Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Maldives was 1.58 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 Maldives 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
	Maldives	Sri Lanka
1960	6.71	5.35
1961	6.79	5.24
1962	6.89	5.18
1963	6.94	5.12
1964	7	5.06
1965	7.07	4.93
1966	7.15	4.83
1967	7.23	4.79
1968	7.28	4.66
1969	7.33	4.5
1970	7.39	4.39
1971	7.38	4.27
1972	7.37	4.16
1973	7.4	4
1974	7.38	3.86
1975	7.32	3.82
1976	7.29	3.78
1977	7.27	3.74
1978	7.23	3.81
1979	7.23	3.82
1980	7.23	3.73
1981	7.19	3.65
1982	7.15	3.32
1983	7.09	3.11
1984	7.03	3.01
1985	6.94	2.9
1986	6.85	2.74
1987	6.73	2.64
1988	6.58	2.57
1989	6.39	2.58
1990	6.13	2.54
1991	5.8	2.51
1992	5.44	2.49
1993	5.06	2.44
1994	4.69	2.4
1995	4.29	2.35
1996	3.86	2.29
1997	3.48	2.22
1998	3.17	2.14
1999	2.9	2.14
2000	2.69	2.21
2001	2.53	2.28
2002	2.42	2.31
2003	2.34	2.3
2004	2.26	2.27
2005	2.2	2.26
2006	2.2	2.29
2007	2.29	2.3
2008	2.37	2.23
2009	2.39	2.18
2010	2.35	2.13
2011	2.31	2.14
2012	2.25	2.17
2013	2.17	2.18
2014	2.09	2.13
2015	2	2.09
2016	1.9	2.06
2017	1.8	2.04
2018	1.71	2.03
2019	1.64	2.02
2020	1.61	2.01
2021	1.6	2
2022	1.58	1.98
2023	1.58	1.97
2024	1.56	1.95
2025	1.55	1.94
2026	1.53	1.93
2027	1.53	1.91
2028	1.52	1.9
2029	1.52	1.89
2030	1.52	1.88
2031	1.51	1.87
2032	1.51	1.86
2033	1.51	1.85
2034	1.51	1.85
2035	1.51	1.84
2036	1.52	1.83
2037	1.52	1.83
2038	1.52	1.82
2039	1.52	1.81
2040	1.52	1.81
2041	1.52	1.8
2042	1.52	1.8
2043	1.52	1.8
2044	1.52	1.79
2045	1.53	1.79
2046	1.53	1.79
2047	1.53	1.78
2048	1.54	1.78
2049	1.54	1.77
2050	1.54	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Sri Lanka
1960	37.9%	41%
1961	38.2%	40.9%
1962	38.7%	40.8%
1963	39.4%	40.7%
1964	40.3%	40.6%
1965	41.8%	40.5%
1966	43.5%	40.4%
1967	44.7%	40.3%
1968	45.2%	40.1%
1969	45.4%	39.9%
1970	45.6%	39.7%
1971	45.8%	39.5%
1972	45.8%	39.2%
1973	45.7%	38.8%
1974	45.6%	38.4%
1975	45.6%	38%
1976	45.8%	37.6%
1977	45.7%	37.2%
1978	45.8%	36.9%
1979	45.9%	36.7%
1980	45.9%	36.4%
1981	45.9%	36.2%
1982	45.8%	36%
1983	45.6%	35.8%
1984	45.4%	35.5%
1985	45.5%	35.2%
1986	45.9%	34.6%
1987	46.3%	34%
1988	46.6%	33.5%
1989	46.8%	33%
1990	47%	32.5%
1991	47.1%	32.1%
1992	47%	31.4%
1993	46.8%	30.6%
1994	46.5%	29.9%
1995	45.8%	29.2%
1996	45%	28.6%
1997	44.1%	28.2%
1998	42.9%	27.8%
1999	41.6%	27.4%
2000	40.2%	27%
2001	38.7%	26.6%
2002	37.1%	26.3%
2003	35.6%	26.1%
2004	34.2%	26%
2005	32.7%	25.8%
2006	31.2%	25.7%
2007	29.5%	25.7%
2008	28%	25.6%
2009	26.7%	25.5%
2010	25.7%	25.4%
2011	24.9%	25.3%
2012	24.3%	25.2%
2013	23.9%	25%
2014	23.5%	24.9%
2015	23.2%	24.7%
2016	22.8%	24.5%
2017	22.5%	24.2%
2018	22.1%	24%
2019	21.7%	23.7%
2020	21.2%	23.3%
2021	20.8%	23%
2022	20.4%	22.7%
2023	20%	22.4%
2024	19.6%	22%
2025	19%	21.7%
2026	18.4%	21.4%
2027	17.8%	21.1%
2028	17.2%	20.8%
2029	16.6%	20.5%
2030	16%	20.2%
2031	15.5%	20%
2032	15.1%	19.8%
2033	14.6%	19.6%
2034	14.2%	19.4%
2035	13.9%	19.2%
2036	13.6%	19.1%
2037	13.4%	18.9%
2038	13.2%	18.8%
2039	13%	18.7%
2040	12.9%	18.6%
2041	12.8%	18.4%
2042	12.8%	18.3%
2043	12.8%	18.2%
2044	12.8%	18.1%
2045	12.8%	18%
2046	12.9%	17.9%
2047	12.9%	17.7%
2048	13%	17.6%
2049	13.1%	17.5%
