Fertility & birth rates in Poland and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Poland vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Poland was 1.16 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 Poland 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
	Poland	Sri Lanka
1960	2.98	5.35
1961	2.83	5.24
1962	2.72	5.18
1963	2.7	5.12
1964	2.57	5.06
1965	2.52	4.93
1966	2.34	4.83
1967	2.33	4.79
1968	2.24	4.66
1969	2.2	4.5
1970	2.2	4.39
1971	2.25	4.27
1972	2.24	4.16
1973	2.26	4
1974	2.26	3.86
1975	2.27	3.82
1976	2.3	3.78
1977	2.23	3.74
1978	2.21	3.81
1979	2.28	3.82
1980	2.28	3.73
1981	2.24	3.65
1982	2.34	3.32
1983	2.42	3.11
1984	2.37	3.01
1985	2.33	2.9
1986	2.22	2.74
1987	2.15	2.64
1988	2.13	2.57
1989	2.08	2.58
1990	2.06	2.54
1991	2.07	2.51
1992	1.95	2.49
1993	1.87	2.44
1994	1.81	2.4
1995	1.62	2.35
1996	1.59	2.29
1997	1.51	2.22
1998	1.44	2.14
1999	1.37	2.14
2000	1.37	2.21
2001	1.31	2.28
2002	1.25	2.31
2003	1.22	2.3
2004	1.23	2.27
2005	1.24	2.26
2006	1.27	2.29
2007	1.31	2.3
2008	1.39	2.23
2009	1.4	2.18
2010	1.41	2.13
2011	1.33	2.14
2012	1.33	2.17
2013	1.29	2.18
2014	1.32	2.13
2015	1.32	2.09
2016	1.39	2.06
2017	1.48	2.04
2018	1.46	2.03
2019	1.44	2.02
2020	1.39	2.01
2021	1.33	2
2022	1.29	1.98
2023	1.16	1.97
2024	1.16	1.95
2025	1.17	1.94
2026	1.17	1.93
2027	1.17	1.91
2028	1.18	1.9
2029	1.18	1.89
2030	1.19	1.88
2031	1.19	1.87
2032	1.19	1.86
2033	1.2	1.85
2034	1.2	1.85
2035	1.21	1.84
2036	1.21	1.83
2037	1.21	1.83
2038	1.21	1.82
2039	1.22	1.81
2040	1.22	1.81
2041	1.22	1.8
2042	1.22	1.8
2043	1.23	1.8
2044	1.23	1.79
2045	1.24	1.79
2046	1.24	1.79
2047	1.24	1.78
2048	1.24	1.78
2049	1.24	1.77
2050	1.25	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Poland	Sri Lanka
1960	33.4%	41%
1961	33.4%	40.9%
1962	33%	40.8%
1963	32.5%	40.7%
1964	31.9%	40.6%
1965	31.1%	40.5%
1966	30.3%	40.4%
1967	29.5%	40.3%
1968	28.6%	40.1%
1969	27.8%	39.9%
1970	26.9%	39.7%
1971	26.1%	39.5%
1972	25.4%	39.2%
1973	24.8%	38.8%
1974	24.3%	38.4%
1975	24%	38%
1976	24%	37.6%
1977	24%	37.2%
1978	24%	36.9%
1979	24.1%	36.7%
1980	24.3%	36.4%
1981	24.5%	36.2%
1982	24.7%	36%
1983	25%	35.8%
1984	25.3%	35.5%
1985	25.5%	35.2%
1986	25.6%	34.6%
1987	25.6%	34%
1988	25.5%	33.5%
1989	25.3%	33%
1990	25%	32.5%
1991	24.6%	32.1%
1992	24.3%	31.4%
1993	23.9%	30.6%
1994	23.4%	29.9%
1995	22.8%	29.2%
1996	22.2%	28.6%
1997	21.6%	28.2%
1998	20.9%	27.8%
1999	20.2%	27.4%
2000	19.4%	27%
2001	18.7%	26.6%
2002	18.1%	26.3%
2003	17.5%	26.1%
2004	17%	26%
2005	16.5%	25.8%
2006	16%	25.7%
2007	15.7%	25.7%
2008	15.4%	25.6%
2009	15.2%	25.5%
2010	15.1%	25.4%
2011	15.2%	25.3%
2012	15.1%	25.2%
2013	15.1%	25%
2014	15.1%	24.9%
2015	15.1%	24.7%
2016	15.1%	24.5%
2017	15.2%	24.2%
2018	15.3%	24%
2019	15.4%	23.7%
2020	15.5%	23.3%
2021	15.5%	23%
2022	15.3%	22.7%
2023	15.1%	22.4%
2024	14.8%	22%
2025	14.5%	21.7%
2026	14.1%	21.4%
2027	13.8%	21.1%
2028	13.5%	20.8%
2029	13.2%	20.5%
2030	13%	20.2%
2031	12.7%	20%
2032	12.4%	19.8%
2033	12.1%	19.6%
2034	11.8%	19.4%
2035	11.5%	19.2%
2036	11.3%	19.1%
2037	11.2%	18.9%
2038	11.1%	18.8%
2039	11.1%	18.7%
2040	11.1%	18.6%
2041	11%	18.4%
2042	11.1%	18.3%
2043	11.1%	18.2%
2044	11.1%	18.1%
2045	11.2%	18%
2046	11.3%	17.9%
2047	11.3%	17.7%
2048	11.4%	17.6%
2049	11.5%	17.5%
