Fertility & birth rates in Sri Lanka and Sweden

Fertility rate in Sri Lanka vs Sweden 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 1.45 in Sweden in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sri Lanka vs Sweden 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	Sweden
1960	5.35	2.17
1961	5.24	2.21
1962	5.18	2.25
1963	5.12	2.33
1964	5.06	2.47
1965	4.93	2.39
1966	4.83	2.37
1967	4.79	2.28
1968	4.66	2.07
1969	4.5	1.93
1970	4.39	1.92
1971	4.27	1.96
1972	4.16	1.91
1973	4	1.87
1974	3.86	1.87
1975	3.82	1.77
1976	3.78	1.68
1977	3.74	1.64
1978	3.81	1.6
1979	3.82	1.66
1980	3.73	1.68
1981	3.65	1.63
1982	3.32	1.62
1983	3.11	1.61
1984	3.01	1.66
1985	2.9	1.74
1986	2.74	1.8
1987	2.64	1.84
1988	2.57	1.96
1989	2.58	2.01
1990	2.54	2.13
1991	2.51	2.11
1992	2.49	2.09
1993	2.44	1.99
1994	2.4	1.88
1995	2.35	1.73
1996	2.29	1.6
1997	2.22	1.52
1998	2.14	1.5
1999	2.14	1.5
2000	2.21	1.54
2001	2.28	1.57
2002	2.31	1.65
2003	2.3	1.71
2004	2.27	1.75
2005	2.26	1.77
2006	2.29	1.85
2007	2.3	1.88
2008	2.23	1.91
2009	2.18	1.94
2010	2.13	1.98
2011	2.14	1.9
2012	2.17	1.91
2013	2.18	1.89
2014	2.13	1.88
2015	2.09	1.85
2016	2.06	1.85
2017	2.04	1.78
2018	2.03	1.76
2019	2.02	1.71
2020	2.01	1.67
2021	2	1.67
2022	1.98	1.53
2023	1.97	1.45
2024	1.95	1.45
2025	1.94	1.46
2026	1.93	1.46
2027	1.91	1.47
2028	1.9	1.47
2029	1.89	1.48
2030	1.88	1.48
2031	1.87	1.49
2032	1.86	1.49
2033	1.85	1.49
2034	1.85	1.5
2035	1.84	1.5
2036	1.83	1.5
2037	1.83	1.51
2038	1.82	1.51
2039	1.81	1.51
2040	1.81	1.52
2041	1.8	1.52
2042	1.8	1.53
2043	1.8	1.53
2044	1.79	1.53
2045	1.79	1.53
2046	1.79	1.53
2047	1.78	1.54
2048	1.78	1.54
2049	1.77	1.54
2050	1.77	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sri Lanka	Sweden
1960	41%	22.4%
1961	40.9%	22%
1962	40.8%	21.5%
1963	40.7%	21.2%
1964	40.6%	21%
1965	40.5%	20.9%
1966	40.4%	20.9%
1967	40.3%	21%
1968	40.1%	20.9%
1969	39.9%	20.9%
1970	39.7%	20.8%
1971	39.5%	20.8%
1972	39.2%	20.8%
1973	38.8%	20.7%
1974	38.4%	20.7%
1975	38%	20.7%
1976	37.6%	20.6%
1977	37.2%	20.5%
1978	36.9%	20.3%
1979	36.7%	19.9%
1980	36.4%	19.6%
1981	36.2%	19.2%
1982	36%	18.9%
1983	35.8%	18.6%
1984	35.5%	18.3%
1985	35.2%	18.2%
1986	34.6%	18%
1987	34%	17.9%
1988	33.5%	17.8%
1989	33%	17.8%
1990	32.5%	17.9%
1991	32.1%	18.1%
1992	31.4%	18.4%
1993	30.6%	18.6%
1994	29.9%	18.8%
1995	29.2%	18.9%
1996	28.6%	18.8%
1997	28.2%	18.7%
1998	27.8%	18.7%
1999	27.4%	18.6%
2000	27%	18.4%
2001	26.6%	18.3%
2002	26.3%	18.1%
2003	26.1%	17.9%
2004	26%	17.7%
2005	25.8%	17.4%
2006	25.7%	17.1%
2007	25.7%	16.9%
2008	25.6%	16.7%
2009	25.5%	16.6%
2010	25.4%	16.6%
2011	25.3%	16.7%
2012	25.2%	16.8%
2013	25%	17%
2014	24.9%	17.2%
2015	24.7%	17.3%
2016	24.5%	17.5%
2017	24.2%	17.7%
2018	24%	17.8%
2019	23.7%	17.8%
2020	23.3%	17.7%
2021	23%	17.7%
2022	22.7%	17.5%
2023	22.4%	17.2%
2024	22%	17%
2025	21.7%	16.7%
2026	21.4%	16.4%
2027	21.1%	16.2%
2028	20.8%	15.9%
2029	20.5%	15.6%
2030	20.2%	15.3%
2031	20%	15.1%
2032	19.8%	14.8%
2033	19.6%	14.5%
2034	19.4%	14.3%
2035	19.2%	14.1%
2036	19.1%	13.9%
2037	18.9%	13.8%
2038	18.8%	13.8%
2039	18.7%	13.8%
2040	18.6%	13.8%
2041	18.4%	13.8%
2042	18.3%	13.9%
2043	18.2%	13.9%
2044	18.1%	14%
2045	18%	14.1%
2046	17.9%	14.1%
2047	17.7%	14.2%
2048	17.6%	14.3%
2049	17.5%	14.4%
2050	17.3%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22% of the population in Sri Lanka and 17% in Sweden in 2024, compared to 32.5% and 17.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sri Lanka and Sweden compared.

