Fertility & birth rates in Spain and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Spain vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Spain was 1.12 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 Spain 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
	Spain	Sri Lanka
1960	2.86	5.35
1961	2.77	5.24
1962	2.8	5.18
1963	2.88	5.12
1964	3.01	5.06
1965	2.94	4.93
1966	2.91	4.83
1967	2.94	4.79
1968	2.87	4.66
1969	2.86	4.5
1970	2.84	4.39
1971	2.9	4.27
1972	2.87	4.16
1973	2.84	4
1974	2.88	3.86
1975	2.77	3.82
1976	2.77	3.78
1977	2.65	3.74
1978	2.54	3.81
1979	2.37	3.82
1980	2.22	3.73
1981	2.04	3.65
1982	1.94	3.32
1983	1.8	3.11
1984	1.73	3.01
1985	1.64	2.9
1986	1.56	2.74
1987	1.49	2.64
1988	1.45	2.57
1989	1.4	2.58
1990	1.36	2.54
1991	1.33	2.51
1992	1.31	2.49
1993	1.26	2.44
1994	1.19	2.4
1995	1.16	2.35
1996	1.14	2.29
1997	1.15	2.22
1998	1.13	2.14
1999	1.17	2.14
2000	1.22	2.21
2001	1.23	2.28
2002	1.25	2.31
2003	1.3	2.3
2004	1.31	2.27
2005	1.33	2.26
2006	1.36	2.29
2007	1.38	2.3
2008	1.45	2.23
2009	1.38	2.18
2010	1.37	2.13
2011	1.34	2.14
2012	1.32	2.17
2013	1.27	2.18
2014	1.32	2.13
2015	1.33	2.09
2016	1.33	2.06
2017	1.31	2.04
2018	1.26	2.03
2019	1.23	2.02
2020	1.18	2.01
2021	1.18	2
2022	1.16	1.98
2023	1.12	1.97
2024	1.13	1.95
2025	1.14	1.94
2026	1.14	1.93
2027	1.15	1.91
2028	1.16	1.9
2029	1.16	1.89
2030	1.17	1.88
2031	1.17	1.87
2032	1.18	1.86
2033	1.18	1.85
2034	1.19	1.85
2035	1.19	1.84
2036	1.2	1.83
2037	1.2	1.83
2038	1.2	1.82
2039	1.21	1.81
2040	1.21	1.81
2041	1.22	1.8
2042	1.23	1.8
2043	1.23	1.8
2044	1.24	1.79
2045	1.24	1.79
2046	1.24	1.79
2047	1.25	1.78
2048	1.25	1.78
2049	1.25	1.77
2050	1.26	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Spain	Sri Lanka
1960	27.4%	41%
1961	27.4%	40.9%
1962	27.4%	40.8%
1963	27.4%	40.7%
1964	27.4%	40.6%
1965	27.5%	40.5%
1966	27.6%	40.4%
1967	27.7%	40.3%
1968	27.8%	40.1%
1969	27.8%	39.9%
1970	27.9%	39.7%
1971	27.8%	39.5%
1972	27.8%	39.2%
1973	27.7%	38.8%
1974	27.5%	38.4%
1975	27.3%	38%
1976	27.2%	37.6%
1977	27%	37.2%
1978	26.8%	36.9%
1979	26.4%	36.7%
1980	26%	36.4%
1981	25.5%	36.2%
1982	24.9%	36%
1983	24.4%	35.8%
1984	23.8%	35.5%
1985	23.2%	35.2%
1986	22.5%	34.6%
1987	21.9%	34%
1988	21.2%	33.5%
1989	20.5%	33%
1990	19.8%	32.5%
1991	19.1%	32.1%
1992	18.4%	31.4%
1993	17.8%	30.6%
1994	17.2%	29.9%
1995	16.6%	29.2%
1996	16.1%	28.6%
1997	15.7%	28.2%
1998	15.3%	27.8%
1999	15%	27.4%
2000	14.8%	27%
2001	14.7%	26.6%
2002	14.6%	26.3%
2003	14.5%	26.1%
2004	14.5%	26%
2005	14.5%	25.8%
2006	14.5%	25.7%
2007	14.6%	25.7%
2008	14.7%	25.6%
2009	14.8%	25.5%
2010	14.9%	25.4%
2011	15%	25.3%
2012	15.1%	25.2%
2013	15.1%	25%
2014	15.1%	24.9%
2015	15%	24.7%
2016	14.9%	24.5%
2017	14.8%	24.2%
2018	14.7%	24%
2019	14.4%	23.7%
2020	14.2%	23.3%
2021	13.9%	23%
2022	13.6%	22.7%
2023	13.3%	22.4%
2024	12.9%	22%
2025	12.6%	21.7%
2026	12.3%	21.4%
2027	12.1%	21.1%
2028	11.8%	20.8%
2029	11.6%	20.5%
2030	11.4%	20.2%
2031	11.2%	20%
2032	11%	19.8%
2033	10.9%	19.6%
2034	10.8%	19.4%
2035	10.7%	19.2%
2036	10.7%	19.1%
2037	10.7%	18.9%
2038	10.8%	18.8%
2039	10.8%	18.7%
2040	10.8%	18.6%
2041	10.9%	18.4%
2042	11%	18.3%
