Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Qatar vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Qatar was 1.73 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 Qatar 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
	Qatar	Sri Lanka
1960	6.53	5.35
1961	6.53	5.24
1962	6.53	5.18
1963	6.53	5.12
1964	6.53	5.06
1965	6.53	4.93
1966	6.52	4.83
1967	6.46	4.79
1968	6.39	4.66
1969	6.31	4.5
1970	6.23	4.39
1971	6.15	4.27
1972	6.07	4.16
1973	6.01	4
1974	5.94	3.86
1975	5.86	3.82
1976	5.78	3.78
1977	5.69	3.74
1978	5.58	3.81
1979	5.46	3.82
1980	5.33	3.73
1981	5.2	3.65
1982	5.04	3.32
1983	4.9	3.11
1984	4.76	3.01
1985	4.64	2.9
1986	4.57	2.74
1987	4.54	2.64
1988	4.51	2.57
1989	4.41	2.58
1990	4.23	2.54
1991	3.99	2.51
1992	3.85	2.49
1993	3.77	2.44
1994	3.67	2.4
1995	3.56	2.35
1996	3.44	2.29
1997	3.33	2.22
1998	3.21	2.14
1999	3.12	2.14
2000	3.07	2.21
2001	3.08	2.28
2002	3.01	2.31
2003	2.93	2.3
2004	2.79	2.27
2005	2.64	2.26
2006	2.51	2.29
2007	2.44	2.3
2008	2.37	2.23
2009	2.25	2.18
2010	2.14	2.13
2011	2.07	2.14
2012	2.04	2.17
2013	2.03	2.18
2014	2.03	2.13
2015	1.98	2.09
2016	1.86	2.06
2017	1.83	2.04
2018	1.76	2.03
2019	1.73	2.02
2020	1.68	2.01
2021	1.61	2
2022	1.74	1.98
2023	1.73	1.97
2024	1.72	1.95
2025	1.7	1.94
2026	1.69	1.93
2027	1.68	1.91
2028	1.67	1.9
2029	1.66	1.89
2030	1.66	1.88
2031	1.65	1.87
2032	1.64	1.86
2033	1.64	1.85
2034	1.64	1.85
2035	1.63	1.84
2036	1.63	1.83
2037	1.63	1.83
2038	1.63	1.82
2039	1.63	1.81
2040	1.63	1.81
2041	1.63	1.8
2042	1.63	1.8
2043	1.63	1.8
2044	1.63	1.79
2045	1.63	1.79
2046	1.63	1.79
2047	1.63	1.78
2048	1.63	1.78
2049	1.62	1.77
2050	1.62	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	Sri Lanka
1960	44.2%	41%
1961	42.5%	40.9%
1962	40.5%	40.8%
1963	38.7%	40.7%
1964	37.2%	40.6%
1965	36.2%	40.5%
1966	35.3%	40.4%
1967	34.7%	40.3%
1968	34.2%	40.1%
1969	33.9%	39.9%
1970	35.1%	39.7%
1971	36.9%	39.5%
1972	37.5%	39.2%
1973	37.4%	38.8%
1974	36.7%	38.4%
1975	35.7%	38%
1976	34.6%	37.6%
1977	33.3%	37.2%
1978	32.1%	36.9%
1979	31%	36.7%
1980	30%	36.4%
1981	29.2%	36.2%
1982	28.6%	36%
1983	28.1%	35.8%
1984	27.6%	35.5%
1985	27.2%	35.2%
1986	27%	34.6%
1987	27.2%	34%
1988	27.2%	33.5%
1989	27.1%	33%
1990	27%	32.5%
1991	26.8%	32.1%
1992	26.6%	31.4%
1993	26.4%	30.6%
1994	26.2%	29.9%
1995	26.1%	29.2%
1996	25.9%	28.6%
1997	25.5%	28.2%
1998	24.8%	27.8%
1999	24.1%	27.4%
2000	23.5%	27%
2001	23%	26.6%
2002	22.5%	26.3%
2003	22.2%	26.1%
2004	22.2%	26%
2005	22.5%	25.8%
2006	20.2%	25.7%
2007	16.4%	25.7%
2008	14.6%	25.6%
2009	14%	25.5%
2010	13.9%	25.4%
2011	14.2%	25.3%
2012	14.5%	25.2%
2013	14.6%	25%
2014	14.4%	24.9%
2015	13.9%	24.7%
2016	13.7%	24.5%
2017	13.7%	24.2%
2018	14%	24%
2019	14.6%	23.7%
2020	15.4%	23.3%
2021	15.5%	23%
2022	15.2%	22.7%
2023	15.2%	22.4%
2024	15.1%	22%
2025	15%	21.7%
2026	15%	21.4%
2027	15%	21.1%
2028	15.1%	20.8%
2029	15.2%	20.5%
2030	15.3%	20.2%
2031	15.4%	20%
2032	15.5%	19.8%
2033	15.6%	19.6%
2034	15.7%	19.4%
2035	15.9%	19.2%
2036	16.1%	19.1%
2037	16.2%	18.9%
2038	16.4%	18.8%
2039	16.5%	18.7%
2040	16.7%	18.6%
2041	16.8%	18.4%
2042	17%	18.3%
2043	17.1%	18.2%
