Fertility & birth rates in Ivory Coast and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Ivory Coast vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ivory Coast was 4.28 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 Ivory Coast 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
	Ivory Coast	Sri Lanka
1960	7.69	5.35
1961	7.72	5.24
1962	7.75	5.18
1963	7.78	5.12
1964	7.81	5.06
1965	7.84	4.93
1966	7.87	4.83
1967	7.89	4.79
1968	7.91	4.66
1969	7.93	4.5
1970	7.94	4.39
1971	7.94	4.27
1972	7.94	4.16
1973	7.94	4
1974	7.93	3.86
1975	7.91	3.82
1976	7.88	3.78
1977	7.83	3.74
1978	7.67	3.81
1979	7.63	3.82
1980	7.59	3.73
1981	7.54	3.65
1982	7.49	3.32
1983	7.42	3.11
1984	7.35	3.01
1985	7.27	2.9
1986	7.19	2.74
1987	7.09	2.64
1988	6.97	2.57
1989	6.85	2.58
1990	6.72	2.54
1991	6.59	2.51
1992	6.43	2.49
1993	6.27	2.44
1994	6.13	2.4
1995	6.04	2.35
1996	5.95	2.29
1997	5.9	2.22
1998	5.85	2.14
1999	5.81	2.14
2000	5.77	2.21
2001	5.7	2.28
2002	5.64	2.31
2003	5.57	2.3
2004	5.53	2.27
2005	5.5	2.26
2006	5.45	2.29
2007	5.4	2.3
2008	5.36	2.23
2009	5.33	2.18
2010	5.29	2.13
2011	5.24	2.14
2012	5.19	2.17
2013	5.14	2.18
2014	5.07	2.13
2015	4.97	2.09
2016	4.87	2.06
2017	4.76	2.04
2018	4.6	2.03
2019	4.52	2.02
2020	4.46	2.01
2021	4.41	2
2022	4.35	1.98
2023	4.28	1.97
2024	4.23	1.95
2025	4.17	1.94
2026	4.1	1.93
2027	4.05	1.91
2028	3.99	1.9
2029	3.93	1.89
2030	3.88	1.88
2031	3.83	1.87
2032	3.78	1.86
2033	3.75	1.85
2034	3.69	1.85
2035	3.64	1.84
2036	3.6	1.83
2037	3.56	1.83
2038	3.51	1.82
2039	3.47	1.81
2040	3.43	1.81
2041	3.39	1.8
2042	3.35	1.8
2043	3.31	1.8
2044	3.27	1.79
2045	3.23	1.79
2046	3.2	1.79
2047	3.17	1.78
2048	3.13	1.78
2049	3.1	1.77
2050	3.07	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ivory Coast	Sri Lanka
1960	43.1%	41%
1961	43.2%	40.9%
1962	43.4%	40.8%
1963	43.6%	40.7%
1964	43.9%	40.6%
1965	44.1%	40.5%
1966	44.3%	40.4%
1967	44.6%	40.3%
1968	44.8%	40.1%
1969	44.9%	39.9%
1970	45.1%	39.7%
1971	45.1%	39.5%
1972	45.2%	39.2%
1973	45.2%	38.8%
1974	45.3%	38.4%
1975	45.4%	38%
1976	45.7%	37.6%
1977	46.1%	37.2%
1978	46.5%	36.9%
1979	46.8%	36.7%
1980	47.1%	36.4%
1981	47.3%	36.2%
1982	47.5%	36%
1983	47.7%	35.8%
1984	47.8%	35.5%
1985	47.9%	35.2%
1986	48%	34.6%
1987	48.1%	34%
1988	48%	33.5%
1989	47.9%	33%
1990	47.8%	32.5%
1991	47.6%	32.1%
1992	47.4%	31.4%
1993	47.1%	30.6%
1994	46.9%	29.9%
1995	46.7%	29.2%
1996	46.4%	28.6%
1997	46.2%	28.2%
1998	46.1%	27.8%
1999	46%	27.4%
2000	46%	27%
2001	46.1%	26.6%
2002	46.2%	26.3%
2003	46.2%	26.1%
2004	46.3%	26%
2005	46.3%	25.8%
2006	46.3%	25.7%
2007	46.4%	25.7%
2008	45.8%	25.6%
2009	44.9%	25.5%
2010	44%	25.4%
2011	43.3%	25.3%
2012	42.7%	25.2%
2013	42.2%	25%
2014	42%	24.9%
2015	42.2%	24.7%
2016	42.3%	24.5%
2017	42.4%	24.2%
2018	42.4%	24%
2019	42.3%	23.7%
2020	42.2%	23.3%
2021	42%	23%
2022	41.7%	22.7%
2023	41.3%	22.4%
2024	40.9%	22%
2025	40.5%	21.7%
2026	40%	21.4%
2027	39.7%	21.1%
2028	39.3%	20.8%
2029	38.8%	20.5%
2030	38.3%	20.2%
2031	37.8%	20%
2032	37.3%	19.8%
2033	37%	19.6%
2034	36.7%	19.4%
2035	36.4%	19.2%
2036	36.2%	19.1%
2037	35.9%	18.9%
2038	35.7%	18.8%
2039	35.6%	18.7%
2040	35.4%	18.6%
2041	35.3%	18.4%
2042	35.1%	18.3%
2043	35%	18.2%
2044	34.8%	18.1%
2045	34.7%	18%
2046	34.5%	17.9%
2047	34.4%	17.7%
2048	34.2%	17.6%
2049	34%	17.5%
2050	33.7%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Ivory Coast and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 47.8% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ivory Coast and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Ivory Coast vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.65% in Ivory Coast 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
