Fertility & birth rates in Lithuania and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Lithuania vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Lithuania was 1.18 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 Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	Sri Lanka
1960	2.56	5.35
1961	2.53	5.24
1962	2.45	5.18
1963	2.35	5.12
1964	2.28	5.06
1965	2.23	4.93
1966	2.22	4.83
1967	2.23	4.79
1968	2.24	4.66
1969	2.3	4.5
1970	2.4	4.39
1971	2.41	4.27
1972	2.34	4.16
1973	2.22	4
1974	2.21	3.86
1975	2.18	3.82
1976	2.18	3.78
1977	2.14	3.74
1978	2.08	3.81
1979	2.05	3.82
1980	1.99	3.73
1981	1.98	3.65
1982	1.97	3.32
1983	2.1	3.11
1984	2.07	3.01
1985	2.08	2.9
1986	2.12	2.74
1987	2.11	2.64
1988	2.02	2.57
1989	1.98	2.58
1990	2.03	2.54
1991	2.01	2.51
1992	1.97	2.49
1993	1.74	2.44
1994	1.57	2.4
1995	1.55	2.35
1996	1.49	2.29
1997	1.47	2.22
1998	1.46	2.14
1999	1.46	2.14
2000	1.39	2.21
2001	1.29	2.28
2002	1.23	2.31
2003	1.26	2.3
2004	1.27	2.27
2005	1.29	2.26
2006	1.33	2.29
2007	1.36	2.3
2008	1.45	2.23
2009	1.5	2.18
2010	1.5	2.13
2011	1.55	2.14
2012	1.6	2.17
2013	1.59	2.18
2014	1.57	2.13
2015	1.63	2.09
2016	1.63	2.06
2017	1.57	2.04
2018	1.53	2.03
2019	1.43	2.02
2020	1.36	2.01
2021	1.36	2
2022	1.27	1.98
2023	1.18	1.97
2024	1.19	1.95
2025	1.2	1.94
2026	1.2	1.93
2027	1.21	1.91
2028	1.22	1.9
2029	1.22	1.89
2030	1.23	1.88
2031	1.23	1.87
2032	1.24	1.86
2033	1.25	1.85
2034	1.25	1.85
2035	1.26	1.84
2036	1.27	1.83
2037	1.27	1.83
2038	1.28	1.82
2039	1.28	1.81
2040	1.29	1.81
2041	1.29	1.8
2042	1.3	1.8
2043	1.3	1.8
2044	1.31	1.79
2045	1.31	1.79
2046	1.31	1.79
2047	1.32	1.78
2048	1.32	1.78
2049	1.33	1.77
2050	1.33	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Lithuania	Sri Lanka
1960	27.1%	41%
1961	27.3%	40.9%
1962	27.4%	40.8%
1963	27.5%	40.7%
1964	27.4%	40.6%
1965	27.3%	40.5%
1966	27.3%	40.4%
1967	27.2%	40.3%
1968	27.2%	40.1%
1969	27.2%	39.9%
1970	27.1%	39.7%
1971	26.8%	39.5%
1972	26.6%	39.2%
1973	26.1%	38.8%
1974	25.6%	38.4%
1975	25.1%	38%
1976	24.6%	37.6%
1977	24.2%	37.2%
1978	23.8%	36.9%
1979	23.5%	36.7%
1980	23.3%	36.4%
1981	23.1%	36.2%
1982	22.9%	36%
1983	22.8%	35.8%
1984	22.8%	35.5%
1985	22.7%	35.2%
1986	22.7%	34.6%
1987	22.7%	34%
1988	22.6%	33.5%
1989	22.5%	33%
1990	22.6%	32.5%
1991	22.5%	32.1%
1992	22.4%	31.4%
1993	22.3%	30.6%
1994	22.1%	29.9%
1995	21.8%	29.2%
1996	21.5%	28.6%
1997	21.2%	28.2%
1998	20.9%	27.8%
1999	20.4%	27.4%
2000	20%	27%
2001	19.3%	26.6%
2002	18.6%	26.3%
2003	17.9%	26.1%
2004	17.4%	26%
2005	16.8%	25.8%
2006	16.3%	25.7%
2007	15.8%	25.7%
2008	15.3%	25.6%
2009	15%	25.5%
2010	14.9%	25.4%
2011	14.8%	25.3%
2012	14.7%	25.2%
2013	14.6%	25%
2014	14.6%	24.9%
2015	14.6%	24.7%
2016	14.7%	24.5%
2017	14.9%	24.2%
2018	15%	24%
2019	15.1%	23.7%
2020	15.1%	23.3%
2021	15.1%	23%
2022	15%	22.7%
2023	14.9%	22.4%
2024	14.7%	22%
2025	14.5%	21.7%
2026	14.3%	21.4%
2027	14.1%	21.1%
2028	13.9%	20.8%
2029	13.6%	20.5%
2030	13.3%	20.2%
2031	13%	20%
2032	12.7%	19.8%
2033	12.4%	19.6%
2034	12.1%	19.4%
2035	11.9%	19.2%
2036	11.7%	19.1%
2037	11.6%	18.9%
2038	11.5%	18.8%
2039	11.4%	18.7%
2040	11.4%	18.6%
2041	11.3%	18.4%
2042	11.3%	18.3%
2043	11.3%	18.2%
2044	11.2%	18.1%
2045	11.2%	18%
2046	11.3%	17.9%
2047	11.3%	17.7%
2048	11.3%	17.6%
2049	11.3%	17.5%
