Fertility & birth rates in Mexico and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Mexico vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mexico was 1.91 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 Mexico 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
	Mexico	Sri Lanka
1960	6.76	5.35
1961	6.78	5.24
1962	6.8	5.18
1963	6.82	5.12
1964	6.83	5.06
1965	6.82	4.93
1966	6.79	4.83
1967	6.75	4.79
1968	6.71	4.66
1969	6.63	4.5
1970	6.53	4.39
1971	6.42	4.27
1972	6.28	4.16
1973	6.12	4
1974	5.95	3.86
1975	5.74	3.82
1976	5.54	3.78
1977	5.36	3.74
1978	5.2	3.81
1979	4.96	3.82
1980	4.74	3.73
1981	4.57	3.65
1982	4.43	3.32
1983	4.3	3.11
1984	4.18	3.01
1985	4.09	2.9
1986	3.97	2.74
1987	3.8	2.64
1988	3.64	2.57
1989	3.53	2.58
1990	3.44	2.54
1991	3.36	2.51
1992	3.29	2.49
1993	3.21	2.44
1994	3.13	2.4
1995	3.04	2.35
1996	2.96	2.29
1997	2.89	2.22
1998	2.82	2.14
1999	2.76	2.14
2000	2.71	2.21
2001	2.67	2.28
2002	2.63	2.31
2003	2.58	2.3
2004	2.54	2.27
2005	2.5	2.26
2006	2.46	2.29
2007	2.42	2.3
2008	2.39	2.23
2009	2.36	2.18
2010	2.34	2.13
2011	2.32	2.14
2012	2.29	2.17
2013	2.27	2.18
2014	2.21	2.13
2015	2.14	2.09
2016	2.09	2.06
2017	2.04	2.04
2018	2.03	2.03
2019	2.02	2.02
2020	1.99	2.01
2021	1.97	2
2022	1.94	1.98
2023	1.91	1.97
2024	1.89	1.95
2025	1.87	1.94
2026	1.85	1.93
2027	1.83	1.91
2028	1.82	1.9
2029	1.81	1.89
2030	1.79	1.88
2031	1.78	1.87
2032	1.77	1.86
2033	1.77	1.85
2034	1.76	1.85
2035	1.76	1.84
2036	1.75	1.83
2037	1.75	1.83
2038	1.74	1.82
2039	1.74	1.81
2040	1.73	1.81
2041	1.73	1.8
2042	1.72	1.8
2043	1.72	1.8
2044	1.72	1.79
2045	1.71	1.79
2046	1.71	1.79
2047	1.71	1.78
2048	1.7	1.78
2049	1.7	1.77
2050	1.7	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mexico	Sri Lanka
1960	46.8%	41%
1961	47%	40.9%
1962	47.1%	40.8%
1963	47.2%	40.7%
1964	47.3%	40.6%
1965	47.4%	40.5%
1966	47.5%	40.4%
1967	47.6%	40.3%
1968	47.6%	40.1%
1969	47.7%	39.9%
1970	47.7%	39.7%
1971	47.8%	39.5%
1972	47.7%	39.2%
1973	47.7%	38.8%
1974	47.6%	38.4%
1975	47.5%	38%
1976	47.2%	37.6%
1977	47%	37.2%
1978	46.7%	36.9%
1979	46.3%	36.7%
1980	45.8%	36.4%
1981	45.2%	36.2%
1982	44.4%	36%
1983	43.7%	35.8%
1984	43%	35.5%
1985	42.3%	35.2%
1986	41.6%	34.6%
1987	41%	34%
1988	40.3%	33.5%
1989	39.7%	33%
1990	39%	32.5%
1991	38.4%	32.1%
1992	37.8%	31.4%
1993	37.3%	30.6%
1994	36.9%	29.9%
1995	36.5%	29.2%
1996	36%	28.6%
1997	35.6%	28.2%
1998	35.2%	27.8%
1999	34.8%	27.4%
2000	34.3%	27%
2001	33.9%	26.6%
2002	33.4%	26.3%
2003	33%	26.1%
2004	32.5%	26%
2005	32.1%	25.8%
2006	31.6%	25.7%
2007	31.1%	25.7%
2008	30.6%	25.6%
2009	30.2%	25.5%
2010	29.8%	25.4%
2011	29.4%	25.3%
2012	29%	25.2%
2013	28.7%	25%
2014	28.3%	24.9%
2015	28%	24.7%
2016	27.6%	24.5%
2017	27.2%	24.2%
2018	26.7%	24%
2019	26.3%	23.7%
2020	26%	23.3%
2021	25.7%	23%
2022	25.3%	22.7%
2023	24.9%	22.4%
2024	24.5%	22%
2025	24.1%	21.7%
2026	23.7%	21.4%
2027	23.2%	21.1%
2028	22.8%	20.8%
2029	22.4%	20.5%
2030	22.1%	20.2%
2031	21.7%	20%
2032	21.4%	19.8%
2033	21.2%	19.6%
2034	20.9%	19.4%
2035	20.6%	19.2%
2036	20.3%	19.1%
2037	20.1%	18.9%
2038	19.9%	18.8%
2039	19.6%	18.7%
2040	19.4%	18.6%
2041	19.2%	18.4%
2042	19%	18.3%
2043	18.8%	18.2%
2044	18.6%	18.1%
2045	18.4%	18%
2046	18.2%	17.9%
2047	18%	17.7%
2048	17.8%	17.6%
2049	17.7%	17.5%
2050	17.5%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.5% of the population in Mexico and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 39% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mexico and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Mexico vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Mexico 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
