Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Luxembourg was 1.25 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 Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Sri Lanka
1960	2.29	5.35
1961	-	5.24
1962	2.37	5.18
1963	-	5.12
1964	2.34	5.06
1965	2.42	4.93
1966	2.34	4.83
1967	2.24	4.79
1968	2.12	4.66
1969	2.02	4.5
1970	1.97	4.39
1971	1.95	4.27
1972	1.75	4.16
1973	1.58	4
1974	1.58	3.86
1975	1.55	3.82
1976	1.48	3.78
1977	1.5	3.74
1978	1.48	3.81
1979	1.48	3.82
1980	1.5	3.73
1981	1.55	3.65
1982	1.49	3.32
1983	1.43	3.11
1984	1.42	3.01
1985	1.38	2.9
1986	1.43	2.74
1987	1.4	2.64
1988	1.51	2.57
1989	1.52	2.58
1990	1.6	2.54
1991	1.6	2.51
1992	1.64	2.49
1993	1.7	2.44
1994	1.72	2.4
1995	1.7	2.35
1996	1.77	2.29
1997	1.71	2.22
1998	1.68	2.14
1999	1.74	2.14
2000	1.76	2.21
2001	1.66	2.28
2002	1.63	2.31
2003	1.62	2.3
2004	1.66	2.27
2005	1.63	2.26
2006	1.65	2.29
2007	1.61	2.3
2008	1.61	2.23
2009	1.59	2.18
2010	1.63	2.13
2011	1.52	2.14
2012	1.57	2.17
2013	1.55	2.18
2014	1.5	2.13
2015	1.47	2.09
2016	1.41	2.06
2017	1.39	2.04
2018	1.38	2.03
2019	1.34	2.02
2020	1.36	2.01
2021	1.38	2
2022	1.31	1.98
2023	1.25	1.97
2024	1.25	1.95
2025	1.26	1.94
2026	1.26	1.93
2027	1.27	1.91
2028	1.27	1.9
2029	1.28	1.89
2030	1.28	1.88
2031	1.29	1.87
2032	1.29	1.86
2033	1.29	1.85
2034	1.29	1.85
2035	1.3	1.84
2036	1.3	1.83
2037	1.3	1.83
2038	1.3	1.82
2039	1.3	1.81
2040	1.31	1.81
2041	1.31	1.8
2042	1.31	1.8
2043	1.31	1.8
2044	1.32	1.79
2045	1.32	1.79
2046	1.32	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
	Luxembourg	Sri Lanka
1960	21.2%	41%
1961	21.5%	40.9%
1962	21.7%	40.8%
1963	21.9%	40.7%
1964	22.1%	40.6%
1965	22.3%	40.5%
1966	22.5%	40.4%
1967	22.6%	40.3%
1968	22.5%	40.1%
1969	22.4%	39.9%
1970	22.2%	39.7%
1971	22%	39.5%
1972	21.6%	39.2%
1973	21.2%	38.8%
1974	20.9%	38.4%
1975	20.5%	38%
1976	20.2%	37.6%
1977	19.9%	37.2%
1978	19.5%	36.9%
1979	19.2%	36.7%
1980	18.8%	36.4%
1981	18.4%	36.2%
1982	18.1%	36%
1983	17.8%	35.8%
1984	17.5%	35.5%
1985	17.2%	35.2%
1986	17%	34.6%
1987	16.9%	34%
1988	17%	33.5%
1989	17.2%	33%
1990	17.4%	32.5%
1991	17.6%	32.1%
1992	17.8%	31.4%
1993	18%	30.6%
1994	18.3%	29.9%
1995	18.4%	29.2%
1996	18.6%	28.6%
1997	18.7%	28.2%
1998	18.8%	27.8%
1999	18.9%	27.4%
2000	18.9%	27%
2001	18.9%	26.6%
2002	18.9%	26.3%
2003	18.8%	26.1%
2004	18.7%	26%
2005	18.5%	25.8%
2006	18.4%	25.7%
2007	18.2%	25.7%
2008	18%	25.6%
2009	17.8%	25.5%
2010	17.7%	25.4%
2011	17.4%	25.3%
2012	17.1%	25.2%
2013	16.9%	25%
2014	16.7%	24.9%
2015	16.6%	24.7%
2016	16.4%	24.5%
2017	16.2%	24.2%
2018	16.1%	24%
2019	16%	23.7%
2020	16%	23.3%
2021	15.9%	23%
2022	15.9%	22.7%
2023	15.8%	22.4%
2024	15.8%	22%
2025	15.7%	21.7%
2026	15.7%	21.4%
2027	15.7%	21.1%
2028	15.6%	20.8%
2029	15.5%	20.5%
2030	15.4%	20.2%
2031	15.3%	20%
2032	15.2%	19.8%
2033	15.1%	19.6%
2034	15%	19.4%
2035	14.9%	19.2%
2036	14.7%	19.1%
2037	14.6%	18.9%
2038	14.5%	18.8%
2039	14.3%	18.7%
2040	14.2%	18.6%
2041	14%	18.4%
2042	13.9%	18.3%
2043	13.8%	18.2%
2044	13.7%	18.1%
2045	13.6%	18%
2046	13.5%	17.9%
