Fertility & birth rates in Panama and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Panama vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Panama 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 Panama 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
	Panama	Sri Lanka
1960	5.83	5.35
1961	5.87	5.24
1962	5.87	5.18
1963	5.87	5.12
1964	5.81	5.06
1965	5.73	4.93
1966	5.65	4.83
1967	5.53	4.79
1968	5.41	4.66
1969	5.29	4.5
1970	5.18	4.39
1971	5.05	4.27
1972	4.91	4.16
1973	4.74	4
1974	4.58	3.86
1975	4.41	3.82
1976	4.26	3.78
1977	4.12	3.74
1978	3.98	3.81
1979	3.88	3.82
1980	3.8	3.73
1981	3.72	3.65
1982	3.66	3.32
1983	3.6	3.11
1984	3.52	3.01
1985	3.43	2.9
1986	3.34	2.74
1987	3.25	2.64
1988	3.17	2.57
1989	3.12	2.58
1990	3.07	2.54
1991	3	2.51
1992	2.95	2.49
1993	2.91	2.44
1994	2.88	2.4
1995	2.85	2.35
1996	2.83	2.29
1997	2.81	2.22
1998	2.79	2.14
1999	2.77	2.14
2000	2.74	2.21
2001	2.72	2.28
2002	2.7	2.31
2003	2.68	2.3
2004	2.68	2.27
2005	2.64	2.26
2006	2.62	2.29
2007	2.61	2.3
2008	2.61	2.23
2009	2.59	2.18
2010	2.59	2.13
2011	2.6	2.14
2012	2.59	2.17
2013	2.57	2.18
2014	2.55	2.13
2015	2.53	2.09
2016	2.5	2.06
2017	2.46	2.04
2018	2.4	2.03
2019	2.29	2.02
2020	2.18	2.01
2021	2.15	2
2022	2.14	1.98
2023	2.12	1.97
2024	2.11	1.95
2025	2.09	1.94
2026	2.07	1.93
2027	2.06	1.91
2028	2.04	1.9
2029	2.02	1.89
2030	2.01	1.88
2031	2	1.87
2032	1.99	1.86
2033	1.97	1.85
2034	1.96	1.85
2035	1.95	1.84
2036	1.95	1.83
2037	1.94	1.83
2038	1.93	1.82
2039	1.92	1.81
2040	1.91	1.81
2041	1.91	1.8
2042	1.9	1.8
2043	1.89	1.8
2044	1.89	1.79
2045	1.88	1.79
2046	1.88	1.79
2047	1.87	1.78
2048	1.87	1.78
2049	1.86	1.77
2050	1.86	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Panama	Sri Lanka
1960	44.2%	41%
1961	44.3%	40.9%
1962	44.5%	40.8%
1963	44.6%	40.7%
1964	44.7%	40.6%
1965	44.8%	40.5%
1966	44.8%	40.4%
1967	44.8%	40.3%
1968	44.7%	40.1%
1969	44.6%	39.9%
1970	44.5%	39.7%
1971	44.3%	39.5%
1972	44.1%	39.2%
1973	43.9%	38.8%
1974	43.6%	38.4%
1975	43.3%	38%
1976	42.9%	37.6%
1977	42.4%	37.2%
1978	41.9%	36.9%
1979	41.4%	36.7%
1980	40.8%	36.4%
1981	40.3%	36.2%
1982	39.8%	36%
1983	39.3%	35.8%
1984	38.8%	35.5%
1985	38.3%	35.2%
1986	37.8%	34.6%
1987	37.4%	34%
1988	36.9%	33.5%
1989	36.5%	33%
1990	36.1%	32.5%
1991	35.7%	32.1%
1992	35.3%	31.4%
1993	34.9%	30.6%
1994	34.6%	29.9%
1995	34.2%	29.2%
1996	33.9%	28.6%
1997	33.5%	28.2%
1998	33.1%	27.8%
1999	32.8%	27.4%
2000	32.4%	27%
2001	32%	26.6%
2002	31.6%	26.3%
2003	31.3%	26.1%
2004	31%	26%
2005	30.6%	25.8%
2006	30.3%	25.7%
2007	30%	25.7%
2008	29.7%	25.6%
2009	29.5%	25.5%
2010	29.2%	25.4%
2011	28.9%	25.3%
2012	28.7%	25.2%
2013	28.4%	25%
2014	28.2%	24.9%
2015	27.9%	24.7%
2016	27.6%	24.5%
2017	27.4%	24.2%
2018	27.1%	24%
2019	26.7%	23.7%
2020	26.4%	23.3%
2021	26%	23%
2022	25.7%	22.7%
2023	25.3%	22.4%
2024	24.9%	22%
2025	24.5%	21.7%
2026	24.1%	21.4%
2027	23.8%	21.1%
2028	23.4%	20.8%
2029	23%	20.5%
2030	22.6%	20.2%
2031	22.2%	20%
2032	21.9%	19.8%
2033	21.6%	19.6%
2034	21.3%	19.4%
2035	21%	19.2%
2036	20.9%	19.1%
2037	20.7%	18.9%
2038	20.5%	18.8%
2039	20.3%	18.7%
2040	20.1%	18.6%
2041	20%	18.4%
2042	19.8%	18.3%
2043	19.6%	18.2%
2044	19.4%	18.1%
2045	19.3%	18%
2046	19.1%	17.9%
2047	18.9%	17.7%
2048	18.8%	17.6%
2049	18.6%	17.5%
