Fertility & birth rates in Nicaragua and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Nicaragua vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nicaragua was 2.22 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 Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Sri Lanka
1960	7.16	5.35
1961	7.11	5.24
1962	7.1	5.18
1963	7.08	5.12
1964	7.06	5.06
1965	7.03	4.93
1966	6.99	4.83
1967	6.94	4.79
1968	6.89	4.66
1969	6.83	4.5
1970	6.77	4.39
1971	6.71	4.27
1972	6.65	4.16
1973	6.59	4
1974	6.52	3.86
1975	6.45	3.82
1976	6.37	3.78
1977	6.28	3.74
1978	6.16	3.81
1979	6.07	3.82
1980	5.96	3.73
1981	5.84	3.65
1982	5.74	3.32
1983	5.61	3.11
1984	5.49	3.01
1985	5.36	2.9
1986	5.22	2.74
1987	5.07	2.64
1988	4.93	2.57
1989	4.76	2.58
1990	4.6	2.54
1991	4.43	2.51
1992	4.27	2.49
1993	4.1	2.44
1994	3.94	2.4
1995	3.78	2.35
1996	3.62	2.29
1997	3.47	2.22
1998	3.34	2.14
1999	3.22	2.14
2000	3.12	2.21
2001	3	2.28
2002	2.89	2.31
2003	2.83	2.3
2004	2.78	2.27
2005	2.77	2.26
2006	2.73	2.29
2007	2.7	2.3
2008	2.66	2.23
2009	2.63	2.18
2010	2.6	2.13
2011	2.56	2.14
2012	2.53	2.17
2013	2.49	2.18
2014	2.46	2.13
2015	2.43	2.09
2016	2.41	2.06
2017	2.38	2.04
2018	2.35	2.03
2019	2.32	2.02
2020	2.3	2.01
2021	2.27	2
2022	2.24	1.98
2023	2.22	1.97
2024	2.21	1.95
2025	2.18	1.94
2026	2.16	1.93
2027	2.14	1.91
2028	2.11	1.9
2029	2.09	1.89
2030	2.07	1.88
2031	2.05	1.87
2032	2.04	1.86
2033	2.02	1.85
2034	2.01	1.85
2035	2	1.84
2036	1.98	1.83
2037	1.97	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	1.87	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
	Nicaragua	Sri Lanka
1960	47.6%	41%
1961	47.8%	40.9%
1962	48%	40.8%
1963	48.2%	40.7%
1964	48.2%	40.6%
1965	48.1%	40.5%
1966	47.9%	40.4%
1967	47.8%	40.3%
1968	47.7%	40.1%
1969	47.6%	39.9%
1970	47.5%	39.7%
1971	47.5%	39.5%
1972	47.4%	39.2%
1973	47.4%	38.8%
1974	47.3%	38.4%
1975	47.3%	38%
1976	47.3%	37.6%
1977	47.2%	37.2%
1978	47.3%	36.9%
1979	47.3%	36.7%
1980	47.3%	36.4%
1981	47.3%	36.2%
1982	47.3%	36%
1983	47.2%	35.8%
1984	47.2%	35.5%
1985	47.1%	35.2%
1986	47%	34.6%
1987	46.9%	34%
1988	46.7%	33.5%
1989	46.4%	33%
1990	46.1%	32.5%
1991	45.7%	32.1%
1992	45.2%	31.4%
1993	44.8%	30.6%
1994	44.3%	29.9%
1995	43.7%	29.2%
1996	43.1%	28.6%
1997	42.4%	28.2%
1998	41.7%	27.8%
1999	41%	27.4%
2000	40.3%	27%
2001	39.6%	26.6%
2002	38.9%	26.3%
2003	38.2%	26.1%
2004	37.5%	26%
2005	36.8%	25.8%
2006	36.2%	25.7%
2007	35.7%	25.7%
2008	35.2%	25.6%
2009	34.7%	25.5%
2010	34.2%	25.4%
2011	33.8%	25.3%
2012	33.3%	25.2%
2013	32.9%	25%
2014	32.6%	24.9%
2015	32.2%	24.7%
2016	31.8%	24.5%
2017	31.5%	24.2%
2018	31.1%	24%
2019	30.8%	23.7%
2020	30.4%	23.3%
2021	30.1%	23%
2022	29.6%	22.7%
2023	29.2%	22.4%
2024	28.8%	22%
2025	28.3%	21.7%
2026	27.9%	21.4%
2027	27.4%	21.1%
2028	27%	20.8%
2029	26.6%	20.5%
2030	26.2%	20.2%
2031	25.8%	20%
2032	25.4%	19.8%
2033	25%	19.6%
2034	24.7%	19.4%
2035	24.4%	19.2%
2036	24%	19.1%
2037	23.7%	18.9%
2038	23.4%	18.8%
2039	23.1%	18.7%
2040	22.8%	18.6%
2041	22.5%	18.4%
2042	22.2%	18.3%
2043	22%	18.2%
2044	21.7%	18.1%
2045	21.4%	18%
2046	21.2%	17.9%
2047	20.9%	17.7%
2048	20.7%	17.6%
2049	20.5%	17.5%
2050	20.2%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.8% of the population in Nicaragua and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nicaragua and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Nicaragua vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Sri Lanka
