
1971	44.1%	39.5%
1972	44.7%	39.2%
1973	45.5%	38.8%
1974	46.2%	38.4%
1975	46.7%	38%
1976	47.2%	37.6%
1977	47.3%	37.2%
1978	47.1%	36.9%
1979	47%	36.7%
1980	46.8%	36.4%
1981	46.7%	36.2%
1982	46.6%	36%
1983	46.5%	35.8%
1984	46.3%	35.5%
1985	46.2%	35.2%
1986	46%	34.6%
1987	45.8%	34%
1988	45.6%	33.5%
1989	45.4%	33%
1990	45.2%	32.5%
1991	45%	32.1%
1992	44.9%	31.4%
1993	44.7%	30.6%
1994	44.6%	29.9%
1995	44.4%	29.2%
1996	44.3%	28.6%
1997	44.1%	28.2%
1998	44%	27.8%
1999	43.8%	27.4%
2000	43.7%	27%
2001	43.5%	26.6%
2002	43.3%	26.3%
2003	43.1%	26.1%
2004	42.9%	26%
2005	42.6%	25.8%
2006	42.3%	25.7%
2007	42.1%	25.7%
2008	41.8%	25.6%
2009	41.5%	25.5%
2010	41.2%	25.4%
2011	41.1%	25.3%
2012	41%	25.2%
2013	40.8%	25%
2014	40.6%	24.9%
2015	40.4%	24.7%
2016	40.1%	24.5%
2017	39.7%	24.2%
2018	39.3%	24%
2019	38.9%	23.7%
2020	38.5%	23.3%
2021	38.1%	23%
2022	37.6%	22.7%
2023	37.1%	22.4%
2024	36.6%	22%
2025	36%	21.7%
2026	35.4%	21.4%
2027	34.7%	21.1%
2028	34.1%	20.8%
2029	33.4%	20.5%
2030	32.9%	20.2%
2031	32.5%	20%
2032	32.1%	19.8%
2033	31.8%	19.6%
2034	31.6%	19.4%
2035	31.3%	19.2%
2036	31.1%	19.1%
2037	30.9%	18.9%
2038	30.6%	18.8%
2039	30.4%	18.7%
2040	30.1%	18.6%
2041	29.9%	18.4%
2042	29.7%	18.3%
2043	29.4%	18.2%
2044	29.1%	18.1%
2045	28.8%	18%
2046	28.6%	17.9%
2047	28.3%	17.7%
2048	28%	17.6%
2049	27.7%	17.5%
2050	27.4%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.6% of the population in Iraq and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 45.2% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Iraq and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Iraq vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.37% in Iraq 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
	Iraq	Sri Lanka
1960	155,651	247,631
1961	184,792	251,087
1962	247,520	256,719
1963	254,046	262,880
1964	262,825	269,584
1965	274,551	272,422
1966	285,507	275,549
1967	298,192	284,738
1968	310,644	286,642
1969	324,792	286,218
1970	338,030	286,719
1971	351,464	281,200
1972	362,334	282,494
1973	373,191	278,577
1974	376,197	275,521
1975	385,916	282,496
1976	402,260	291,816
1977	410,229	300,038
1978	418,756	317,055
1979	428,458	329,791
1980	419,653	328,155
1981	416,998	328,096
1982	428,336	300,030
1983	439,800	277,768
1984	455,740	263,175
1985	467,445	247,836
1986	474,348	233,782
1987	488,742	226,414
1988	476,778	219,184
1989	496,852	212,401
1990	518,575	224,454
1991	550,146	218,117
1992	591,886	222,230
1993	606,700	226,257
1994	634,344	228,904
1995	642,977	221,957
1996	652,866	215,290
1997	667,582	208,193
1998	684,152	201,059
1999	702,170	206,876
2000	715,771	227,060
2001	729,704	244,377
2002	739,419	252,840
2003	746,159	252,008
2004	761,563	212,527
2005	776,603	248,683
2006	797,342	248,706
2007	784,119	248,287
2008	802,382	232,225
2009	855,096	200,175
2010	906,369	224,325
2011	971,082	224,461
2012	999,987	229,138
2013	1,026,036	221,021
2014	1,040,726	211,541
2015	1,007,561	201,815
2016	946,968	194,232
2017	924,507	187,993
2018	938,310	183,610
2019	942,972	172,243
2020	919,953	170,968
2021	941,924	121,858
2022	962,501	95,378
2023	973,420	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Iraq vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 66 deaths per 100,000 live births in Iraq, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Iraq	Sri Lanka
1985	152	68
1986	147	66
1987	145	64
1988	174	62
1989	190	61
1990	195	59
1991	157	57
1992	126	54
1993	132	51
1994	142	49
1995	152	48
1996	158	47
1997	165	45
1998	163	43
1999	156	41
2000	146	39
2001	137	37
2002	128	36
2003	125	35
2004	122	37
2005	118	32
2006	120	32
2007	117	31
2008	109	30
2009	107	28
2010	107	26
2011	105	25
2012	100	24
2013	96	23
2014	90	23
2015	86	22
2016	87	22
2017	81	21
2018	76	21
2019	74	20
2020	63	23
2021	77	34
2022	59	22
2023	66	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.26% in Iraq 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
	Iraq	Sri Lanka
1960	19%	9.41%
1961	17.9%	8.95%
1962	16.9%	8.66%
1963	16%	8.48%
1964	15.1%	8.3%
1965	14.4%	8.07%
1966	13.6%	7.81%
1967	13%	7.55%
1968	12.4%	7.32%
1969	11.8%	7.14%
1970	11.2%	7.02%
1971	10.7%	6.94%
1972	10.3%	6.86%
1973	9.79%	6.77%
1974	9.35%	6.62%
1975	8.93%	6.41%
1976	8.54%	6.12%
1977	8.17%	5.77%
1978	7.83%	5.38%
1979	7.52%	4.99%
1980	7.23%	4.63%
1981	6.96%	4.29%
1982	6.71%	3.98%
1983	6.49%	3.67%
1984	6.28%	3.35%
1985	6.09%	3.02%
1986	5.91%	2.74%
1987	5.75%	2.54%
1988	6.92%	2.41%
1989	8.12%	2.74%
1990	7.97%	2.33%
1991	6.49%	2.32%
1992	5.17%	2.29%
1993	5.07%	2.22%
1994	4.98%	2.14%
1995	4.89%	2.05%
1996	4.8%	1.95%
1997	4.71%	1.86%
1998	4.61%	1.76%
1999	4.52%	1.69%
2000	4.43%	1.63%
2001	4.33%	1.58%
2002	4.24%	1.55%
2003	4.16%	1.52%
2004	4.07%	2.88%
2005	3.97%	1.4%
2006	3.88%	1.33%
2007	3.78%	1.26%
2008	3.67%	1.2%
2009	3.56%	2.08%
2010	3.46%	1.12%
2011	3.35%	1.08%
2012	3.24%	1.03%
2013	3.14%	0.98%
2014	3.04%	0.92%
2015	2.94%	0.87%
2016	2.84%	0.83%
2017	2.75%	0.79%
2018	2.66%	0.76%
2019	2.57%	0.72%
2020	2.49%	0.69%
2021	2.41%	0.66%
2022	2.33%	0.64%
2023	2.26%	0.61%