2043	11%	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 12.9% of the population in Spain and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 19.8% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Spain and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Spain vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.13% in Spain 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
	Spain	Sri Lanka
1960	398,960	247,631
1961	396,537	251,087
1962	384,690	256,719
1963	394,338	262,880
1964	429,885	269,584
1965	405,819	272,422
1966	397,084	275,549
1967	402,001	284,738
1968	387,423	286,642
1969	367,851	286,218
1970	378,723	286,719
1971	369,625	281,200
1972	391,030	282,494
1973	374,381	278,577
1974	396,182	275,521
1975	371,882	282,496
1976	375,834	291,816
1977	361,465	300,038
1978	339,157	317,055
1979	312,407	329,791
1980	281,184	328,155
1981	237,879	328,096
1982	231,714	300,030
1983	183,223	277,768
1984	172,487	263,175
1985	146,184	247,836
1986	131,188	233,782
1987	116,054	226,414
1988	100,794	219,184
1989	81,538	212,401
1990	66,075	224,454
1991	58,450	218,117
1992	62,652	222,230
1993	47,234	226,257
1994	31,639	228,904
1995	15,889	221,957
1996	11,967	215,290
1997	20,028	208,193
1998	4,022	201,059
1999	8,077	206,876
2000	36,512	227,060
2001	44,936	244,377
2002	53,861	252,840
2003	54,844	252,008
2004	85,844	212,527
2005	78,576	248,683
2006	110,994	248,706
2007	108,545	248,287
2008	133,267	232,225
2009	106,635	200,175
2010	102,469	224,325
2011	84,137	224,461
2012	51,450	229,138
2013	37,284	221,021
2014	32,522	211,541
2015	-4,642	201,815
2016	0	194,232
2017	-32,600	187,993
2018	-56,139	183,610
2019	-56,542	172,243
2020	-151,551	170,968
2021	-113,865	121,858
2022	-133,801	95,378
2023	-111,201	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Spain vs Sri Lanka

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Spain, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.31% in Spain 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
	Spain	Sri Lanka
1960	5.47%	9.41%
1961	5.2%	8.95%
1962	4.94%	8.66%
1963	4.68%	8.48%
1964	4.45%	8.3%
1965	4.23%	8.07%
1966	4.03%	7.81%
1967	3.83%	7.55%
1968	3.61%	7.32%
1969	3.39%	7.14%
1970	3.16%	7.02%
1971	2.94%	6.94%
1972	2.72%	6.86%
1973	2.52%	6.77%
1974	2.33%	6.62%
1975	2.17%	6.41%
1976	2.02%	6.12%
1977	1.87%	5.77%
1978	1.74%	5.38%
1979	1.61%	4.99%
1980	1.49%	4.63%
1981	1.38%	4.29%
1982	1.3%	3.98%
1983	1.23%	3.67%
1984	1.17%	3.35%
1985	1.11%	3.02%
1986	1.07%	2.74%
1987	1.03%	2.54%
1988	0.99%	2.41%
1989	0.95%	2.74%
1990	0.92%	2.33%
1991	0.88%	2.32%
1992	0.83%	2.29%
1993	0.79%	2.22%
1994	0.74%	2.14%
1995	0.69%	2.05%
1996	0.65%	1.95%
1997	0.61%	1.86%
1998	0.58%	1.76%
1999	0.56%	1.69%
2000	0.54%	1.63%
2001	0.53%	1.58%
2002	0.51%	1.55%
2003	0.5%	1.52%
2004	0.49%	2.88%
2005	0.47%	1.4%
2006	0.45%	1.33%
2007	0.44%	1.26%
2008	0.42%	1.2%
2009	0.4%	2.08%
2010	0.38%	1.12%
2011	0.37%	1.08%
2012	0.36%	1.03%
2013	0.35%	0.98%
2014	0.34%	0.92%
2015	0.33%	0.87%
2016	0.33%	0.83%
2017	0.32%	0.79%
2018	0.32%	0.76%
2019	0.32%	0.72%
2020	0.32%	0.69%
2021	0.31%	0.66%
2022	0.31%	0.64%
2023	0.31%	0.61%