Fertility & birth rates in Sri Lanka and Sudan

Fertility rate in Sri Lanka vs Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Sri Lanka was 1.97 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.32 in Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sri Lanka vs Sudan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sri Lanka	Sudan
1960	5.35	6.66
1961	5.24	6.66
1962	5.18	6.7
1963	5.12	6.76
1964	5.06	6.8
1965	4.93	6.84
1966	4.83	6.88
1967	4.79	6.91
1968	4.66	6.95
1969	4.5	6.97
1970	4.39	6.99
1971	4.27	7.02
1972	4.16	6.98
1973	4	6.94
1974	3.86	6.91
1975	3.82	6.87
1976	3.78	6.82
1977	3.74	6.78
1978	3.81	6.72
1979	3.82	6.65
1980	3.73	6.59
1981	3.65	6.53
1982	3.32	6.47
1983	3.11	6.41
1984	3.01	6.34
1985	2.9	6.28
1986	2.74	6.23
1987	2.64	6.18
1988	2.57	6.13
1989	2.58	6.11
1990	2.54	6.07
1991	2.51	6.05
1992	2.49	6.02
1993	2.44	5.97
1994	2.4	5.91
1995	2.35	5.86
1996	2.29	5.79
1997	2.22	5.72
1998	2.14	5.65
1999	2.14	5.62
2000	2.21	5.6
2001	2.28	5.56
2002	2.31	5.53
2003	2.3	5.49
2004	2.27	5.46
2005	2.26	5.4
2006	2.29	5.33
2007	2.3	5.27
2008	2.23	5.21
2009	2.18	5.17
2010	2.13	5.14
2011	2.14	5.09
2012	2.17	5.03
2013	2.18	4.97
2014	2.13	4.91
2015	2.09	4.9
2016	2.06	4.83
2017	2.04	4.76
2018	2.03	4.68
2019	2.02	4.62
2020	2.01	4.54
2021	2	4.46
2022	1.98	4.38
2023	1.97	4.32
2024	1.95	4.26
2025	1.94	4.19
2026	1.93	4.13
2027	1.91	4.06
2028	1.9	4
2029	1.89	3.95
2030	1.88	3.88
2031	1.87	3.82
2032	1.86	3.77
2033	1.85	3.7
2034	1.85	3.66
2035	1.84	3.6
2036	1.83	3.54
2037	1.83	3.49
2038	1.82	3.45
2039	1.81	3.4
2040	1.81	3.36
2041	1.8	3.32
2042	1.8	3.28
2043	1.8	3.24
2044	1.79	3.2
2045	1.79	3.17
2046	1.79	3.13
2047	1.78	3.1
2048	1.78	3.07
2049	1.77	3.03
2050	1.77	3

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sri Lanka	Sudan
1960	41%	46.5%
1961	40.9%	46.6%
1962	40.8%	46.6%
1963	40.7%	46.7%
1964	40.6%	46.9%
1965	40.5%	47%
1966	40.4%	47.1%
1967	40.3%	47.2%
1968	40.1%	47.3%
1969	39.9%	47.4%
1970	39.7%	47.5%
1971	39.5%	47.6%
1972	39.2%	47.7%
1973	38.8%	47.9%
1974	38.4%	48.1%
1975	38%	48%
1976	37.6%	47.8%
1977	37.2%	47.7%
1978	36.9%	47.4%
1979	36.7%	47.1%
1980	36.4%	46.8%
1981	36.2%	46.6%
1982	36%	46.4%
1983	35.8%	46.3%
1984	35.5%	46.2%
1985	35.2%	46.1%
1986	34.6%	46.1%
1987	34%	46%
1988	33.5%	46%
1989	33%	46.1%
1990	32.5%	46.1%
1991	32.1%	46.2%
1992	31.4%	46.3%
1993	30.6%	46.3%
1994	29.9%	46.3%
1995	29.2%	46.3%
1996	28.6%	46.2%
1997	28.2%	46.2%
1998	27.8%	46.1%
1999	27.4%	45.9%
2000	27%	45.8%
2001	26.6%	45.7%
2002	26.3%	45.6%
2003	26.1%	45.6%
2004	26%	45.5%
2005	25.8%	45.4%
2006	25.7%	45.3%
2007	25.7%	45.1%
2008	25.6%	44.9%
2009	25.5%	44.7%
2010	25.4%	44.6%
2011	25.3%	44.6%
2012	25.2%	44.5%
2013	25%	44.4%
2014	24.9%	44%
2015	24.7%	43.6%
2016	24.5%	43.1%
2017	24.2%	42.6%
2018	24%	42%
2019	23.7%	41.7%
2020	23.3%	41.4%
2021	23%	41.2%
2022	22.7%	40.9%
2023	22.4%	40.6%
2024	22%	40.5%
2025	21.7%	40.2%
2026	21.4%	39.8%
2027	21.1%	39.5%
2028	20.8%	39.3%
2029	20.5%	39.1%
2030	20.2%	38.9%
2031	20%	38.6%
2032	19.8%	38.3%
2033	19.6%	37.9%
2034	19.4%	37.5%
2035	19.2%	37.1%
2036	19.1%	36.7%
2037	18.9%	36.3%
2038	18.8%	35.9%
2039	18.7%	35.5%
2040	18.6%	35.1%
2041	18.4%	34.7%
2042	18.3%	34.3%
2043	18.2%	33.9%
2044	18.1%	33.6%
2045	18%	33.2%
2046	17.9%	32.8%
2047	17.7%	32.5%
2048	17.6%	32.2%
2049	17.5%	31.9%
2050	17.3%	31.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22% of the population in Sri Lanka and 40.5% in Sudan in 2024, compared to 32.5% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sri Lanka and Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Sri Lanka vs Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.75% in Sri Lanka and +2.79% in Sudan. 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
	Sri Lanka	Sudan
1960	247,631	262,235
1961	251,087	272,562
1962	256,719	287,317
1963	262,880	302,132
1964	269,584	315,166
1965	272,422	327,799
1966	275,549	342,118
1967	284,738	356,599
1968	286,642	370,917
1969	286,218	385,712
1970	286,719	401,013
1971	281,200	417,641
1972	282,494	428,340
1973	278,577	439,201
1974	275,521	444,456
1975	282,496	454,813
1976	291,816	470,019
1977	300,038	483,089
1978	317,055	497,987
1979	329,791	524,942
1980	328,155	552,930
1981	328,096	585,087
1982	300,030	606,362
1983	277,768	570,198
1984	263,175	577,405
1985	247,836	583,382
1986	233,782	649,649
1987	226,414	658,416
1988	219,184	672,604
1989	212,401	683,743
1990	224,454	699,953
1991	218,117	714,612
1992	222,230	731,177
1993	226,257	743,249
1994	228,904	764,645
1995	221,957	780,700
1996	215,290	792,926
1997	208,193	802,245
1998	201,059	814,752
1999	206,876	835,840
2000	227,060	858,536
2001	244,377	880,284
2002	252,840	897,965
2003	252,008	898,226
2004	212,527	889,382
2005	248,683	907,017
2006	248,706	963,740
2007	248,287	992,819
2008	232,225	1,001,826
2009	200,175	1,041,810
2010	224,325	1,068,381
2011	224,461	1,070,888
2012	229,138	1,073,062
2013	221,021	1,078,446
2014	211,541	1,097,962
2015	201,815	1,145,259
2016	194,232	1,174,422
2017	187,993	1,208,046
2018	183,610	1,257,387
2019	172,243	1,291,747
2020	170,968	1,295,781
2021	121,858	1,293,817
2022	95,378	1,333,992
2023	66,111	1,361,564