2050	18.4%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.9% of the population in Panama and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 36.1% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Panama and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Panama vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in Panama 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
	Panama	Sri Lanka
1960	35,431	247,631
1961	37,100	251,087
1962	38,537	256,719
1963	39,872	262,880
1964	40,806	269,584
1965	41,604	272,422
1966	42,457	275,549
1967	43,054	284,738
1968	43,641	286,642
1969	44,278	286,218
1970	45,075	286,719
1971	45,867	281,200
1972	46,311	282,494
1973	46,540	278,577
1974	46,932	275,521
1975	47,149	282,496
1976	47,307	291,816
1977	47,438	300,038
1978	47,694	317,055
1979	48,362	329,791
1980	49,077	328,155
1981	50,018	328,096
1982	50,858	300,030
1983	51,880	277,768
1984	52,436	263,175
1985	52,573	247,836
1986	52,681	233,782
1987	52,690	226,414
1988	52,767	219,184
1989	52,295	212,401
1990	53,451	224,454
1991	53,079	218,117
1992	53,186	222,230
1993	53,591	226,257
1994	53,845	228,904
1995	54,069	221,957
1996	54,512	215,290
1997	55,060	208,193
1998	55,482	201,059
1999	55,911	206,876
2000	56,236	227,060
2001	56,654	244,377
2002	57,011	252,840
2003	57,458	252,008
2004	58,281	212,527
2005	58,014	248,683
2006	58,067	248,706
2007	58,454	248,287
2008	58,961	232,225
2009	59,168	200,175
2010	59,418	224,325
2011	60,411	224,461
2012	60,471	229,138
2013	60,295	221,021
2014	60,227	211,541
2015	59,896	201,815
2016	59,454	194,232
2017	58,607	187,993
2018	57,508	183,610
2019	54,420	172,243
2020	46,599	170,968
2021	46,747	121,858
2022	50,556	95,378
2023	50,197	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Panama vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 37 deaths per 100,000 live births in Panama, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Panama	Sri Lanka
1985	95	68
1986	94	66
1987	93	64
1988	93	62
1989	96	61
1990	89	59
1991	87	57
1992	85	54
1993	81	51
1994	78	49
1995	77	48
1996	73	47
1997	70	45
1998	68	43
1999	65	41
2000	64	39
2001	62	37
2002	59	36
2003	58	35
2004	57	37
2005	57	32
2006	56	32
2007	55	31
2008	55	30
2009	55	28
2010	56	26
2011	55	25
2012	53	24
2013	52	23
2014	49	23
2015	48	22
2016	47	22
2017	47	21
2018	43	21
2019	41	20
2020	74	23
2021	59	34
2022	40	22
2023	37	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Panama 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
	Panama	Sri Lanka
1960	9.31%	9.41%
1961	9.04%	8.95%
1962	8.78%	8.66%
1963	8.52%	8.48%
1964	8.28%	8.3%
1965	8.05%	8.07%
1966	7.83%	7.81%
1967	7.62%	7.55%
1968	7.38%	7.32%
1969	7.1%	7.14%
1970	6.78%	7.02%
1971	6.43%	6.94%
1972	6.07%	6.86%
1973	5.72%	6.77%
1974	5.41%	6.62%
1975	5.15%	6.41%
1976	4.93%	6.12%
1977	4.76%	5.77%
1978	4.61%	5.38%
1979	4.47%	4.99%
1980	4.34%	4.63%
1981	4.19%	4.29%
1982	4.05%	3.98%
1983	3.9%	3.67%
1984	3.75%	3.35%
1985	3.61%	3.02%
1986	3.47%	2.74%
1987	3.35%	2.54%
1988	3.24%	2.41%
1989	3.14%	2.74%
1990	3.05%	2.33%
1991	2.97%	2.32%
1992	2.91%	2.29%
1993	2.87%	2.22%
1994	2.83%	2.14%
1995	2.8%	2.05%
1996	2.77%	1.95%
1997	2.73%	1.86%
1998	2.68%	1.76%
1999	2.63%	1.69%
2000	2.56%	1.63%
2001	2.49%	1.58%
2002	2.41%	1.55%
2003	2.33%	1.52%
2004	2.25%	2.88%
2005	2.17%	1.4%
2006	2.1%	1.33%
2007	2.03%	1.26%
2008	1.97%	1.2%
2009	1.91%	2.08%
2010	1.86%	1.12%
2011	1.81%	1.08%
2012	1.77%	1.03%
2013	1.75%	0.98%
2014	1.73%	0.92%
2015	1.72%	0.87%
2016	1.7%	0.83%
2017	1.68%	0.79%
2018	1.65%	0.76%
2019	1.59%	0.72%
2020	1.52%	0.69%
2021	1.45%	0.66%
2022	1.39%	0.64%
2023	1.33%	0.61%