Fertility & birth rates in Myanmar and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Myanmar vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Myanmar was 2.12 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 Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Sri Lanka
1960	5.9	5.35
1961	5.9	5.24
1962	5.9	5.18
1963	5.91	5.12
1964	5.91	5.06
1965	5.91	4.93
1966	5.88	4.83
1967	5.84	4.79
1968	5.8	4.66
1969	5.75	4.5
1970	5.68	4.39
1971	5.62	4.27
1972	5.53	4.16
1973	5.44	4
1974	5.34	3.86
1975	5.25	3.82
1976	5.16	3.78
1977	5.07	3.74
1978	4.99	3.81
1979	4.9	3.82
1980	4.79	3.73
1981	4.69	3.65
1982	4.66	3.32
1983	4.63	3.11
1984	4.52	3.01
1985	4.32	2.9
1986	4.08	2.74
1987	3.86	2.64
1988	3.67	2.57
1989	3.59	2.58
1990	3.5	2.54
1991	3.43	2.51
1992	3.35	2.49
1993	3.28	2.44
1994	3.2	2.4
1995	3.13	2.35
1996	3.06	2.29
1997	2.99	2.22
1998	2.91	2.14
1999	2.85	2.14
2000	2.81	2.21
2001	2.79	2.28
2002	2.77	2.31
2003	2.68	2.3
2004	2.59	2.27
2005	2.52	2.26
2006	2.47	2.29
2007	2.45	2.3
2008	2.4	2.23
2009	2.37	2.18
2010	2.34	2.13
2011	2.31	2.14
2012	2.28	2.17
2013	2.26	2.18
2014	2.25	2.13
2015	2.27	2.09
2016	2.27	2.06
2017	2.25	2.04
2018	2.23	2.03
2019	2.21	2.02
2020	2.18	2.01
2021	2.16	2
2022	2.13	1.98
2023	2.12	1.97
2024	2.1	1.95
2025	2.08	1.94
2026	2.06	1.93
2027	2.04	1.91
2028	2.02	1.9
2029	2.01	1.89
2030	2	1.88
2031	1.98	1.87
2032	1.97	1.86
2033	1.96	1.85
2034	1.94	1.85
2035	1.93	1.84
2036	1.92	1.83
2037	1.92	1.83
2038	1.91	1.82
2039	1.9	1.81
2040	1.89	1.81
2041	1.89	1.8
2042	1.88	1.8
2043	1.87	1.8
2044	1.86	1.79
2045	1.86	1.79
2046	1.85	1.79
2047	1.85	1.78
2048	1.84	1.78
2049	1.83	1.77
2050	1.83	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Myanmar	Sri Lanka
1960	39.9%	41%
1961	40.2%	40.9%
1962	40.6%	40.8%
1963	40.9%	40.7%
1964	41%	40.6%
1965	41.1%	40.5%
1966	41.1%	40.4%
1967	41%	40.3%
1968	40.9%	40.1%
1969	40.8%	39.9%
1970	40.7%	39.7%
1971	40.6%	39.5%
1972	40.5%	39.2%
1973	40.3%	38.8%
1974	40.2%	38.4%
1975	40.1%	38%
1976	40%	37.6%
1977	39.8%	37.2%
1978	39.6%	36.9%
1979	39.4%	36.7%
1980	39.2%	36.4%
1981	39%	36.2%
1982	38.8%	36%
1983	38.6%	35.8%
1984	38.3%	35.5%
1985	38.1%	35.2%
1986	37.8%	34.6%
1987	37.4%	34%
1988	37%	33.5%
1989	36.6%	33%
1990	36.2%	32.5%
1991	35.8%	32.1%
1992	35.4%	31.4%
1993	35.1%	30.6%
1994	34.7%	29.9%
1995	34.2%	29.2%
1996	33.8%	28.6%
1997	33.3%	28.2%
1998	32.8%	27.8%
1999	32.3%	27.4%
2000	31.8%	27%
2001	31.4%	26.6%
2002	31%	26.3%
2003	30.7%	26.1%
2004	30.4%	26%
2005	30.1%	25.8%
2006	29.7%	25.7%
2007	29.4%	25.7%
2008	29%	25.6%
2009	28.6%	25.5%
2010	28.2%	25.4%
2011	27.9%	25.3%
2012	27.5%	25.2%
2013	27.1%	25%
2014	26.8%	24.9%
2015	26.5%	24.7%
2016	26.2%	24.5%
2017	25.9%	24.2%
2018	25.6%	24%
2019	25.4%	23.7%
2020	25.1%	23.3%
2021	24.9%	23%
2022	24.7%	22.7%
2023	24.5%	22.4%
2024	24.3%	22%
2025	24.1%	21.7%
2026	23.9%	21.4%
2027	23.6%	21.1%
2028	23.4%	20.8%
2029	23.2%	20.5%
2030	23%	20.2%
2031	22.7%	20%
2032	22.4%	19.8%
2033	22.2%	19.6%
2034	21.9%	19.4%
2035	21.7%	19.2%
2036	21.4%	19.1%
2037	21.2%	18.9%
2038	21%	18.8%
2039	20.8%	18.7%
2040	20.6%	18.6%
2041	20.4%	18.4%
2042	20.2%	18.3%
2043	20.1%	18.2%
2044	19.9%	18.1%
2045	19.8%	18%
2046	19.6%	17.9%
2047	19.5%	17.7%
2048	19.4%	17.6%
2049	19.2%	17.5%
