Fertility & birth rates in Samoa and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Samoa vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Samoa was 3.83 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 Samoa 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
	Samoa	Sri Lanka
1960	7.78	5.35
1961	7.77	5.24
1962	7.76	5.18
1963	7.73	5.12
1964	7.7	5.06
1965	7.65	4.93
1966	7.6	4.83
1967	7.55	4.79
1968	7.5	4.66
1969	7.43	4.5
1970	7.34	4.39
1971	7.22	4.27
1972	7.07	4.16
1973	6.91	4
1974	6.75	3.86
1975	6.61	3.82
1976	6.47	3.78
1977	6.31	3.74
1978	6.15	3.81
1979	5.99	3.82
1980	5.86	3.73
1981	5.75	3.65
1982	5.68	3.32
1983	5.62	3.11
1984	5.55	3.01
1985	5.49	2.9
1986	5.42	2.74
1987	5.32	2.64
1988	5.21	2.57
1989	5.11	2.58
1990	5.01	2.54
1991	4.91	2.51
1992	4.87	2.49
1993	4.83	2.44
1994	4.79	2.4
1995	4.77	2.35
1996	4.74	2.29
1997	4.7	2.22
1998	4.64	2.14
1999	4.57	2.14
2000	4.52	2.21
2001	4.48	2.28
2002	4.44	2.31
2003	4.39	2.3
2004	4.34	2.27
2005	4.32	2.26
2006	4.32	2.29
2007	4.36	2.3
2008	4.42	2.23
2009	4.47	2.18
2010	4.52	2.13
2011	4.56	2.14
2012	4.55	2.17
2013	4.49	2.18
2014	4.42	2.13
2015	4.34	2.09
2016	4.26	2.06
2017	4.2	2.04
2018	4.14	2.03
2019	4.06	2.02
2020	4	2.01
2021	3.94	2
2022	3.88	1.98
2023	3.83	1.97
2024	3.8	1.95
2025	3.75	1.94
2026	3.7	1.93
2027	3.66	1.91
2028	3.62	1.9
2029	3.58	1.89
2030	3.54	1.88
2031	3.5	1.87
2032	3.46	1.86
2033	3.42	1.85
2034	3.39	1.85
2035	3.35	1.84
2036	3.31	1.83
2037	3.27	1.83
2038	3.24	1.82
2039	3.21	1.81
2040	3.17	1.81
2041	3.13	1.8
2042	3.1	1.8
2043	3.06	1.8
2044	3.04	1.79
2045	3.01	1.79
2046	2.98	1.79
2047	2.95	1.78
2048	2.92	1.78
2049	2.89	1.77
2050	2.86	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Samoa	Sri Lanka
1960	50.1%	41%
1961	50.2%	40.9%
1962	50.6%	40.8%
1963	50.9%	40.7%
1964	51.2%	40.6%
1965	51.3%	40.5%
1966	51.3%	40.4%
1967	51.4%	40.3%
1968	51.4%	40.1%
1969	51.4%	39.9%
1970	51.2%	39.7%
1971	51%	39.5%
1972	50.8%	39.2%
1973	50.4%	38.8%
1974	49.9%	38.4%
1975	49.3%	38%
1976	48.6%	37.6%
1977	48%	37.2%
1978	47.4%	36.9%
1979	46.9%	36.7%
1980	46.4%	36.4%
1981	45.9%	36.2%
1982	45.2%	36%
1983	44.4%	35.8%
1984	43.7%	35.5%
1985	43.1%	35.2%
1986	42.6%	34.6%
1987	42.2%	34%
1988	42%	33.5%
1989	41.8%	33%
1990	41.5%	32.5%
1991	41.2%	32.1%
1992	40.8%	31.4%
1993	40.3%	30.6%
1994	40%	29.9%
1995	39.9%	29.2%
1996	39.9%	28.6%
1997	40.1%	28.2%
1998	40.2%	27.8%
1999	40.3%	27.4%
2000	40.5%	27%
2001	40.7%	26.6%
2002	40.5%	26.3%
2003	40.2%	26.1%
2004	39.9%	26%
2005	39.6%	25.8%
2006	39.4%	25.7%
2007	39%	25.7%
2008	38.7%	25.6%
2009	38.5%	25.5%
2010	38.4%	25.4%
2011	38.4%	25.3%
2012	38.3%	25.2%
2013	38.1%	25%
2014	38.1%	24.9%
2015	38.1%	24.7%
2016	38.1%	24.5%
2017	38.2%	24.2%
2018	38.3%	24%
2019	38.5%	23.7%
2020	38.6%	23.3%
2021	38.7%	23%
2022	38.8%	22.7%
2023	38.7%	22.4%
2024	38.5%	22%
2025	38.1%	21.7%
2026	37.5%	21.4%
2027	36.9%	21.1%
2028	36.3%	20.8%
2029	35.8%	20.5%
2030	35.2%	20.2%
2031	34.7%	20%
2032	34.2%	19.8%
2033	33.7%	19.6%
2034	33.3%	19.4%
2035	33%	19.2%
2036	32.7%	19.1%
2037	32.6%	18.9%
2038	32.6%	18.8%
2039	32.7%	18.7%
2040	32.7%	18.6%
2041	32.8%	18.4%
2042	32.9%	18.3%
2043	33%	18.2%
2044	33.1%	18.1%
2045	33.1%	18%
2046	33.1%	17.9%
2047	33%	17.7%
2048	32.9%	17.6%
2049	32.7%	17.5%