	Mexico	Sri Lanka
1960	1,206,955	247,631
1961	1,265,833	251,087
1962	1,328,319	256,719
1963	1,387,678	262,880
1964	1,447,360	269,584
1965	1,508,344	272,422
1966	1,566,170	275,549
1967	1,620,534	284,738
1968	1,671,918	286,642
1969	1,711,297	286,218
1970	1,753,370	286,719
1971	1,790,990	281,200
1972	1,823,302	282,494
1973	1,845,593	278,577
1974	1,868,809	275,521
1975	1,880,241	282,496
1976	1,891,958	291,816
1977	1,902,964	300,038
1978	1,921,419	317,055
1979	1,908,018	329,791
1980	1,893,158	328,155
1981	1,904,384	328,096
1982	1,921,772	300,030
1983	1,939,193	277,768
1984	1,960,428	263,175
1985	1,983,622	247,836
1986	1,998,043	233,782
1987	1,971,231	226,414
1988	1,936,601	219,184
1989	1,927,752	212,401
1990	1,926,480	224,454
1991	1,942,832	218,117
1992	1,956,659	222,230
1993	1,963,708	226,257
1994	1,959,775	228,904
1995	1,941,458	221,957
1996	1,922,554	215,290
1997	1,898,383	208,193
1998	1,871,650	201,059
1999	1,859,475	206,876
2000	1,845,383	227,060
2001	1,836,418	244,377
2002	1,820,665	252,840
2003	1,788,016	252,008
2004	1,759,250	212,527
2005	1,732,663	248,683
2006	1,706,084	248,706
2007	1,684,915	248,287
2008	1,670,846	232,225
2009	1,661,180	200,175
2010	1,658,682	224,325
2011	1,659,161	224,461
2012	1,656,599	229,138
2013	1,642,609	221,021
2014	1,587,620	211,541
2015	1,508,439	201,815
2016	1,445,256	194,232
2017	1,384,178	187,993
2018	1,366,076	183,610
2019	1,357,485	172,243
2020	1,031,637	170,968
2021	936,682	121,858
2022	1,224,397	95,378
2023	1,238,366	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Mexico vs Sri Lanka

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

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mexico	Sri Lanka
1985	107	68
1986	100	66
1987	93	64
1988	88	62
1989	85	61
1990	81	59
1991	77	57
1992	73	54
1993	71	51
1994	69	49
1995	66	48
1996	64	47
1997	62	45
1998	60	43
1999	58	41
2000	56	39
2001	55	37
2002	55	36
2003	54	35
2004	53	37
2005	52	32
2006	51	32
2007	50	31
2008	51	30
2009	51	28
2010	50	26
2011	47	25
2012	46	24
2013	45	23
2014	44	23
2015	43	22
2016	43	22
2017	44	21
2018	44	21
2019	43	20
2020	61	23
2021	104	34
2022	45	22
2023	42	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.25% in Mexico 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
	Mexico	Sri Lanka
1960	15.5%	9.41%
1961	14.8%	8.95%
1962	14.3%	8.66%
1963	13.7%	8.48%
1964	13.2%	8.3%
1965	12.7%	8.07%
1966	12.3%	7.81%
1967	11.9%	7.55%
1968	11.5%	7.32%
1969	11.1%	7.14%
1970	10.7%	7.02%
1971	10.3%	6.94%
1972	9.93%	6.86%
1973	9.56%	6.77%
1974	9.21%	6.62%
1975	8.86%	6.41%
1976	8.52%	6.12%
1977	8.18%	5.77%
1978	7.85%	5.38%
1979	7.51%	4.99%
1980	7.18%	4.63%
1981	6.86%	4.29%
1982	6.55%	3.98%
1983	6.26%	3.67%
1984	5.98%	3.35%
1985	5.71%	3.02%
1986	5.46%	2.74%
1987	5.21%	2.54%
1988	4.98%	2.41%
1989	4.75%	2.74%
1990	4.53%	2.33%
1991	4.32%	2.32%
1992	4.12%	2.29%
1993	3.92%	2.22%
1994	3.74%	2.14%
1995	3.57%	2.05%
1996	3.4%	1.95%
1997	3.24%	1.86%
1998	3.09%	1.76%
1999	2.94%	1.69%
2000	2.81%	1.63%
2001	2.68%	1.58%
2002	2.57%	1.55%
2003	2.46%	1.52%
2004	2.36%	2.88%
2005	2.27%	1.4%
2006	2.19%	1.33%
2007	2.11%	1.26%
2008	2.04%	1.2%
2009	1.98%	2.08%
2010	1.91%	1.12%
2011	1.85%	1.08%
2012	1.79%	1.03%
2013	1.73%	0.98%
2014	1.68%	0.92%
2015	1.62%	0.87%
2016	1.57%	0.83%
2017	1.52%	0.79%
2018	1.47%	0.76%
2019	1.42%	0.72%
2020	1.38%	0.69%
2021	1.33%	0.66%
2022	1.29%	0.64%
2023	1.25%	0.61%