Fertility & birth rates in Morocco and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Morocco vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Morocco was 2.23 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 Morocco 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
	Morocco	Sri Lanka
1960	6.89	5.35
1961	6.97	5.24
1962	7.05	5.18
1963	7.01	5.12
1964	6.97	5.06
1965	6.93	4.93
1966	6.89	4.83
1967	6.85	4.79
1968	6.79	4.66
1969	6.73	4.5
1970	6.68	4.39
1971	6.62	4.27
1972	6.55	4.16
1973	6.48	4
1974	6.4	3.86
1975	6.3	3.82
1976	6.18	3.78
1977	6.04	3.74
1978	5.91	3.81
1979	5.85	3.82
1980	5.78	3.73
1981	5.71	3.65
1982	5.6	3.32
1983	5.41	3.11
1984	5.2	3.01
1985	4.99	2.9
1986	4.77	2.74
1987	4.58	2.64
1988	4.39	2.57
1989	4.22	2.58
1990	4.06	2.54
1991	3.95	2.51
1992	3.76	2.49
1993	3.55	2.44
1994	3.41	2.4
1995	3.3	2.35
1996	3.23	2.29
1997	3.15	2.22
1998	3.04	2.14
1999	2.88	2.14
2000	2.77	2.21
2001	2.69	2.28
2002	2.62	2.31
2003	2.61	2.3
2004	2.61	2.27
2005	2.61	2.26
2006	2.61	2.29
2007	2.62	2.3
2008	2.61	2.23
2009	2.62	2.18
2010	2.63	2.13
2011	2.6	2.14
2012	2.54	2.17
2013	2.48	2.18
2014	2.42	2.13
2015	2.41	2.09
2016	2.4	2.06
2017	2.38	2.04
2018	2.35	2.03
2019	2.34	2.02
2020	2.32	2.01
2021	2.29	2
2022	2.26	1.98
2023	2.23	1.97
2024	2.21	1.95
2025	2.18	1.94
2026	2.16	1.93
2027	2.14	1.91
2028	2.12	1.9
2029	2.1	1.89
2030	2.08	1.88
2031	2.06	1.87
2032	2.05	1.86
2033	2.03	1.85
2034	2.02	1.85
2035	2	1.84
2036	1.99	1.83
2037	1.98	1.83
2038	1.96	1.82
2039	1.95	1.81
2040	1.94	1.81
2041	1.93	1.8
2042	1.92	1.8
2043	1.91	1.8
2044	1.9	1.79
2045	1.89	1.79
2046	1.89	1.79
2047	1.88	1.78
2048	1.88	1.78
2049	1.87	1.77
2050	1.86	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Morocco	Sri Lanka
1960	44.9%	41%
1961	45.4%	40.9%
1962	45.9%	40.8%
1963	46.3%	40.7%
1964	46.5%	40.6%
1965	46.6%	40.5%
1966	46.8%	40.4%
1967	46.8%	40.3%
1968	46.9%	40.1%
1969	46.8%	39.9%
1970	46.7%	39.7%
1971	46.6%	39.5%
1972	46.4%	39.2%
1973	46.3%	38.8%
1974	46.1%	38.4%
1975	45.8%	38%
1976	45.6%	37.6%
1977	45.3%	37.2%
1978	44.9%	36.9%
1979	44.6%	36.7%
1980	44.3%	36.4%
1981	44%	36.2%
1982	43.7%	36%
1983	43.4%	35.8%
1984	43.1%	35.5%
1985	42.7%	35.2%
1986	42.3%	34.6%
1987	41.8%	34%
1988	41.3%	33.5%
1989	40.8%	33%
1990	40.2%	32.5%
1991	39.6%	32.1%
1992	39%	31.4%
1993	38.4%	30.6%
1994	37.7%	29.9%
1995	37%	29.2%
1996	36.4%	28.6%
1997	35.8%	28.2%
1998	35.2%	27.8%
1999	34.6%	27.4%
2000	34%	27%
2001	33.5%	26.6%
2002	32.9%	26.3%
2003	32.4%	26.1%
2004	31.8%	26%
2005	31.2%	25.8%
2006	30.7%	25.7%
2007	30.2%	25.7%
2008	29.8%	25.6%
2009	29.5%	25.5%
2010	29.2%	25.4%
2011	29%	25.3%
2012	28.7%	25.2%
2013	28.5%	25%
2014	28.3%	24.9%
2015	28.1%	24.7%
2016	27.8%	24.5%
2017	27.6%	24.2%
2018	27.4%	24%
2019	27.2%	23.7%
2020	27%	23.3%
2021	26.7%	23%
2022	26.4%	22.7%
2023	26%	22.4%
2024	25.6%	22%
2025	25.2%	21.7%
2026	24.8%	21.4%
2027	24.3%	21.1%
2028	23.9%	20.8%
2029	23.6%	20.5%
2030	23.2%	20.2%
2031	22.9%	20%
2032	22.5%	19.8%
2033	22.2%	19.6%
2034	21.9%	19.4%
2035	21.6%	19.2%
2036	21.3%	19.1%
2037	21.1%	18.9%
2038	20.8%	18.8%
2039	20.6%	18.7%
2040	20.4%	18.6%
2041	20.2%	18.4%
2042	20.1%	18.3%
2043	19.9%	18.2%
2044	19.7%	18.1%
2045	19.6%	18%
2046	19.4%	17.9%
2047	19.3%	17.7%
2048	19.1%	17.6%
2049	19%	17.5%
2050	18.8%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.6% of the population in Morocco and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Morocco and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Morocco vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.25% in Morocco 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