2050	11.5%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Poland and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 25% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Poland and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Poland vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.18% in Poland 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
	Poland	Sri Lanka
1960	444,562	247,631
1961	398,521	251,087
1962	360,671	256,719
1963	359,330	262,880
1964	326,965	269,584
1965	314,450	272,422
1966	297,801	275,549
1967	275,089	284,738
1968	280,963	286,642
1969	270,151	286,218
1970	280,913	286,719
1971	278,660	281,200
1972	314,028	282,494
1973	320,229	278,577
1974	346,893	275,521
1975	350,356	282,496
1976	367,612	291,816
1977	353,828	300,038
1978	339,166	317,055
1979	366,571	329,791
1980	348,627	328,155
1981	351,806	328,096
1982	369,551	300,030
1983	373,032	277,768
1984	332,137	263,175
1985	297,615	247,836
1986	258,448	233,782
1987	226,008	226,414
1988	215,599	219,184
1989	182,215	212,401
1990	160,066	224,454
1991	141,511	218,117
1992	118,928	222,230
1993	103,846	226,257
1994	96,357	228,904
1995	46,314	221,957
1996	42,487	215,290
1997	34,785	208,193
1998	19,332	201,059
1999	0	206,876
2000	11,478	227,060
2001	3,825	244,377
2002	-3,823	252,840
2003	-15,281	252,008
2004	-7,637	212,527
2005	-3,817	248,683
2006	3,814	248,706
2007	11,436	248,287
2008	34,313	232,225
2009	30,521	200,175
2010	38,043	224,325
2011	11,419	224,461
2012	0	229,138
2013	-19,020	221,021
2014	0	211,541
2015	-26,590	201,815
2016	-3,797	194,232
2017	0	187,993
2018	-26,582	183,610
2019	-34,169	172,243
2020	-120,050	170,968
2021	-184,907	121,858
2022	-143,605	95,378
2023	-135,743	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Poland vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Poland, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Poland	Sri Lanka
1985	19	68
1986	19	66
1987	18	64
1988	18	62
1989	18	61
1990	18	59
1991	18	57
1992	16	54
1993	15	51
1994	14	49
1995	12	48
1996	11	47
1997	10	45
1998	9	43
1999	8	41
2000	7	39
2001	6	37
2002	5	36
2003	5	35
2004	4	37
2005	4	32
2006	4	32
2007	3	31
2008	3	30
2009	3	28
2010	3	26
2011	2	25
2012	2	24
2013	2	23
2014	2	23
2015	2	22
2016	2	22
2017	2	21
2018	2	21
2019	2	20
2020	3	23
2021	2	34
2022	2	22
2023	2	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.44% in Poland 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
	Poland	Sri Lanka
1960	6.51%	9.41%
1961	6.02%	8.95%
1962	5.6%	8.66%
1963	5.23%	8.48%
1964	4.89%	8.3%
1965	4.57%	8.07%
1966	4.29%	7.81%
1967	4.06%	7.55%
1968	3.89%	7.32%
1969	3.75%	7.14%
1970	3.59%	7.02%
1971	3.42%	6.94%
1972	3.24%	6.86%
1973	3.06%	6.77%
1974	2.9%	6.62%
1975	2.79%	6.41%
1976	2.7%	6.12%
1977	2.62%	5.77%
1978	2.54%	5.38%
1979	2.47%	4.99%
1980	2.4%	4.63%
1981	2.33%	4.29%
1982	2.26%	3.98%
1983	2.19%	3.67%
1984	2.11%	3.35%
1985	2.03%	3.02%
1986	1.96%	2.74%
1987	1.89%	2.54%
1988	1.84%	2.41%
1989	1.79%	2.74%
1990	1.74%	2.33%
1991	1.69%	2.32%
1992	1.65%	2.29%
1993	1.6%	2.22%
1994	1.53%	2.14%
1995	1.43%	2.05%
1996	1.32%	1.95%
1997	1.2%	1.86%
1998	1.09%	1.76%
1999	1%	1.69%
2000	0.93%	1.63%
2001	0.88%	1.58%
2002	0.84%	1.55%
2003	0.81%	1.52%
2004	0.78%	2.88%
2005	0.76%	1.4%
2006	0.73%	1.33%
2007	0.7%	1.26%
2008	0.67%	1.2%
2009	0.63%	2.08%
2010	0.6%	1.12%
2011	0.57%	1.08%
2012	0.54%	1.03%
2013	0.52%	0.98%
2014	0.5%	0.92%
2015	0.49%	0.87%
2016	0.48%	0.83%
2017	0.46%	0.79%
2018	0.45%	0.76%
2019	0.44%	0.72%
2020	0.44%	0.69%
2021	0.44%	0.66%
2022	0.44%	0.64%
2023	0.44%	0.61%