Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Moldova vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Moldova was 1.73 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 Moldova 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
	Moldova	Sri Lanka
1960	3.32	5.35
1961	3.23	5.24
1962	3.04	5.18
1963	2.89	5.12
1964	2.71	5.06
1965	2.69	4.93
1966	2.65	4.83
1967	2.62	4.79
1968	2.59	4.66
1969	2.57	4.5
1970	2.57	4.39
1971	2.56	4.27
1972	2.56	4.16
1973	2.57	4
1974	2.56	3.86
1975	2.52	3.82
1976	2.47	3.78
1977	2.42	3.74
1978	2.39	3.81
1979	2.38	3.82
1980	2.38	3.73
1981	2.4	3.65
1982	2.45	3.32
1983	2.58	3.11
1984	2.67	3.01
1985	2.67	2.9
1986	2.74	2.74
1987	2.78	2.64
1988	2.63	2.57
1989	2.46	2.58
1990	2.39	2.54
1991	2.28	2.51
1992	2.22	2.49
1993	2.11	2.44
1994	1.99	2.4
1995	1.83	2.35
1996	1.71	2.29
1997	1.79	2.22
1998	1.65	2.14
1999	1.56	2.14
2000	1.5	2.21
2001	1.47	2.28
2002	1.45	2.31
2003	1.48	2.3
2004	1.54	2.27
2005	1.53	2.26
2006	1.54	2.29
2007	1.58	2.3
2008	1.64	2.23
2009	1.72	2.18
2010	1.7	2.13
2011	1.65	2.14
2012	1.66	2.17
2013	1.62	2.18
2014	1.82	2.13
2015	1.87	2.09
2016	1.89	2.06
2017	1.81	2.04
2018	1.81	2.03
2019	1.78	2.02
2020	1.77	2.01
2021	1.75	2
2022	1.69	1.98
2023	1.73	1.97
2024	1.73	1.95
2025	1.72	1.94
2026	1.72	1.93
2027	1.72	1.91
2028	1.72	1.9
2029	1.72	1.89
2030	1.72	1.88
2031	1.72	1.87
2032	1.72	1.86
2033	1.71	1.85
2034	1.71	1.85
2035	1.71	1.84
2036	1.71	1.83
2037	1.71	1.83
2038	1.71	1.82
2039	1.71	1.81
2040	1.71	1.81
2041	1.71	1.8
2042	1.71	1.8
2043	1.7	1.8
2044	1.7	1.79
2045	1.7	1.79
2046	1.7	1.79
2047	1.7	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
	Moldova	Sri Lanka
1960	34.5%	41%
1961	34.9%	40.9%
1962	35.1%	40.8%
1963	35.1%	40.7%
1964	34.7%	40.6%
1965	34.2%	40.5%
1966	33.5%	40.4%
1967	32.8%	40.3%
1968	32.1%	40.1%
1969	31.3%	39.9%
1970	30.7%	39.7%
1971	30.1%	39.5%
1972	29.5%	39.2%
1973	28.9%	38.8%
1974	28.3%	38.4%
1975	27.7%	38%
1976	27.2%	37.6%
1977	26.8%	37.2%
1978	26.5%	36.9%
1979	26.7%	36.7%
1980	26.9%	36.4%
1981	26.9%	36.2%
1982	27%	36%
1983	27.1%	35.8%
1984	27.3%	35.5%
1985	27.5%	35.2%
1986	27.7%	34.6%
1987	27.8%	34%
1988	27.9%	33.5%
1989	27.8%	33%
1990	27.7%	32.5%
1991	27.6%	32.1%
1992	27.4%	31.4%
1993	27.2%	30.6%
1994	27%	29.9%
1995	26.7%	29.2%
1996	26.3%	28.6%
1997	25.8%	28.2%
1998	25.1%	27.8%
1999	24.4%	27.4%
2000	23.5%	27%
2001	22.5%	26.6%
2002	21.6%	26.3%
2003	20.7%	26.1%
2004	19.9%	26%
2005	19.3%	25.8%
2006	18.8%	25.7%
2007	18.4%	25.7%
2008	18%	25.6%
2009	17.7%	25.5%
2010	17.5%	25.4%
2011	17.4%	25.3%
2012	17.3%	25.2%
2013	17.4%	25%
2014	17.8%	24.9%
2015	18.2%	24.7%
2016	18.7%	24.5%
2017	19.1%	24.2%
2018	19.5%	24%
2019	19.8%	23.7%
2020	20%	23.3%
2021	20.1%	23%
2022	20.1%	22.7%
2023	20%	22.4%
2024	19.8%	22%
2025	19.5%	21.7%
2026	19.2%	21.4%
2027	18.9%	21.1%
2028	18.4%	20.8%
2029	17.9%	20.5%
2030	17.3%	20.2%
2031	16.8%	20%
2032	16.3%	19.8%
2033	15.9%	19.6%
2034	15.6%	19.4%
2035	15.4%	19.2%
2036	15.2%	19.1%
2037	15.1%	18.9%
2038	15.1%	18.8%
2039	15.1%	18.7%
2040	15.2%	18.6%
2041	15.3%	18.4%
2042	15.4%	18.3%
2043	15.6%	18.2%
2044	15.7%	18.1%
