Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Marshall Islands was 2.92 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 the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Sri Lanka
1960	8.08	5.35
1961	8.12	5.24
1962	8.12	5.18
1963	8.12	5.12
1964	8.14	5.06
1965	8.16	4.93
1966	8.2	4.83
1967	8.17	4.79
1968	8.14	4.66
1969	8.11	4.5
1970	8.07	4.39
1971	8.04	4.27
1972	8	4.16
1973	7.95	4
1974	7.9	3.86
1975	7.83	3.82
1976	7.76	3.78
1977	7.67	3.74
1978	7.58	3.81
1979	7.47	3.82
1980	7.37	3.73
1981	7.27	3.65
1982	7.18	3.32
1983	7.08	3.11
1984	6.99	3.01
1985	6.87	2.9
1986	6.73	2.74
1987	6.57	2.64
1988	6.38	2.57
1989	6.18	2.58
1990	5.97	2.54
1991	5.76	2.51
1992	5.55	2.49
1993	5.38	2.44
1994	5.23	2.4
1995	5.09	2.35
1996	5.02	2.29
1997	4.96	2.22
1998	4.87	2.14
1999	4.78	2.14
2000	4.7	2.21
2001	4.58	2.28
2002	4.49	2.31
2003	4.42	2.3
2004	4.34	2.27
2005	4.28	2.26
2006	4.2	2.29
2007	4.09	2.3
2008	3.97	2.23
2009	3.83	2.18
2010	3.67	2.13
2011	3.53	2.14
2012	3.38	2.17
2013	3.25	2.18
2014	3.18	2.13
2015	3.13	2.09
2016	3.09	2.06
2017	3.06	2.04
2018	3.04	2.03
2019	3.01	2.02
2020	2.99	2.01
2021	2.96	2
2022	2.94	1.98
2023	2.92	1.97
2024	2.86	1.95
2025	2.82	1.94
2026	2.77	1.93
2027	2.73	1.91
2028	2.69	1.9
2029	2.65	1.89
2030	2.6	1.88
2031	2.57	1.87
2032	2.53	1.86
2033	2.5	1.85
2034	2.47	1.85
2035	2.44	1.84
2036	2.41	1.83
2037	2.38	1.83
2038	2.36	1.82
2039	2.34	1.81
2040	2.31	1.81
2041	2.29	1.8
2042	2.26	1.8
2043	2.24	1.8
2044	2.23	1.79
2045	2.21	1.79
2046	2.19	1.79
2047	2.17	1.78
2048	2.15	1.78
2049	2.13	1.77
2050	2.11	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Sri Lanka
1960	46.1%	41%
1961	46.7%	40.9%
1962	47.1%	40.8%
1963	47.4%	40.7%
1964	47.5%	40.6%
1965	47.5%	40.5%
1966	47.2%	40.4%
1967	46.7%	40.3%
1968	46.1%	40.1%
1969	45.3%	39.9%
1970	45%	39.7%
1971	45.6%	39.5%
1972	46.6%	39.2%
1973	47.3%	38.8%
1974	47.8%	38.4%
1975	48.2%	38%
1976	48.5%	37.6%
1977	49%	37.2%
1978	49.4%	36.9%
1979	49.8%	36.7%
1980	50.1%	36.4%
1981	50.3%	36.2%
1982	50.3%	36%
1983	50.4%	35.8%
1984	50.4%	35.5%
1985	50.6%	35.2%
1986	50.7%	34.6%
1987	50.8%	34%
1988	50.8%	33.5%
1989	50.6%	33%
1990	50.2%	32.5%
1991	49.7%	32.1%
1992	49.1%	31.4%
1993	48.4%	30.6%
1994	47.5%	29.9%
1995	46.6%	29.2%
1996	45.6%	28.6%
1997	44.7%	28.2%
1998	43.7%	27.8%
1999	42.8%	27.4%
2000	42%	27%
2001	41.3%	26.6%
2002	40.6%	26.3%
2003	39.9%	26.1%
2004	39.4%	26%
2005	39.1%	25.8%
2006	38.9%	25.7%
2007	39%	25.7%
2008	39.2%	25.6%
2009	39.4%	25.5%
2010	39.7%	25.4%
2011	39.7%	25.3%
2012	39.4%	25.2%
2013	38.8%	25%
2014	38.2%	24.9%
2015	37.5%	24.7%
2016	36.8%	24.5%
2017	36.2%	24.2%
2018	35.7%	24%
2019	35.1%	23.7%
2020	34.5%	23.3%
2021	34.4%	23%
2022	34.6%	22.7%
2023	34.7%	22.4%
2024	34.5%	22%
2025	33.9%	21.7%
2026	33.2%	21.4%
2027	32.6%	21.1%
2028	32%	20.8%
2029	31.4%	20.5%
2030	30.9%	20.2%
2031	30.3%	20%
2032	29.7%	19.8%
2033	29.2%	19.6%
2034	28.6%	19.4%
2035	28.1%	19.2%
2036	27.6%	19.1%
2037	27.3%	18.9%
2038	27.3%	18.8%
2039	27.4%	18.7%
2040	27.7%	18.6%
2041	28%	18.4%
2042	28.3%	18.3%
2043	28.6%	18.2%
2044	28.8%	18.1%
2045	29%	18%