1960	55,664	247,631
1961	57,499	251,087
1962	59,547	256,719
1963	61,738	262,880
1964	64,227	269,584
1965	67,056	272,422
1966	69,883	275,549
1967	72,722	284,738
1968	75,458	286,642
1969	78,237	286,218
1970	81,127	286,719
1971	84,139	281,200
1972	76,906	282,494
1973	89,662	278,577
1974	92,505	275,521
1975	95,230	282,496
1976	98,100	291,816
1977	100,498	300,038
1978	98,419	317,055
1979	96,429	329,791
1980	108,604	328,155
1981	110,421	328,096
1982	112,468	300,030
1983	110,618	277,768
1984	110,133	263,175
1985	110,949	247,836
1986	113,054	233,782
1987	112,885	226,414
1988	117,299	219,184
1989	120,128	212,401
1990	120,677	224,454
1991	121,787	218,117
1992	121,204	222,230
1993	120,469	226,257
1994	119,565	228,904
1995	118,325	221,957
1996	116,849	215,290
1997	114,415	208,193
1998	108,862	201,059
1999	110,217	206,876
2000	109,192	227,060
2001	107,109	244,377
2002	105,805	252,840
2003	106,142	252,008
2004	106,904	212,527
2005	108,984	248,683
2006	110,073	248,706
2007	110,341	248,287
2008	110,395	232,225
2009	110,213	200,175
2010	110,475	224,325
2011	110,026	224,461
2012	110,065	229,138
2013	109,032	221,021
2014	108,420	211,541
2015	107,344	201,815
2016	106,585	194,232
2017	105,468	187,993
2018	104,814	183,610
2019	102,817	172,243
2020	90,515	170,968
2021	89,213	121,858
2022	100,987	95,378
2023	100,921	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Nicaragua vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 60 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nicaragua, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nicaragua	Sri Lanka
1985	319	68
1986	313	66
1987	316	64
1988	301	62
1989	286	61
1990	281	59
1991	273	57
1992	272	54
1993	265	51
1994	256	49
1995	251	48
1996	244	47
1997	236	45
1998	239	43
1999	228	41
2000	213	39
2001	194	37
2002	170	36
2003	154	35
2004	140	37
2005	124	32
2006	113	32
2007	106	31
2008	101	30
2009	99	28
2010	96	26
2011	93	25
2012	88	24
2013	86	23
2014	83	23
2015	81	22
2016	77	22
2017	72	21
2018	67	21
2019	69	20
2020	87	23
2021	124	34
2022	61	22
2023	60	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.34% in Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Sri Lanka
1960	19.8%	9.41%
1961	19.6%	8.95%
1962	19.4%	8.66%
1963	19.2%	8.48%
1964	19%	8.3%
1965	18.7%	8.07%
1966	18.4%	7.81%
1967	18.1%	7.55%
1968	17.8%	7.32%
1969	17.4%	7.14%
1970	17.1%	7.02%
1971	16.6%	6.94%
1972	18.7%	6.86%
1973	15.6%	6.77%
1974	15%	6.62%
1975	14.4%	6.41%
1976	13.7%	6.12%
1977	12.9%	5.77%
1978	12.2%	5.38%
1979	11.5%	4.99%
1980	10.8%	4.63%
1981	10.2%	4.29%
1982	9.58%	3.98%
1983	9.07%	3.67%
1984	8.62%	3.35%
1985	8.21%	3.02%
1986	7.85%	2.74%
1987	7.53%	2.54%
1988	7.22%	2.41%
1989	6.92%	2.74%
1990	6.62%	2.33%
1991	6.31%	2.32%
1992	6%	2.29%
1993	5.69%	2.22%
1994	5.39%	2.14%
1995	5.09%	2.05%
1996	4.81%	1.95%
1997	4.54%	1.86%
1998	5.01%	1.76%
1999	4.04%	1.69%
2000	3.82%	1.63%
2001	3.62%	1.58%
2002	3.43%	1.55%
2003	3.26%	1.52%
2004	3.1%	2.88%
2005	2.95%	1.4%
2006	2.81%	1.33%
2007	2.68%	1.26%
2008	2.55%	1.2%
2009	2.44%	2.08%
2010	2.33%	1.12%
2011	2.22%	1.08%
2012	2.13%	1.03%
2013	2.03%	0.98%
2014	1.94%	0.92%
2015	1.86%	0.87%
2016	1.78%	0.83%
2017	1.71%	0.79%
2018	1.64%	0.76%
2019	1.57%	0.72%
2020	1.51%	0.69%
2021	1.45%	0.66%
2022	1.39%	0.64%
2023	1.34%	0.61%