2050	11.4%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.7% of the population in Lithuania and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 22.6% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Lithuania and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Lithuania vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.54% in Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	Sri Lanka
1960	40,845	247,631
1961	40,376	251,087
1962	34,933	256,719
1963	33,918	262,880
1964	34,048	269,584
1965	30,309	272,422
1966	30,381	275,549
1967	29,226	284,738
1968	28,325	286,642
1969	27,345	286,218
1970	27,629	286,719
1971	28,930	281,200
1972	25,388	282,494
1973	22,712	278,577
1974	22,589	275,521
1975	20,470	282,496
1976	20,305	291,816
1977	19,124	300,038
1978	17,573	317,055
1979	16,989	329,791
1980	16,042	328,155
1981	16,478	328,096
1982	18,323	300,030
1983	20,911	277,768
1984	18,976	263,175
1985	19,140	247,836
1986	23,978	233,782
1987	22,422	226,414
1988	19,006	219,184
1989	17,316	212,401
1990	17,010	224,454
1991	14,817	218,117
1992	12,950	222,230
1993	1,473	226,257
1994	-4,023	228,904
1995	-3,992	221,957
1996	-3,962	215,290
1997	-3,218	208,193
1998	-3,904	201,059
1999	-3,877	206,876
2000	-4,549	227,060
2001	-9,024	244,377
2002	-11,362	252,840
2003	-10,929	252,008
2004	-11,482	212,527
2005	-14,287	248,683
2006	-15,041	248,706
2007	-15,510	248,287
2008	-12,153	232,225
2009	-9,805	200,175
2010	-11,460	224,325
2011	-10,901	224,461
2012	-11,060	229,138
2013	-12,733	221,021
2014	-10,868	211,541
2015	-11,935	201,815
2016	-11,509	194,232
2017	-12,224	187,993
2018	-12,686	183,610
2019	-13,212	172,243
2020	-19,953	170,968
2021	-24,433	121,858
2022	-20,671	95,378
2023	-16,368	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Lithuania vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Lithuania, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Lithuania	Sri Lanka
1985	35	68
1986	30	66
1987	28	64
1988	28	62
1989	31	61
1990	29	59
1991	29	57
1992	28	54
1993	29	51
1994	31	49
1995	28	48
1996	25	47
1997	21	45
1998	19	43
1999	18	41
2000	16	39
2001	16	37
2002	14	36
2003	14	35
2004	12	37
2005	13	32
2006	14	32
2007	14	31
2008	13	30
2009	11	28
2010	10	26
2011	10	25
2012	10	24
2013	10	23
2014	9	23
2015	10	22
2016	9	22
2017	10	21
2018	9	21
2019	9	20
2020	8	23
2021	9	34
2022	9	22
2023	8	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Lithuania 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
	Lithuania	Sri Lanka
1960	-	9.41%
1961	-	8.95%
1962	-	8.66%
1963	-	8.48%
1964	-	8.3%
1965	-	8.07%
1966	-	7.81%
1967	2.63%	7.55%
1968	2.63%	7.32%
1969	2.51%	7.14%
1970	2.29%	7.02%
1971	2.11%	6.94%
1972	2.08%	6.86%
1973	2.16%	6.77%
1974	2.24%	6.62%
1975	2.26%	6.41%
1976	2.25%	6.12%
1977	2.22%	5.77%
1978	2.18%	5.38%
1979	2.12%	4.99%
1980	2.05%	4.63%
1981	1.98%	4.29%
1982	1.92%	3.98%
1983	1.87%	3.67%
1984	1.82%	3.35%
1985	1.74%	3.02%
1986	1.64%	2.74%
1987	1.52%	2.54%
1988	1.42%	2.41%
1989	1.42%	2.74%
1990	1.52%	2.33%
1991	1.67%	2.32%
1992	1.78%	2.29%
1993	1.79%	2.22%
1994	1.69%	2.14%
1995	1.51%	2.05%
1996	1.34%	1.95%
1997	1.23%	1.86%
1998	1.16%	1.76%
1999	1.12%	1.69%
2000	1.07%	1.63%
2001	1.03%	1.58%
2002	0.99%	1.55%
2003	0.96%	1.52%
2004	0.93%	2.88%
2005	0.9%	1.4%
2006	0.86%	1.33%
2007	0.8%	1.26%
2008	0.74%	1.2%
2009	0.67%	2.08%
2010	0.6%	1.12%
2011	0.56%	1.08%
2012	0.53%	1.03%
2013	0.51%	0.98%
2014	0.51%	0.92%
2015	0.5%	0.87%
2016	0.49%	0.83%
2017	0.46%	0.79%
2018	0.42%	0.76%
2019	0.39%	0.72%
2020	0.37%	0.69%
2021	0.36%	0.66%
2022	0.35%	0.64%
2023	0.34%	0.61%