2046	29.1%	17.9%
2047	29.1%	17.7%
2048	29%	17.6%
2049	28.8%	17.5%
2050	28.5%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Sri Lanka
1960	452	247,631
1961	469	251,087
1962	488	256,719
1963	509	262,880
1964	536	269,584
1965	566	272,422
1966	603	275,549
1967	636	284,738
1968	685	286,642
1969	747	286,218
1970	819	286,719
1971	877	281,200
1972	913	282,494
1973	954	278,577
1974	1,000	275,521
1975	1,055	282,496
1976	1,109	291,816
1977	1,160	300,038
1978	1,207	317,055
1979	1,250	329,791
1980	1,287	328,155
1981	1,328	328,096
1982	1,375	300,030
1983	1,422	277,768
1984	1,470	263,175
1985	1,511	247,836
1986	1,544	233,782
1987	1,566	226,414
1988	1,575	219,184
1989	1,574	212,401
1990	1,556	224,454
1991	1,540	218,117
1992	1,525	222,230
1993	1,524	226,257
1994	1,524	228,904
1995	1,522	221,957
1996	1,542	215,290
1997	1,564	208,193
1998	1,576	201,059
1999	1,590	206,876
2000	1,592	227,060
2001	1,596	244,377
2002	1,594	252,840
2003	1,600	252,008
2004	1,595	212,527
2005	1,586	248,683
2006	1,556	248,706
2007	1,507	248,287
2008	1,443	232,225
2009	1,365	200,175
2010	1,273	224,325
2011	1,185	224,461
2012	1,097	229,138
2013	1,014	221,021
2014	959	211,541
2015	912	201,815
2016	866	194,232
2017	826	187,993
2018	785	183,610
2019	746	172,243
2020	689	170,968
2021	653	121,858
2022	606	95,378
2023	550	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Marshall Islands, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Sri Lanka
1985	254	68
1986	274	66
1987	282	64
1988	276	62
1989	299	61
1990	311	59
1991	297	57
1992	322	54
1993	320	51
1994	303	49
1995	303	48
1996	292	47
1997	274	45
1998	259	43
1999	250	41
2000	251	39
2001	231	37
2002	223	36
2003	221	35
2004	238	37
2005	234	32
2006	233	32
2007	229	31
2008	226	30
2009	224	28
2010	212	26
2011	209	25
2012	207	24
2013	201	23
2014	199	23
2015	184	22
2016	183	22
2017	179	21
2018	167	21
2019	168	20
2020	178	23
2021	206	34
2022	174	22
2023	155	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Sri Lanka
1960	12.2%	9.41%
1961	11.6%	8.95%
1962	11%	8.66%
1963	10.5%	8.48%
1964	10.1%	8.3%
1965	9.64%	8.07%
1966	9.25%	7.81%
1967	8.88%	7.55%
1968	8.53%	7.32%
1969	8.19%	7.14%
1970	7.87%	7.02%
1971	7.58%	6.94%
1972	7.33%	6.86%
1973	7.13%	6.77%
1974	6.97%	6.62%
1975	6.86%	6.41%
1976	6.77%	6.12%
1977	6.69%	5.77%
1978	6.61%	5.38%
1979	6.52%	4.99%
1980	6.42%	4.63%
1981	6.29%	4.29%
1982	6.15%	3.98%
1983	6%	3.67%
1984	5.83%	3.35%
1985	5.66%	3.02%
1986	5.49%	2.74%
1987	5.31%	2.54%
1988	5.13%	2.41%
1989	4.95%	2.74%
1990	4.76%	2.33%
1991	4.59%	2.32%
1992	4.43%	2.29%
1993	4.29%	2.22%
1994	4.2%	2.14%
1995	4.15%	2.05%
1996	4.14%	1.95%
1997	4.15%	1.86%
1998	4.19%	1.76%
1999	4.23%	1.69%
2000	4.25%	1.63%
2001	4.25%	1.58%
2002	4.24%	1.55%
2003	4.21%	1.52%
2004	4.18%	2.88%
2005	4.14%	1.4%
2006	4.1%	1.33%
2007	4.06%	1.26%
2008	4.02%	1.2%
2009	3.97%	2.08%
2010	3.94%	1.12%
2011	3.89%	1.08%
2012	3.82%	1.03%
2013	3.75%	0.98%
2014	3.66%	0.92%
2015	3.57%	0.87%
2016	3.48%	0.83%
2017	3.38%	0.79%
2018	3.29%	0.76%
2019	3.19%	0.72%
2020	3.1%	0.69%
2021	3%	0.66%
2022	2.91%	0.64%
2023	2.82%	0.61%