Fertility & birth rates in Romania and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Romania vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Romania was 1.71 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 Romania 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
	Romania	Sri Lanka
1960	2.34	5.35
1961	2.17	5.24
1962	2.04	5.18
1963	2.01	5.12
1964	1.96	5.06
1965	1.91	4.93
1966	1.9	4.83
1967	3.66	4.79
1968	3.63	4.66
1969	3.19	4.5
1970	2.89	4.39
1971	2.67	4.27
1972	2.55	4.16
1973	2.44	4
1974	2.71	3.86
1975	2.59	3.82
1976	2.54	3.78
1977	2.57	3.74
1978	2.52	3.81
1979	2.49	3.82
1980	2.43	3.73
1981	2.36	3.65
1982	2.17	3.32
1983	2.06	3.11
1984	2.26	3.01
1985	2.31	2.9
1986	2.39	2.74
1987	2.38	2.64
1988	2.3	2.57
1989	2.22	2.58
1990	1.83	2.54
1991	1.59	2.51
1992	1.51	2.49
1993	1.43	2.44
1994	1.4	2.4
1995	1.33	2.35
1996	1.3	2.29
1997	1.32	2.22
1998	1.32	2.14
1999	1.3	2.14
2000	1.31	2.21
2001	1.27	2.28
2002	1.27	2.31
2003	1.3	2.3
2004	1.33	2.27
2005	1.4	2.26
2006	1.42	2.29
2007	1.45	2.3
2008	1.6	2.23
2009	1.66	2.18
2010	1.59	2.13
2011	1.47	2.14
2012	1.52	2.17
2013	1.46	2.18
2014	1.56	2.13
2015	1.62	2.09
2016	1.69	2.06
2017	1.78	2.04
2018	1.76	2.03
2019	1.77	2.02
2020	1.8	2.01
2021	1.81	2
2022	1.71	1.98
2023	1.71	1.97
2024	1.71	1.95
2025	1.71	1.94
2026	1.7	1.93
2027	1.7	1.91
2028	1.7	1.9
2029	1.7	1.89
2030	1.7	1.88
2031	1.7	1.87
2032	1.7	1.86
2033	1.69	1.85
2034	1.69	1.85
2035	1.69	1.84
2036	1.69	1.83
2037	1.69	1.83
2038	1.69	1.82
2039	1.69	1.81
2040	1.69	1.81
2041	1.68	1.8
2042	1.68	1.8
2043	1.68	1.8
2044	1.68	1.79
2045	1.68	1.79
2046	1.68	1.79
2047	1.68	1.78
2048	1.68	1.78
2049	1.68	1.77
2050	1.68	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Romania	Sri Lanka
1960	28.1%	41%
1961	28%	40.9%
1962	27.7%	40.8%
1963	27.3%	40.7%
1964	26.7%	40.6%
1965	26%	40.5%
1966	25.2%	40.4%
1967	25%	40.3%
1968	25.1%	40.1%
1969	25.1%	39.9%
1970	25.1%	39.7%
1971	24.9%	39.5%
1972	24.9%	39.2%
1973	24.9%	38.8%
1974	25.1%	38.4%
1975	25.3%	38%
1976	25.7%	37.6%
1977	26%	37.2%
1978	26.3%	36.9%
1979	26.5%	36.7%
1980	26.8%	36.4%
1981	27.1%	36.2%
1982	26.8%	36%
1983	25.9%	35.8%
1984	25.1%	35.5%
1985	24.6%	35.2%
1986	24.3%	34.6%
1987	24%	34%
1988	23.9%	33.5%
1989	23.7%	33%
1990	23.3%	32.5%
1991	22.8%	32.1%
1992	22.2%	31.4%
1993	21.6%	30.6%
1994	21%	29.9%
1995	20.5%	29.2%
1996	20%	28.6%
1997	19.6%	28.2%
1998	19.3%	27.8%
1999	19.1%	27.4%
2000	18.6%	27%
2001	18.1%	26.6%
2002	17.5%	26.3%
2003	16.9%	26.1%
2004	16.4%	26%
2005	16%	25.8%
2006	15.8%	25.7%
2007	15.7%	25.7%
2008	15.7%	25.6%
2009	15.7%	25.5%
2010	15.7%	25.4%
2011	15.8%	25.3%
2012	15.7%	25.2%
2013	15.7%	25%
2014	15.7%	24.9%
2015	15.7%	24.7%
2016	15.7%	24.5%
2017	15.8%	24.2%
2018	15.9%	24%
2019	16%	23.7%
2020	16.1%	23.3%
2021	16.1%	23%
2022	16%	22.7%
2023	15.9%	22.4%
2024	15.7%	22%
2025	15.6%	21.7%
2026	15.4%	21.4%
2027	15.3%	21.1%
2028	15.2%	20.8%
2029	15.1%	20.5%
2030	15%	20.2%
2031	14.9%	20%
2032	14.7%	19.8%
2033	14.6%	19.6%
2034	14.4%	19.4%
2035	14.4%	19.2%
2036	14.3%	19.1%
2037	14.3%	18.9%
2038	14.3%	18.8%
2039	14.2%	18.7%
2040	14.2%	18.6%
2041	14.3%	18.4%
2042	14.3%	18.3%
2043	14.3%	18.2%
2044	14.3%	18.1%
2045	14.4%	18%
2046	14.4%	17.9%
2047	14.4%	17.7%
2048	14.4%	17.6%
2049	14.4%	17.5%
2050	14.4%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Romania and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Romania and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Romania vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.4% in Romania 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