2050	13.1%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 47% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives 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
	Maldives	Sri Lanka
1960	2,241	247,631
1961	2,354	251,087
1962	2,475	256,719
1963	2,567	262,880
1964	2,660	269,584
1965	2,747	272,422
1966	2,845	275,549
1967	3,010	284,738
1968	3,150	286,642
1969	3,260	286,218
1970	3,415	286,719
1971	3,549	281,200
1972	3,707	282,494
1973	3,924	278,577
1974	4,136	275,521
1975	4,325	282,496
1976	4,538	291,816
1977	4,779	300,038
1978	4,812	317,055
1979	5,275	329,791
1980	5,526	328,155
1981	5,778	328,096
1982	6,058	300,030
1983	6,361	277,768
1984	6,680	263,175
1985	6,944	247,836
1986	7,153	233,782
1987	7,300	226,414
1988	7,414	219,184
1989	7,472	212,401
1990	7,444	224,454
1991	7,295	218,117
1992	7,096	222,230
1993	6,842	226,257
1994	6,550	228,904
1995	6,177	221,957
1996	5,705	215,290
1997	5,267	208,193
1998	4,919	201,059
1999	4,601	206,876
2000	4,372	227,060
2001	4,271	244,377
2002	4,257	252,840
2003	4,316	252,008
2004	4,287	212,527
2005	4,493	248,683
2006	4,766	248,706
2007	5,324	248,287
2008	5,856	232,225
2009	6,227	200,175
2010	6,350	224,325
2011	6,429	224,461
2012	6,445	229,138
2013	6,307	221,021
2014	6,122	211,541
2015	5,914	201,815
2016	5,652	194,232
2017	5,342	187,993
2018	5,088	183,610
2019	4,886	172,243
2020	4,594	170,968
2021	4,426	121,858
2022	4,752	95,378
2023	4,566	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 32 deaths per 100,000 live births in Maldives, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Sri Lanka
1985	552	68
1986	508	66
1987	471	64
1988	424	62
1989	381	61
1990	346	59
1991	310	57
1992	281	54
1993	251	51
1994	222	49
1995	191	48
1996	167	47
1997	149	45
1998	136	43
1999	111	41
2000	94	39
2001	81	37
2002	76	36
2003	70	35
2004	65	37
2005	54	32
2006	52	32
2007	51	31
2008	53	30
2009	52	28
2010	49	26
2011	48	25
2012	47	24
2013	47	23
2014	43	23
2015	41	22
2016	41	22
2017	41	21
2018	40	21
2019	39	20
2020	48	23
2021	60	34
2022	34	22
2023	32	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives 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
	Maldives	Sri Lanka
1960	-	9.41%
1961	-	8.95%
1962	33.4%	8.66%
1963	32.5%	8.48%
1964	31.5%	8.3%
1965	30.6%	8.07%
1966	29.7%	7.81%
1967	28.7%	7.55%
1968	27.7%	7.32%
1969	26.8%	7.14%
1970	25.8%	7.02%
1971	24.7%	6.94%
1972	23.6%	6.86%
1973	22.4%	6.77%
1974	21.2%	6.62%
1975	20.1%	6.41%
1976	18.9%	6.12%
1977	17.9%	5.77%
1978	16.9%	5.38%
1979	15.9%	4.99%
1980	15%	4.63%
1981	14.2%	4.29%
1982	13.4%	3.98%
1983	12.7%	3.67%
1984	12%	3.35%
1985	11.3%	3.02%
1986	10.7%	2.74%
1987	10.1%	2.54%
1988	9.59%	2.41%
1989	9.06%	2.74%
1990	8.57%	2.33%
1991	8.08%	2.32%
1992	7.61%	2.29%
1993	7.15%	2.22%
1994	6.68%	2.14%
1995	6.22%	2.05%
1996	5.74%	1.95%
1997	5.28%	1.86%
1998	4.81%	1.76%
1999	4.36%	1.69%
2000	3.9%	1.63%
2001	3.47%	1.58%
2002	3.08%	1.55%
2003	2.72%	1.52%
2004	2.7%	2.88%
2005	2.16%	1.4%
2006	1.94%	1.33%
2007	1.76%	1.26%
2008	1.61%	1.2%
2009	1.49%	2.08%
2010	1.38%	1.12%
2011	1.29%	1.08%
2012	1.21%	1.03%
2013	1.13%	0.98%
2014	1.05%	0.92%
2015	0.99%	0.87%
2016	0.92%	0.83%
2017	0.86%	0.79%
2018	0.8%	0.76%
2019	0.74%	0.72%
2020	0.69%	0.69%
2021	0.64%	0.66%
2022	0.6%	0.64%
2023	0.57%	0.61%