Fertility & birth rates in San Marino and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in San Marino vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in San Marino was 1.15 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 San Marino 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
	San Marino	Sri Lanka
1960	2.43	5.35
1961	2.68	5.24
1962	2.43	5.18
1963	2.4	5.12
1964	2.37	5.06
1965	2.33	4.93
1966	2.33	4.83
1967	2.31	4.79
1968	2.3	4.66
1969	2.31	4.5
1970	2.32	4.39
1971	2.33	4.27
1972	2.29	4.16
1973	2.23	4
1974	2.13	3.86
1975	2.05	3.82
1976	1.95	3.78
1977	1.87	3.74
1978	1.77	3.81
1979	1.63	3.82
1980	1.53	3.73
1981	1.41	3.65
1982	1.3	3.32
1983	1.25	3.11
1984	1.2	3.01
1985	1.17	2.9
1986	1.15	2.74
1987	1.14	2.64
1988	1.14	2.57
1989	1.15	2.58
1990	1.16	2.54
1991	1.17	2.51
1992	1.15	2.49
1993	1.12	2.44
1994	1.14	2.4
1995	1.17	2.35
1996	1.21	2.29
1997	1.24	2.22
1998	1.26	2.14
1999	1.29	2.14
2000	1.4	2.21
2001	1.52	2.28
2002	1.43	2.31
2003	1.3	2.3
2004	1.3	2.27
2005	1.2	2.26
2006	1.24	2.29
2007	1.26	2.3
2008	1.52	2.23
2009	1.36	2.18
2010	1.46	2.13
2011	1.46	2.14
2012	1.29	2.17
2013	1.48	2.18
2014	1.26	2.13
2015	1.2	2.09
2016	1.13	2.06
2017	1.05	2.04
2018	1.08	2.03
2019	1.1	2.02
2020	1.11	2.01
2021	1.13	2
2022	1.14	1.98
2023	1.15	1.97
2024	1.16	1.95
2025	1.16	1.94
2026	1.17	1.93
2027	1.18	1.91
2028	1.18	1.9
2029	1.19	1.89
2030	1.2	1.88
2031	1.2	1.87
2032	1.21	1.86
2033	1.21	1.85
2034	1.22	1.85
2035	1.23	1.84
2036	1.23	1.83
2037	1.24	1.83
2038	1.24	1.82
2039	1.25	1.81
2040	1.25	1.81
2041	1.25	1.8
2042	1.26	1.8
2043	1.26	1.8
2044	1.27	1.79
2045	1.27	1.79
2046	1.28	1.79
2047	1.28	1.78
2048	1.29	1.78
2049	1.29	1.77
2050	1.29	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	San Marino	Sri Lanka
1960	25%	41%
1961	25%	40.9%
1962	25%	40.8%
1963	24.8%	40.7%
1964	24.5%	40.6%
1965	24.3%	40.5%
1966	24.5%	40.4%
1967	24.9%	40.3%
1968	25.3%	40.1%
1969	25.6%	39.9%
1970	25.9%	39.7%
1971	26%	39.5%
1972	25.9%	39.2%
1973	25.7%	38.8%
1974	25.4%	38.4%
1975	25.1%	38%
1976	24.7%	37.6%
1977	23.9%	37.2%
1978	23%	36.9%
1979	22.4%	36.7%
1980	21.7%	36.4%
1981	21%	36.2%
1982	20.3%	36%
1983	19.7%	35.8%
1984	19.1%	35.5%
1985	18.6%	35.2%
1986	18%	34.6%
1987	17.5%	34%
1988	17%	33.5%
1989	16.5%	33%
1990	16.1%	32.5%
1991	15.8%	32.1%
1992	15.4%	31.4%
1993	15.2%	30.6%
1994	15%	29.9%
1995	14.9%	29.2%
1996	14.9%	28.6%
1997	14.9%	28.2%
1998	14.9%	27.8%
1999	14.9%	27.4%
2000	14.9%	27%
2001	15%	26.6%
2002	15.1%	26.3%
2003	15.2%	26.1%
2004	15.2%	26%
2005	15.3%	25.8%
2006	15.3%	25.7%
2007	15.3%	25.7%
2008	15.4%	25.6%
2009	15.4%	25.5%
2010	15.4%	25.4%
2011	15.3%	25.3%
2012	15.2%	25.2%
2013	15.1%	25%
2014	15.1%	24.9%
2015	14.9%	24.7%
2016	14.7%	24.5%
2017	14.4%	24.2%
2018	14%	24%
2019	13.7%	23.7%
2020	13.4%	23.3%
2021	13.2%	23%
2022	13%	22.7%
2023	12.7%	22.4%
2024	12.3%	22%
2025	11.9%	21.7%
2026	11.4%	21.4%
2027	11.1%	21.1%
2028	10.8%	20.8%
2029	10.5%	20.5%
2030	10.3%	20.2%
2031	10.1%	20%
2032	10%	19.8%
2033	9.97%	19.6%
2034	9.92%	19.4%
2035	9.9%	19.2%
2036	9.92%	19.1%
2037	9.98%	18.9%
2038	10.1%	18.8%
2039	10.2%	18.7%
2040	10.4%	18.6%
2041	10.6%	18.4%
2042	10.7%	18.3%
2043	10.9%	18.2%
2044	11%	18.1%
2045	11.2%	18%
2046	11.3%	17.9%
2047	11.4%	17.7%
2048	11.5%	17.6%