2050	19.1%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.3% of the population in Myanmar and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 36.2% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Myanmar and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Myanmar vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.88% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Sri Lanka
1960	465,049	247,631
1961	474,818	251,087
1962	487,925	256,719
1963	501,548	262,880
1964	516,334	269,584
1965	533,443	272,422
1966	546,378	275,549
1967	559,577	284,738
1968	571,123	286,642
1969	584,979	286,218
1970	595,337	286,719
1971	608,784	281,200
1972	616,411	282,494
1973	624,619	278,577
1974	628,458	275,521
1975	635,005	282,496
1976	642,829	291,816
1977	649,915	300,038
1978	658,068	317,055
1979	669,338	329,791
1980	673,815	328,155
1981	679,851	328,096
1982	701,212	300,030
1983	719,710	277,768
1984	723,623	263,175
1985	705,905	247,836
1986	679,467	233,782
1987	652,960	226,414
1988	630,392	219,184
1989	636,610	212,401
1990	636,081	224,454
1991	637,622	218,117
1992	634,484	222,230
1993	633,576	226,257
1994	626,411	228,904
1995	620,376	221,957
1996	619,488	215,290
1997	613,103	208,193
1998	606,110	201,059
1999	597,916	206,876
2000	596,979	227,060
2001	601,524	244,377
2002	602,873	252,840
2003	582,173	252,008
2004	556,494	212,527
2005	537,429	248,683
2006	527,165	248,706
2007	523,745	248,287
2008	373,287	232,225
2009	505,144	200,175
2010	497,745	224,325
2011	492,271	224,461
2012	487,210	229,138
2013	487,648	221,021
2014	488,114	211,541
2015	495,769	201,815
2016	499,508	194,232
2017	492,276	187,993
2018	482,316	183,610
2019	469,924	172,243
2020	448,626	170,968
2021	394,104	121,858
2022	415,647	95,378
2023	408,331	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Myanmar vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 185 deaths per 100,000 live births in Myanmar, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Myanmar	Sri Lanka
1985	674	68
1986	652	66
1987	631	64
1988	616	62
1989	603	61
1990	586	59
1991	566	57
1992	542	54
1993	522	51
1994	498	49
1995	472	48
1996	442	47
1997	416	45
1998	398	43
1999	388	41
2000	375	39
2001	361	37
2002	347	36
2003	335	35
2004	324	37
2005	312	32
2006	301	32
2007	290	31
2008	286	30
2009	268	28
2010	259	26
2011	249	25
2012	243	24
2013	237	23
2014	228	23
2015	222	22
2016	215	22
2017	209	21
2018	201	21
2019	195	20
2020	198	23
2021	231	34
2022	193	22
2023	185	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.87% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	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	18%	7.32%
1969	17.7%	7.14%
1970	17.4%	7.02%
1971	17%	6.94%
1972	16.7%	6.86%
1973	16.3%	6.77%
1974	16%	6.62%
1975	15.6%	6.41%
1976	15.3%	6.12%
1977	14.9%	5.77%
1978	14.6%	5.38%
1979	14.3%	4.99%
1980	14%	4.63%
1981	13.7%	4.29%
1982	13.4%	3.98%
1983	13.1%	3.67%
1984	12.9%	3.35%
1985	12.7%	3.02%
1986	12.5%	2.74%
1987	12.2%	2.54%
1988	12%	2.41%
1989	11.8%	2.74%
1990	11.5%	2.33%
1991	11.3%	2.32%
1992	11%	2.29%
1993	10.7%	2.22%
1994	10.5%	2.14%
1995	10.2%	2.05%
1996	9.94%	1.95%
1997	9.68%	1.86%
1998	9.43%	1.76%
1999	9.19%	1.69%
2000	8.95%	1.63%
2001	8.71%	1.58%
2002	8.47%	1.55%
2003	8.22%	1.52%
2004	7.97%	2.88%
2005	7.71%	1.4%
2006	7.44%	1.33%
2007	7.16%	1.26%
2008	10.1%	1.2%
2009	6.6%	2.08%
2010	6.32%	1.12%
2011	6.05%	1.08%
2012	5.8%	1.03%
2013	5.56%	0.98%
2014	5.34%	0.92%
2015	5.13%	0.87%
2016	4.95%	0.83%
2017	4.77%	0.79%
2018	4.6%	0.76%
2019	4.44%	0.72%
2020	4.29%	0.69%
2021	4.14%	0.66%
2022	4%	0.64%
2023	3.87%	0.61%