	Romania	Sri Lanka
1960	191,431	247,631
1961	163,286	251,087
1962	130,736	256,719
1963	139,104	262,880
1964	134,326	269,584
1965	114,190	272,422
1966	115,293	275,549
1967	347,709	284,738
1968	338,577	286,642
1969	264,120	286,218
1970	234,905	286,719
1971	206,662	281,200
1972	198,316	282,494
1973	175,020	278,577
1974	235,530	275,521
1975	219,324	282,496
1976	213,361	291,816
1977	215,385	300,038
1978	204,148	317,055
1979	194,397	329,791
1980	168,776	328,155
1981	156,472	328,096
1982	119,121	300,030
1983	87,986	277,768
1984	117,731	263,175
1985	111,392	247,836
1986	134,737	233,782
1987	128,517	226,414
1988	126,817	219,184
1989	122,756	212,401
1990	69,605	224,454
1991	25,301	218,117
1992	-4,559	222,230
1993	-13,658	226,257
1994	-18,184	228,904
1995	-36,295	221,957
1996	-56,548	215,290
1997	-42,853	208,193
1998	-33,761	201,059
1999	-31,461	206,876
2000	-22,443	227,060
2001	-37,625	244,377
2002	-58,673	252,840
2003	-56,093	252,008
2004	-42,904	212,527
2005	-40,508	248,683
2006	-38,148	248,706
2007	-37,590	248,287
2008	-30,806	232,225
2009	-34,625	200,175
2010	-46,567	224,325
2011	-56,413	224,461
2012	-54,157	229,138
2013	-59,951	221,021
2014	-55,745	211,541
2015	-59,447	201,815
2016	-53,196	194,232
2017	-50,930	187,993
2018	-62,316	183,610
2019	-60,053	172,243
2020	-100,179	170,968
2021	-141,504	121,858
2022	-93,338	95,378
2023	-89,580	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Romania vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Romania, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Romania	Sri Lanka
1985	184	68
1986	180	66
1987	173	64
1988	159	62
1989	143	61
1990	118	59
1991	104	57
1992	95	54
1993	87	51
1994	80	49
1995	75	48
1996	72	47
1997	66	45
1998	58	43
1999	51	41
2000	45	39
2001	41	37
2002	38	36
2003	35	35
2004	32	37
2005	30	32
2006	27	32
2007	25	31
2008	25	30
2009	25	28
2010	23	26
2011	20	25
2012	19	24
2013	18	23
2014	18	23
2015	18	22
2016	17	22
2017	17	21
2018	15	21
2019	14	20
2020	16	23
2021	20	34
2022	13	22
2023	12	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.66% in Romania 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
	Romania	Sri Lanka
1960	8.82%	9.41%
1961	7.98%	8.95%
1962	6.98%	8.66%
1963	6.03%	8.48%
1964	5.45%	8.3%
1965	5.44%	8.07%
1966	5.83%	7.81%
1967	6.27%	7.55%
1968	6.44%	7.32%
1969	6.23%	7.14%
1970	5.69%	7.02%
1971	5.06%	6.94%
1972	4.64%	6.86%
1973	4.49%	6.77%
1974	4.43%	6.62%
1975	4.27%	6.41%
1976	4.05%	6.12%
1977	3.86%	5.77%
1978	3.76%	5.38%
1979	3.68%	4.99%
1980	3.57%	4.63%
1981	3.44%	4.29%
1982	3.28%	3.98%
1983	3.14%	3.67%
1984	3.08%	3.35%
1985	3.16%	3.02%
1986	3.33%	2.74%
1987	3.45%	2.54%
1988	3.43%	2.41%
1989	3.31%	2.74%
1990	3.14%	2.33%
1991	2.97%	2.32%
1992	2.84%	2.29%
1993	2.79%	2.22%
1994	2.76%	2.14%
1995	2.73%	2.05%
1996	2.68%	1.95%
1997	2.58%	1.86%
1998	2.44%	1.76%
1999	2.29%	1.69%
2000	2.16%	1.63%
2001	2.06%	1.58%
2002	2.01%	1.55%
2003	1.99%	1.52%
2004	1.94%	2.88%
2005	1.82%	1.4%
2006	1.66%	1.33%
2007	1.51%	1.26%
2008	1.4%	1.2%
2009	1.31%	2.08%
2010	1.24%	1.12%
2011	1.18%	1.08%
2012	1.12%	1.03%
2013	1.05%	0.98%
2014	0.99%	0.92%
2015	0.92%	0.87%
2016	0.85%	0.83%
2017	0.79%	0.79%
2018	0.73%	0.76%
2019	0.68%	0.72%
2020	0.66%	0.69%
2021	0.65%	0.66%
2022	0.66%	0.64%
2023	0.66%	0.61%