2050	32.5%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.5% of the population in Samoa and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Samoa and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Samoa vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.18% in Samoa 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
	Samoa	Sri Lanka
1960	4,298	247,631
1961	4,399	251,087
1962	4,498	256,719
1963	4,544	262,880
1964	4,326	269,584
1965	4,605	272,422
1966	4,593	275,549
1967	4,621	284,738
1968	4,605	286,642
1969	4,592	286,218
1970	4,567	286,719
1971	4,534	281,200
1972	4,487	282,494
1973	4,446	278,577
1974	4,411	275,521
1975	4,465	282,496
1976	4,519	291,816
1977	4,555	300,038
1978	4,587	317,055
1979	4,624	329,791
1980	4,672	328,155
1981	4,720	328,096
1982	4,808	300,030
1983	4,914	277,768
1984	4,979	263,175
1985	4,998	247,836
1986	4,983	233,782
1987	4,909	226,414
1988	4,889	219,184
1989	4,845	212,401
1990	4,759	224,454
1991	4,655	218,117
1992	4,652	222,230
1993	4,769	226,257
1994	4,880	228,904
1995	4,976	221,957
1996	5,038	215,290
1997	5,053	208,193
1998	5,022	201,059
1999	4,937	206,876
2000	4,855	227,060
2001	4,759	244,377
2002	4,672	252,840
2003	4,622	252,008
2004	4,554	212,527
2005	4,503	248,683
2006	4,473	248,706
2007	4,480	248,287
2008	4,581	232,225
2009	4,525	200,175
2010	4,779	224,325
2011	4,860	224,461
2012	4,863	229,138
2013	4,875	221,021
2014	4,849	211,541
2015	4,795	201,815
2016	4,720	194,232
2017	4,661	187,993
2018	4,637	183,610
2019	4,495	172,243
2020	4,442	170,968
2021	4,379	121,858
2022	4,288	95,378
2023	4,170	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Samoa vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 101 deaths per 100,000 live births in Samoa, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Samoa	Sri Lanka
1985	160	68
1986	153	66
1987	147	64
1988	143	62
1989	136	61
1990	135	59
1991	131	57
1992	124	54
1993	117	51
1994	112	49
1995	105	48
1996	103	47
1997	98	45
1998	96	43
1999	94	41
2000	93	39
2001	93	37
2002	89	36
2003	87	35
2004	86	37
2005	87	32
2006	86	32
2007	85	31
2008	87	30
2009	94	28
2010	92	26
2011	93	25
2012	101	24
2013	100	23
2014	106	23
2015	108	22
2016	108	22
2017	111	21
2018	110	21
2019	111	20
2020	114	23
2021	115	34
2022	110	22
2023	101	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.57% in Samoa 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
	Samoa	Sri Lanka
1960	10.7%	9.41%
1961	10.3%	8.95%
1962	9.93%	8.66%
1963	9.56%	8.48%
1964	11.1%	8.3%
1965	8.9%	8.07%
1966	8.57%	7.81%
1967	8.23%	7.55%
1968	7.89%	7.32%
1969	7.53%	7.14%
1970	7.19%	7.02%
1971	6.85%	6.94%
1972	6.52%	6.86%
1973	6.2%	6.77%
1974	5.9%	6.62%
1975	5.62%	6.41%
1976	5.34%	6.12%
1977	5.07%	5.77%
1978	4.82%	5.38%
1979	4.59%	4.99%
1980	4.38%	4.63%
1981	4.19%	4.29%
1982	4.01%	3.98%
1983	3.85%	3.67%
1984	3.7%	3.35%
1985	3.56%	3.02%
1986	3.42%	2.74%
1987	3.3%	2.54%
1988	3.18%	2.41%
1989	3.08%	2.74%
1990	2.98%	2.33%
1991	2.89%	2.32%
1992	2.8%	2.29%
1993	2.7%	2.22%
1994	2.61%	2.14%
1995	2.52%	2.05%
1996	2.44%	1.95%
1997	2.35%	1.86%
1998	2.27%	1.76%
1999	2.19%	1.69%
2000	2.12%	1.63%
2001	2.06%	1.58%
2002	2%	1.55%
2003	1.97%	1.52%
2004	1.94%	2.88%
2005	1.93%	1.4%
2006	1.93%	1.33%
2007	1.93%	1.26%
2008	1.93%	1.2%
2009	2.54%	2.08%
2010	1.93%	1.12%
2011	1.92%	1.08%
2012	1.91%	1.03%
2013	1.89%	0.98%
2014	1.87%	0.92%
2015	1.85%	0.87%
2016	1.83%	0.83%
2017	1.81%	0.79%
2018	1.78%	0.76%
2019	2.02%	0.72%
2020	1.7%	0.69%
2021	1.66%	0.66%
2022	1.62%	0.64%
2023	1.57%	0.61%