	Ivory Coast	Sri Lanka
1960	99,681	247,631
1961	105,568	251,087
1962	111,930	256,719
1963	118,526	262,880
1964	124,996	269,584
1965	131,601	272,422
1966	138,438	275,549
1967	145,773	284,738
1968	153,464	286,642
1969	161,541	286,218
1970	170,070	286,719
1971	179,918	281,200
1972	190,842	282,494
1973	203,429	278,577
1974	216,389	275,521
1975	228,883	282,496
1976	241,939	291,816
1977	250,858	300,038
1978	257,222	317,055
1979	268,875	329,791
1980	280,630	328,155
1981	292,755	328,096
1982	305,204	300,030
1983	317,379	277,768
1984	331,910	263,175
1985	344,549	247,836
1986	357,205	233,782
1987	370,654	226,414
1988	378,575	219,184
1989	390,081	212,401
1990	402,629	224,454
1991	413,354	218,117
1992	423,294	222,230
1993	430,759	226,257
1994	438,274	228,904
1995	453,719	221,957
1996	469,740	215,290
1997	489,984	208,193
1998	509,167	201,059
1999	527,634	206,876
2000	545,129	227,060
2001	555,220	244,377
2002	563,692	252,840
2003	568,220	252,008
2004	579,424	212,527
2005	593,685	248,683
2006	605,001	248,706
2007	617,247	248,287
2008	630,610	232,225
2009	654,439	200,175
2010	676,554	224,325
2011	694,033	224,461
2012	708,847	229,138
2013	720,228	221,021
2014	728,978	211,541
2015	731,387	201,815
2016	735,630	194,232
2017	734,553	187,993
2018	722,445	183,610
2019	727,774	172,243
2020	727,455	170,968
2021	732,191	121,858
2022	750,270	95,378
2023	758,261	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Ivory Coast vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 359 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ivory Coast, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ivory Coast	Sri Lanka
1985	766	68
1986	735	66
1987	697	64
1988	671	62
1989	645	61
1990	619	59
1991	584	57
1992	546	54
1993	503	51
1994	463	49
1995	421	48
1996	381	47
1997	364	45
1998	380	43
1999	381	41
2000	378	39
2001	405	37
2002	427	36
2003	451	35
2004	456	37
2005	492	32
2006	544	32
2007	567	31
2008	562	30
2009	588	28
2010	592	26
2011	569	25
2012	566	24
2013	544	23
2014	522	23
2015	505	22
2016	488	22
2017	465	21
2018	449	21
2019	429	20
2020	447	23
2021	459	34
2022	409	22
2023	359	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.71% in Ivory Coast 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
	Ivory Coast	Sri Lanka
1960	32.1%	9.41%
1961	31.3%	8.95%
1962	30.5%	8.66%
1963	29.7%	8.48%
1964	28.9%	8.3%
1965	28.2%	8.07%
1966	27.4%	7.81%
1967	26.7%	7.55%
1968	26%	7.32%
1969	25.2%	7.14%
1970	24.5%	7.02%
1971	23.7%	6.94%
1972	22.9%	6.86%
1973	22.1%	6.77%
1974	21.2%	6.62%
1975	20.3%	6.41%
1976	19.5%	6.12%
1977	18.7%	5.77%
1978	18%	5.38%
1979	17.4%	4.99%
1980	16.9%	4.63%
1981	16.4%	4.29%
1982	16.1%	3.98%
1983	15.8%	3.67%
1984	15.5%	3.35%
1985	15.4%	3.02%
1986	15.3%	2.74%
1987	15.2%	2.54%
1988	15.2%	2.41%
1989	15.3%	2.74%
1990	15.3%	2.33%
1991	15.4%	2.32%
1992	15.4%	2.29%
1993	15.4%	2.22%
1994	15.3%	2.14%
1995	15.2%	2.05%
1996	15.1%	1.95%
1997	14.9%	1.86%
1998	14.6%	1.76%
1999	14.4%	1.69%
2000	14.1%	1.63%
2001	13.7%	1.58%
2002	13.3%	1.55%
2003	13%	1.52%
2004	12.6%	2.88%
2005	12.2%	1.4%
2006	11.8%	1.33%
2007	11.4%	1.26%
2008	11%	1.2%
2009	10.6%	2.08%
2010	10.2%	1.12%
2011	9.91%	1.08%
2012	9.6%	1.03%
2013	9.27%	0.98%
2014	8.92%	0.92%
2015	8.61%	0.87%
2016	8.36%	0.83%
2017	8.11%	0.79%
2018	7.85%	0.76%
2019	7.59%	0.72%
2020	7.37%	0.69%
2021	7.14%	0.66%
2022	6.92%	0.64%
2023	6.71%	0.61%