Natural population change in Sri Lanka vs Sweden by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.75% in Sri Lanka and +0.2% in Sweden. 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	Sweden
1960	247,631	27,693
1961	251,087	30,832
1962	256,719	30,246
1963	262,880	35,741
1964	269,584	45,968
1965	272,422	44,857
1966	275,549	45,286
1967	284,738	41,700
1968	286,642	30,858
1969	286,218	23,904
1970	286,719	30,563
1971	281,200	31,583
1972	282,494	28,428
1973	278,577	24,409
1974	275,521	23,664
1975	282,496	14,746
1976	291,816	8,222
1977	300,038	7,426
1978	317,055	4,138
1979	329,791	4,976
1980	328,155	5,818
1981	328,096	1,664
1982	300,030	1,665
1983	277,768	833
1984	263,175	3,335
1985	247,836	4,175
1986	233,782	9,206
1987	226,414	11,757
1988	219,184	15,186
1989	212,401	24,629
1990	224,454	29,100
1991	218,117	29,299
1992	222,230	28,605
1993	226,257	20,924
1994	228,904	20,196
1995	221,957	9,710
1996	215,290	1,768
1997	208,193	-3,539
1998	201,059	-3,541
1999	206,876	-6,201
2000	227,060	-2,662
2001	244,377	-1,779
2002	252,840	893
2003	252,008	6,271
2004	212,527	9,893
2005	248,683	9,030
2006	248,706	15,436
2007	248,287	15,552
2008	232,225	18,439
2009	200,175	21,387
2010	224,325	25,320
2011	224,461	21,733
2012	229,138	20,943
2013	221,021	23,041
2014	211,541	26,179
2015	201,815	23,518
2016	194,232	25,800
2017	187,993	24,138
2018	183,610	23,403
2019	172,243	25,697
2020	170,968	14,495
2021	121,858	22,914
2022	95,378	10,487
2023	66,111	5,269

Maternal mortality chart: Sri Lanka vs Sweden

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 4 deaths in Sweden.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sri Lanka	Sweden
1985	68	8
1986	66	8
1987	64	8
1988	62	9
1989	61	9
1990	59	8
1991	57	8
1992	54	8
1993	51	8
1994	49	7
1995	48	7
1996	47	6
1997	45	6
1998	43	6
1999	41	6
2000	39	5
2001	37	5
2002	36	5
2003	35	5
2004	37	5
2005	32	5
2006	32	5
2007	31	5
2008	30	5
2009	28	5
2010	26	5
2011	25	5
2012	24	5
2013	23	5
2014	23	5
2015	22	5
2016	22	5
2017	21	5
2018	21	5
2019	20	4
2020	23	5
2021	34	5
2022	22	5
2023	18	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Sri Lanka and 0.25% in Sweden. 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	Sweden
1960	9.41%	1.96%
1961	8.95%	1.92%
1962	8.66%	1.86%
1963	8.48%	1.79%
1964	8.3%	1.71%
1965	8.07%	1.63%
1966	7.81%	1.56%
1967	7.55%	1.49%
1968	7.32%	1.44%
1969	7.14%	1.39%
1970	7.02%	1.34%
1971	6.94%	1.29%
1972	6.86%	1.23%
1973	6.77%	1.16%
1974	6.62%	1.09%
1975	6.41%	1.03%
1976	6.12%	0.98%
1977	5.77%	0.94%
1978	5.38%	0.9%
1979	4.99%	0.87%
1980	4.63%	0.84%
1981	4.29%	0.82%
1982	3.98%	0.8%
1983	3.67%	0.78%
1984	3.35%	0.77%
1985	3.02%	0.76%
1986	2.74%	0.75%
1987	2.54%	0.74%
1988	2.41%	0.73%
1989	2.74%	0.72%
1990	2.33%	0.7%
1991	2.32%	0.66%
1992	2.29%	0.62%
1993	2.22%	0.57%
1994	2.14%	0.52%
1995	2.05%	0.48%
1996	1.95%	0.46%
1997	1.86%	0.44%
1998	1.76%	0.42%
1999	1.69%	0.41%
2000	1.63%	0.41%
2001	1.58%	0.4%
2002	1.55%	0.4%
2003	1.52%	0.39%
2004	2.88%	0.37%
2005	1.4%	0.36%
2006	1.33%	0.35%
2007	1.26%	0.33%
2008	1.2%	0.32%
2009	2.08%	0.31%
2010	1.12%	0.31%
2011	1.08%	0.3%
2012	1.03%	0.3%
2013	0.98%	0.29%
2014	0.92%	0.29%
2015	0.87%	0.29%
2016	0.83%	0.28%
2017	0.79%	0.28%
2018	0.76%	0.27%
2019	0.72%	0.26%
2020	0.69%	0.26%
2021	0.66%	0.25%
2022	0.64%	0.25%
2023	0.61%	0.25%