	Morocco	Sri Lanka
1960	323,499	247,631
1961	348,650	251,087
1962	363,843	256,719
1963	369,250	262,880
1964	375,835	269,584
1965	383,989	272,422
1966	391,881	275,549
1967	400,594	284,738
1968	407,437	286,642
1969	414,931	286,218
1970	426,015	286,719
1971	435,104	281,200
1972	446,449	282,494
1973	455,699	278,577
1974	464,147	275,521
1975	474,631	282,496
1976	482,130	291,816
1977	489,173	300,038
1978	498,834	317,055
1979	515,554	329,791
1980	534,448	328,155
1981	552,936	328,096
1982	564,904	300,030
1983	566,301	277,768
1984	564,159	263,175
1985	560,810	247,836
1986	558,105	233,782
1987	553,005	226,414
1988	545,800	219,184
1989	538,996	212,401
1990	535,506	224,454
1991	539,850	218,117
1992	525,680	222,230
1993	507,707	226,257
1994	501,426	228,904
1995	496,573	221,957
1996	501,499	215,290
1997	500,807	208,193
1998	492,604	201,059
1999	473,071	206,876
2000	461,341	227,060
2001	452,621	244,377
2002	446,147	252,840
2003	452,650	252,008
2004	461,756	212,527
2005	474,285	248,683
2006	483,200	248,706
2007	493,526	248,287
2008	499,766	232,225
2009	509,386	200,175
2010	515,804	224,325
2011	513,305	224,461
2012	504,698	229,138
2013	492,284	221,021
2014	481,295	211,541
2015	477,654	201,815
2016	474,637	194,232
2017	471,011	187,993
2018	464,375	183,610
2019	457,307	172,243
2020	415,999	170,968
2021	407,829	121,858
2022	427,903	95,378
2023	417,213	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Morocco vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 70 deaths per 100,000 live births in Morocco, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Morocco	Sri Lanka
1985	752	68
1986	697	66
1987	650	64
1988	602	62
1989	559	61
1990	522	59
1991	490	57
1992	458	54
1993	428	51
1994	401	49
1995	378	48
1996	354	47
1997	333	45
1998	313	43
1999	291	41
2000	271	39
2001	254	37
2002	238	36
2003	224	35
2004	213	37
2005	196	32
2006	182	32
2007	169	31
2008	158	30
2009	148	28
2010	140	26
2011	130	25
2012	121	24
2013	113	23
2014	106	23
2015	100	22
2016	94	22
2017	88	21
2018	83	21
2019	79	20
2020	81	23
2021	92	34
2022	71	22
2023	70	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.66% in Morocco 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
	Morocco	Sri Lanka
1960	24.4%	9.41%
1961	23.9%	8.95%
1962	23.4%	8.66%
1963	22.9%	8.48%
1964	22.3%	8.3%
1965	21.8%	8.07%
1966	21.2%	7.81%
1967	20.6%	7.55%
1968	20.1%	7.32%
1969	19.6%	7.14%
1970	19.1%	7.02%
1971	18.7%	6.94%
1972	18.3%	6.86%
1973	17.8%	6.77%
1974	17.4%	6.62%
1975	16.8%	6.41%
1976	16.2%	6.12%
1977	15.6%	5.77%
1978	14.9%	5.38%
1979	14.2%	4.99%
1980	13.5%	4.63%
1981	12.8%	4.29%
1982	12.1%	3.98%
1983	11.5%	3.67%
1984	10.9%	3.35%
1985	10.3%	3.02%
1986	9.79%	2.74%
1987	9.3%	2.54%
1988	8.86%	2.41%
1989	8.45%	2.74%
1990	8.08%	2.33%
1991	7.73%	2.32%
1992	7.4%	2.29%
1993	7.09%	2.22%
1994	6.78%	2.14%
1995	6.49%	2.05%
1996	6.21%	1.95%
1997	5.94%	1.86%
1998	5.69%	1.76%
1999	5.45%	1.69%
2000	5.22%	1.63%
2001	5.01%	1.58%
2002	4.79%	1.55%
2003	4.57%	1.52%
2004	4.36%	2.88%
2005	4.13%	1.4%
2006	3.91%	1.33%
2007	3.7%	1.26%
2008	3.49%	1.2%
2009	3.29%	2.08%
2010	3.11%	1.12%
2011	2.93%	1.08%
2012	2.77%	1.03%
2013	2.62%	0.98%
2014	2.47%	0.92%
2015	2.34%	0.87%
2016	2.22%	0.83%
2017	2.11%	0.79%
2018	2.02%	0.76%
2019	1.94%	0.72%
2020	1.86%	0.69%
2021	1.79%	0.66%
2022	1.72%	0.64%
2023	1.66%	0.61%