Maternal mortality chart: Sri Lanka vs Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Sri Lanka, compared to 256 deaths in Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sri Lanka	Sudan
1985	68	980
1986	66	938
1987	64	914
1988	62	877
1989	61	881
1990	59	840
1991	57	873
1992	54	863
1993	51	839
1994	49	775
1995	48	730
1996	47	712
1997	45	681
1998	43	669
1999	41	662
2000	39	645
2001	37	616
2002	36	588
2003	35	593
2004	37	536
2005	32	506
2006	32	485
2007	31	445
2008	30	426
2009	28	382
2010	26	370
2011	25	357
2012	24	340
2013	23	327
2014	23	309
2015	22	298
2016	22	288
2017	21	277
2018	21	268
2019	20	262
2020	23	273
2021	34	305
2022	22	263
2023	18	256

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Sri Lanka and 5.01% in Sudan. 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
	Sri Lanka	Sudan
1960	9.41%	17.8%
1961	8.95%	17.5%
1962	8.66%	17.2%
1963	8.48%	17%
1964	8.3%	16.7%
1965	8.07%	16.5%
1966	7.81%	16.3%
1967	7.55%	16.2%
1968	7.32%	16%
1969	7.14%	15.9%
1970	7.02%	15.8%
1971	6.94%	15.7%
1972	6.86%	15.6%
1973	6.77%	15.5%
1974	6.62%	15.4%
1975	6.41%	15.3%
1976	6.12%	15.2%
1977	5.77%	15.1%
1978	5.38%	15%
1979	4.99%	14.9%
1980	4.63%	14.8%
1981	4.29%	14.6%
1982	3.98%	14.5%
1983	3.67%	18.2%
1984	3.35%	18%
1985	3.02%	17.8%
1986	2.74%	14%
1987	2.54%	13.8%
1988	2.41%	13.6%
1989	2.74%	13.4%
1990	2.33%	13.2%
1991	2.32%	13%
1992	2.29%	12.7%
1993	2.22%	12.5%
1994	2.14%	12.2%
1995	2.05%	11.9%
1996	1.95%	11.6%
1997	1.86%	11.3%
1998	1.76%	11%
1999	1.69%	10.7%
2000	1.63%	10.3%
2001	1.58%	9.99%
2002	1.55%	9.65%
2003	1.52%	9.31%
2004	2.88%	10.3%
2005	1.4%	10%
2006	1.33%	8.4%
2007	1.26%	8.13%
2008	1.2%	7.88%
2009	2.08%	7.64%
2010	1.12%	7.42%
2011	1.08%	7.22%
2012	1.03%	7.02%
2013	0.98%	6.83%
2014	0.92%	6.64%
2015	0.87%	6.45%
2016	0.83%	6.26%
2017	0.79%	6.07%
2018	0.76%	5.89%
2019	0.72%	5.71%
2020	0.69%	5.53%
2021	0.66%	5.36%
2022	0.64%	5.18%
2023	0.61%	5.01%