2047	13.5%	17.7%
2048	13.5%	17.6%
2049	13.5%	17.5%
2050	13.5%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Sri Lanka
1960	1,319	247,631
1961	1,489	251,087
1962	1,091	256,719
1963	1,199	262,880
1964	1,377	269,584
1965	1,260	272,422
1966	1,168	275,549
1967	837	284,738
1968	604	286,642
1969	303	286,218
1970	272	286,719
1971	69	281,200
1972	-35	282,494
1973	-421	278,577
1974	-390	275,521
1975	-395	282,496
1976	-578	291,816
1977	-36	300,038
1978	-145	317,055
1979	72	329,791
1980	37	328,155
1981	329	328,096
1982	183	300,030
1983	37	277,768
1984	146	263,175
1985	74	247,836
1986	331	233,782
1987	222	226,414
1988	747	219,184
1989	679	212,401
1990	1,145	224,454
1991	1,239	218,117
1992	1,098	222,230
1993	1,470	226,257
1994	1,652	228,904
1995	1,634	221,957
1996	1,781	215,290
1997	1,552	208,193
1998	1,486	201,059
1999	1,808	206,876
2000	1,963	227,060
2001	1,766	244,377
2002	1,607	252,840
2003	1,220	252,008
2004	1,878	212,527
2005	1,721	248,683
2006	1,748	248,706
2007	1,584	248,287
2008	2,003	232,225
2009	1,991	200,175
2010	2,129	224,325
2011	1,814	224,461
2012	2,124	229,138
2013	2,336	221,021
2014	2,225	211,541
2015	2,107	201,815
2016	2,095	194,232
2017	1,968	187,993
2018	1,945	183,610
2019	1,922	172,243
2020	1,828	170,968
2021	2,240	121,858
2022	2,024	95,378
2023	1,933	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Luxembourg, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Sri Lanka
1985	24	68
1986	24	66
1987	23	64
1988	24	62
1989	21	61
1990	24	59
1991	25	57
1992	26	54
1993	20	51
1994	20	49
1995	22	48
1996	23	47
1997	22	45
1998	18	43
1999	21	41
2000	18	39
2001	19	37
2002	17	36
2003	15	35
2004	17	37
2005	17	32
2006	16	32
2007	14	31
2008	13	30
2009	15	28
2010	17	26
2011	13	25
2012	13	24
2013	15	23
2014	13	23
2015	13	22
2016	13	22
2017	15	21
2018	9	21
2019	12	20
2020	6	23
2021	6	34
2022	6	22
2023	11	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Sri Lanka
1960	3.72%	9.41%
1961	3.54%	8.95%
1962	3.36%	8.66%
1963	3.2%	8.48%
1964	3.04%	8.3%
1965	2.89%	8.07%
1966	2.75%	7.81%
1967	2.61%	7.55%
1968	2.48%	7.32%
1969	2.36%	7.14%
1970	2.24%	7.02%
1971	2.11%	6.94%
1972	1.99%	6.86%
1973	1.88%	6.77%
1974	1.77%	6.62%
1975	1.67%	6.41%
1976	1.58%	6.12%
1977	1.51%	5.77%
1978	1.44%	5.38%
1979	1.39%	4.99%
1980	1.34%	4.63%
1981	1.29%	4.29%
1982	1.25%	3.98%
1983	1.21%	3.67%
1984	1.16%	3.35%
1985	1.12%	3.02%
1986	1.07%	2.74%
1987	1.02%	2.54%
1988	0.97%	2.41%
1989	0.93%	2.74%
1990	0.88%	2.33%
1991	0.83%	2.32%
1992	0.78%	2.29%
1993	0.73%	2.22%
1994	0.68%	2.14%
1995	0.64%	2.05%
1996	0.6%	1.95%
1997	0.56%	1.86%
1998	0.53%	1.76%
1999	0.5%	1.69%
2000	0.47%	1.63%
2001	0.44%	1.58%
2002	0.42%	1.55%
2003	0.39%	1.52%
2004	0.37%	2.88%
2005	0.35%	1.4%
2006	0.33%	1.33%
2007	0.31%	1.26%
2008	0.3%	1.2%
2009	0.29%	2.08%
2010	0.28%	1.12%
2011	0.27%	1.08%
2012	0.27%	1.03%
2013	0.26%	0.98%
2014	0.26%	0.92%
2015	0.26%	0.87%
2016	0.25%	0.83%
2017	0.25%	0.79%
2018	0.25%	0.76%
2019	0.25%	0.72%
2020	0.25%	0.69%
2021	0.24%	0.66%
2022	0.24%	0.64%
2023	0.23%	0.61%