2044	17.3%	18.1%
2045	17.4%	18%
2046	17.5%	17.9%
2047	17.6%	17.7%
2048	17.7%	17.6%
2049	17.7%	17.5%
2050	17.8%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 27% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	Sri Lanka
1960	1,220	247,631
1961	1,357	251,087
1962	1,589	256,719
1963	1,854	262,880
1964	2,150	269,584
1965	2,472	272,422
1966	2,811	275,549
1967	3,167	284,738
1968	3,547	286,642
1969	3,941	286,218
1970	4,346	286,719
1971	4,433	281,200
1972	4,581	282,494
1973	4,780	278,577
1974	5,015	275,521
1975	5,289	282,496
1976	5,598	291,816
1977	5,925	300,038
1978	6,246	317,055
1979	6,579	329,791
1980	6,894	328,155
1981	7,202	328,096
1982	7,489	300,030
1983	7,765	277,768
1984	7,997	263,175
1985	8,212	247,836
1986	8,439	233,782
1987	8,806	226,414
1988	9,198	219,184
1989	9,407	212,401
1990	9,388	224,454
1991	9,182	218,117
1992	9,189	222,230
1993	9,250	226,257
1994	9,257	228,904
1995	9,186	221,957
1996	9,049	215,290
1997	8,846	208,193
1998	9,055	201,059
1999	9,431	206,876
2000	9,974	227,060
2001	10,683	244,377
2002	11,062	252,840
2003	11,291	252,008
2004	11,242	212,527
2005	11,392	248,683
2006	10,225	248,706
2007	11,351	248,287
2008	14,062	232,225
2009	15,595	200,175
2010	16,225	224,325
2011	16,543	224,461
2012	17,681	229,138
2013	19,669	221,021
2014	21,699	211,541
2015	22,568	201,815
2016	22,416	194,232
2017	23,244	187,993
2018	23,340	183,610
2019	24,112	172,243
2020	25,128	170,968
2021	21,297	121,858
2022	24,360	95,378
2023	23,845	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Qatar, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Qatar	Sri Lanka
1985	17	68
1986	16	66
1987	15	64
1988	15	62
1989	14	61
1990	13	59
1991	13	57
1992	13	54
1993	13	51
1994	13	49
1995	13	48
1996	13	47
1997	13	45
1998	12	43
1999	12	41
2000	11	39
2001	12	37
2002	11	36
2003	11	35
2004	11	37
2005	11	32
2006	10	32
2007	9	31
2008	9	30
2009	8	28
2010	8	26
2011	7	25
2012	7	24
2013	6	23
2014	6	23
2015	6	22
2016	5	22
2017	5	21
2018	5	21
2019	5	20
2020	6	23
2021	7	34
2022	8	22
2023	4	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	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	-	7.32%
1969	7.07%	7.14%
1970	6.6%	7.02%
1971	6.16%	6.94%
1972	5.77%	6.86%
1973	5.4%	6.77%
1974	5.06%	6.62%
1975	4.75%	6.41%
1976	4.48%	6.12%
1977	4.24%	5.77%
1978	4.02%	5.38%
1979	3.81%	4.99%
1980	3.62%	4.63%
1981	3.45%	4.29%
1982	3.29%	3.98%
1983	3.13%	3.67%
1984	2.98%	3.35%
1985	2.82%	3.02%
1986	2.68%	2.74%
1987	2.52%	2.54%
1988	2.37%	2.41%
1989	2.23%	2.74%
1990	2.08%	2.33%
1991	1.94%	2.32%
1992	1.82%	2.29%
1993	1.71%	2.22%
1994	1.61%	2.14%
1995	1.53%	2.05%
1996	1.46%	1.95%
1997	1.4%	1.86%
1998	1.34%	1.76%
1999	1.29%	1.69%
2000	1.25%	1.63%
2001	1.2%	1.58%
2002	1.16%	1.55%
2003	1.12%	1.52%
2004	1.08%	2.88%
2005	1.04%	1.4%
2006	1.01%	1.33%
2007	0.98%	1.26%
2008	0.96%	1.2%
2009	0.93%	2.08%
2010	0.91%	1.12%
2011	0.89%	1.08%
2012	0.87%	1.03%
2013	0.84%	0.98%
2014	0.82%	0.92%
2015	0.79%	0.87%
2016	0.75%	0.83%
2017	0.72%	0.79%
2018	0.69%	0.76%
2019	0.67%	0.72%
2020	0.64%	0.69%
2021	0.63%	0.66%
2022	0.61%	0.64%
2023	0.6%	0.61%