2045	15.9%	18%
2046	16.1%	17.9%
2047	16.3%	17.7%
2048	16.5%	17.6%
2049	16.6%	17.5%
2050	16.7%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Sri Lanka
1960	36,352	247,631
1961	35,180	251,087
1962	32,082	256,719
1963	29,382	262,880
1964	25,860	269,584
1965	24,916	272,422
1966	23,720	275,549
1967	22,654	284,738
1968	22,005	286,642
1969	21,768	286,218
1970	22,314	286,719
1971	23,359	281,200
1972	24,626	282,494
1973	25,967	278,577
1974	27,219	275,521
1975	27,677	282,496
1976	27,801	291,816
1977	27,707	300,038
1978	27,622	317,055
1979	28,322	329,791
1980	30,053	328,155
1981	31,360	328,096
1982	32,814	300,030
1983	36,076	277,768
1984	38,108	263,175
1985	38,060	247,836
1986	39,463	233,782
1987	40,122	226,414
1988	35,608	219,184
1989	29,638	212,401
1990	25,824	224,454
1991	21,127	218,117
1992	17,373	222,230
1993	13,886	226,257
1994	9,921	228,904
1995	5,534	221,957
1996	2,655	215,290
1997	4,669	208,193
1998	2,140	201,059
1999	642	206,876
2000	-324	227,060
2001	-718	244,377
2002	-1,249	252,840
2003	-322	252,008
2004	1,714	212,527
2005	2,005	248,683
2006	2,406	248,706
2007	3,490	248,287
2008	5,210	232,225
2009	7,492	200,175
2010	7,456	224,325
2011	5,948	224,461
2012	5,581	229,138
2013	3,537	221,021
2014	7,248	211,541
2015	6,049	201,815
2016	4,580	194,232
2017	1,402	187,993
2018	-961	183,610
2019	-3,416	172,243
2020	-7,067	170,968
2021	-13,444	121,858
2022	-6,385	95,378
2023	-7,007	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Moldova, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Sri Lanka
1985	62	68
1986	60	66
1987	56	64
1988	53	62
1989	52	61
1990	53	59
1991	53	57
1992	55	54
1993	55	51
1994	56	49
1995	54	48
1996	53	47
1997	52	45
1998	48	43
1999	43	41
2000	38	39
2001	35	37
2002	31	36
2003	29	35
2004	28	37
2005	26	32
2006	25	32
2007	24	31
2008	23	30
2009	22	28
2010	20	26
2011	19	25
2012	19	24
2013	19	23
2014	20	23
2015	20	22
2016	21	22
2017	20	21
2018	20	21
2019	21	20
2020	29	23
2021	24	34
2022	19	22
2023	19	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Sri Lanka
1960	-	9.41%
1961	-	8.95%
1962	-	8.66%
1963	-	8.48%
1964	-	8.3%
1965	-	8.07%
1966	-	7.81%
1967	-	7.55%
1968	-	7.32%
1969	-	7.14%
1970	-	7.02%
1971	6.39%	6.94%
1972	6.2%	6.86%
1973	6.03%	6.77%
1974	5.86%	6.62%
1975	5.68%	6.41%
1976	5.53%	6.12%
1977	5.38%	5.77%
1978	5.23%	5.38%
1979	5.08%	4.99%
1980	4.93%	4.63%
1981	4.78%	4.29%
1982	4.61%	3.98%
1983	4.41%	3.67%
1984	4.2%	3.35%
1985	4%	3.02%
1986	3.8%	2.74%
1987	3.62%	2.54%
1988	3.48%	2.41%
1989	3.38%	2.74%
1990	3.35%	2.33%
1991	3.39%	2.32%
1992	3.48%	2.29%
1993	3.62%	2.22%
1994	3.75%	2.14%
1995	3.84%	2.05%
1996	3.85%	1.95%
1997	3.78%	1.86%
1998	3.62%	1.76%
1999	3.4%	1.69%
2000	3.13%	1.63%
2001	2.85%	1.58%
2002	2.58%	1.55%
2003	2.34%	1.52%
2004	2.16%	2.88%
2005	2.01%	1.4%
2006	1.91%	1.33%
2007	1.83%	1.26%
2008	1.77%	1.2%
2009	1.73%	2.08%
2010	1.69%	1.12%
2011	1.66%	1.08%
2012	1.63%	1.03%
2013	1.6%	0.98%
2014	1.58%	0.92%
2015	1.55%	0.87%
2016	1.53%	0.83%
2017	1.52%	0.79%
2018	1.51%	0.76%
2019	1.5%	0.72%
2020	1.49%	0.69%
2021	1.48%	0.66%
2022	1.48%	0.64%
2023	1.47%	0.61%