2049	11.6%	17.5%
2050	11.7%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 12.3% of the population in San Marino and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 16.1% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of San Marino and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in San Marino vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.1% in San Marino 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
	San Marino	Sri Lanka
1960	139	247,631
1961	174	251,087
1962	155	256,719
1963	158	262,880
1964	163	269,584
1965	169	272,422
1966	173	275,549
1967	171	284,738
1968	171	286,642
1969	173	286,218
1970	173	286,719
1971	174	281,200
1972	173	282,494
1973	167	278,577
1974	153	275,521
1975	141	282,496
1976	126	291,816
1977	117	300,038
1978	121	317,055
1979	104	329,791
1980	90	328,155
1981	76	328,096
1982	61	300,030
1983	54	277,768
1984	46	263,175
1985	44	247,836
1986	40	233,782
1987	31	226,414
1988	34	219,184
1989	36	212,401
1990	41	224,454
1991	45	218,117
1992	42	222,230
1993	38	226,257
1994	43	228,904
1995	51	221,957
1996	63	215,290
1997	71	208,193
1998	74	201,059
1999	80	206,876
2000	107	227,060
2001	132	244,377
2002	112	252,840
2003	79	252,008
2004	121	212,527
2005	66	248,683
2006	75	248,706
2007	69	248,287
2008	159	232,225
2009	145	200,175
2010	126	224,325
2011	105	224,461
2012	54	229,138
2013	73	221,021
2014	46	211,541
2015	36	201,815
2016	10	194,232
2017	-51	187,993
2018	-11	183,610
2019	-17	172,243
2020	-122	170,968
2021	-99	121,858
2022	-58	95,378
2023	-92	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: San Marino vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in San Marino, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	San Marino	Sri Lanka
1985	12	68
1986	12	66
1987	12	64
1988	12	62
1989	12	61
1990	11	59
1991	11	57
1992	11	54
1993	11	51
1994	10	49
1995	10	48
1996	10	47
1997	10	45
1998	9	43
1999	9	41
2000	14	39
2001	14	37
2002	14	36
2003	13	35
2004	13	37
2005	12	32
2006	12	32
2007	8	31
2008	8	30
2009	8	28
2010	8	26
2011	8	25
2012	8	24
2013	8	23
2014	8	23
2015	8	22
2016	7	22
2017	7	21
2018	7	21
2019	7	20
2020	46	23
2021	35	34
2022	22	22
2023	8	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.14% in San Marino 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
	San Marino	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	-	7.14%
1970	-	7.02%
1971	-	6.94%
1972	-	6.86%
1973	-	6.77%
1974	-	6.62%
1975	-	6.41%
1976	-	6.12%
1977	-	5.77%
1978	-	5.38%
1979	-	4.99%
1980	-	4.63%
1981	-	4.29%
1982	-	3.98%
1983	-	3.67%
1984	-	3.35%
1985	1.99%	3.02%
1986	1.82%	2.74%
1987	1.66%	2.54%
1988	1.52%	2.41%
1989	1.39%	2.74%
1990	1.27%	2.33%
1991	1.16%	2.32%
1992	1.06%	2.29%
1993	0.97%	2.22%
1994	0.89%	2.14%
1995	0.81%	2.05%
1996	0.75%	1.95%
1997	0.69%	1.86%
1998	0.63%	1.76%
1999	0.58%	1.69%
2000	0.54%	1.63%
2001	0.5%	1.58%
2002	0.46%	1.55%
2003	0.42%	1.52%
2004	0.39%	2.88%
2005	0.37%	1.4%
2006	0.34%	1.33%
2007	0.32%	1.26%
2008	0.3%	1.2%
2009	0.28%	2.08%
2010	0.27%	1.12%
2011	0.25%	1.08%
2012	0.24%	1.03%
2013	0.23%	0.98%
2014	0.21%	0.92%
2015	0.2%	0.87%
2016	0.19%	0.83%
2017	0.18%	0.79%
2018	0.17%	0.76%
2019	0.17%	0.72%
2020	0.16%	0.69%
2021	0.15%	0.66%
2022	0.15%	0.64%
2023	0.14%	0.61%