Fertility & birth rates in Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in Sri Lanka vs Trinidad and Tobago 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 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sri Lanka vs Trinidad and Tobago 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	Trinidad
1960	5.35	5.41
1961	5.24	5.41
1962	5.18	5.36
1963	5.12	5.24
1964	5.06	5.08
1965	4.93	4.88
1966	4.83	4.62
1967	4.79	4.35
1968	4.66	4.11
1969	4.5	3.86
1970	4.39	3.71
1971	4.27	3.61
1972	4.16	3.55
1973	4	3.47
1974	3.86	3.32
1975	3.82	3.21
1976	3.78	3.14
1977	3.74	3.12
1978	3.81	3.13
1979	3.82	3.13
1980	3.73	3.15
1981	3.65	3.13
1982	3.32	3.11
1983	3.11	3.07
1984	3.01	3.02
1985	2.9	2.99
1986	2.74	2.9
1987	2.64	2.78
1988	2.57	2.65
1989	2.58	2.53
1990	2.54	2.39
1991	2.51	2.29
1992	2.49	2.21
1993	2.44	2.13
1994	2.4	2.06
1995	2.35	1.97
1996	2.29	1.89
1997	2.22	1.83
1998	2.14	1.78
1999	2.14	1.76
2000	2.21	1.73
2001	2.28	1.71
2002	2.31	1.67
2003	2.3	1.65
2004	2.27	1.63
2005	2.26	1.63
2006	2.29	1.62
2007	2.3	1.62
2008	2.23	1.62
2009	2.18	1.62
2010	2.13	1.61
2011	2.14	1.61
2012	2.17	1.61
2013	2.18	1.6
2014	2.13	1.6
2015	2.09	1.6
2016	2.06	1.6
2017	2.04	1.59
2018	2.03	1.59
2019	2.02	1.58
2020	2.01	1.57
2021	2	1.56
2022	1.98	1.54
2023	1.97	1.53
2024	1.95	1.54
2025	1.94	1.52
2026	1.93	1.52
2027	1.91	1.51
2028	1.9	1.51
2029	1.89	1.51
2030	1.88	1.51
2031	1.87	1.51
2032	1.86	1.51
2033	1.85	1.51
2034	1.85	1.51
2035	1.84	1.51
2036	1.83	1.51
2037	1.83	1.51
2038	1.82	1.51
2039	1.81	1.51
2040	1.81	1.51
2041	1.8	1.51
2042	1.8	1.51
2043	1.8	1.51
2044	1.79	1.51
2045	1.79	1.51
2046	1.79	1.51
2047	1.78	1.51
2048	1.78	1.52
2049	1.77	1.52
2050	1.77	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sri Lanka	Trinidad
1960	41%	43.1%
1961	40.9%	43.2%
1962	40.8%	43.2%
1963	40.7%	43.3%
1964	40.6%	43.2%
1965	40.5%	43.1%
1966	40.4%	42.9%
1967	40.3%	42.7%
1968	40.1%	42.3%
1969	39.9%	41.9%
1970	39.7%	41.2%
1971	39.5%	40.4%
1972	39.2%	39.7%
1973	38.8%	39.1%
1974	38.4%	38.4%
1975	38%	37.6%
1976	37.6%	36.8%
1977	37.2%	36%
1978	36.9%	35.3%
1979	36.7%	34.8%
1980	36.4%	34.4%
1981	36.2%	34.2%
1982	36%	34.2%
1983	35.8%	34.2%
1984	35.5%	34.3%
1985	35.2%	34.4%
1986	34.6%	34.4%
1987	34%	34.4%
1988	33.5%	34.2%
1989	33%	34%
1990	32.5%	33.7%
1991	32.1%	33.3%
1992	31.4%	32.8%
1993	30.6%	32.2%
1994	29.9%	31.6%
1995	29.2%	30.8%
1996	28.6%	29.9%
1997	28.2%	28.9%
1998	27.8%	27.9%
1999	27.4%	27%
2000	27%	26%
2001	26.6%	25%
2002	26.3%	24.2%
2003	26.1%	23.4%
2004	26%	22.7%
2005	25.8%	22.1%
2006	25.7%	21.6%
2007	25.7%	21.2%
2008	25.6%	20.8%
2009	25.5%	20.5%
2010	25.4%	20.3%
2011	25.3%	20.1%
2012	25.2%	20%
2013	25%	19.9%
2014	24.9%	19.7%
2015	24.7%	19.6%
2016	24.5%	19.5%
2017	24.2%	19.3%
2018	24%	19%
2019	23.7%	18.8%
2020	23.3%	18.7%
2021	23%	18.5%
2022	22.7%	18.3%
2023	22.4%	18%
2024	22%	17.8%
2025	21.7%	17.5%
2026	21.4%	17.2%
2027	21.1%	16.9%
2028	20.8%	16.6%
2029	20.5%	16.4%
2030	20.2%	16.1%
2031	20%	15.8%
2032	19.8%	15.5%
2033	19.6%	15.3%
2034	19.4%	15.1%
2035	19.2%	14.9%
2036	19.1%	14.7%
2037	18.9%	14.5%
2038	18.8%	14.4%
2039	18.7%	14.2%
2040	18.6%	14.1%
2041	18.4%	14.1%
2042	18.3%	14%
2043	18.2%	13.9%
2044	18.1%	13.9%
2045	18%	13.8%
2046	17.9%	13.8%
2047	17.7%	13.7%
2048	17.6%	13.7%
2049	17.5%	13.6%
2050	17.3%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22% of the population in Sri Lanka and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 32.5% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sri Lanka and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Sri Lanka vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.75% in Sri Lanka and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	247,631	24,766
1961	251,087	25,518
1962	256,719	25,763
1963	262,880	25,507
1964	269,584	25,065
1965	272,422	24,349
1966	275,549	23,228
1967	284,738	21,992
1968	286,642	20,849
1969	286,218	19,652
1970	286,719	19,074
1971	281,200	19,400
1972	282,494	20,116
1973	278,577	20,617
1974	275,521	20,412
1975	282,496	20,468
1976	291,816	20,875
1977	300,038	21,660
1978	317,055	22,538
1979	329,791	23,475
1980	328,155	24,557
1981	328,096	25,015
1982	300,030	25,181
1983	277,768	25,118
1984	263,175	24,738
1985	247,836	24,487
1986	233,782	23,705
1987	226,414	22,398
1988	219,184	21,028
1989	212,401	19,636
1990	224,454	18,052
1991	218,117	16,903
1992	222,230	15,910
1993	226,257	14,878
1994	228,904	14,032
1995	221,957	12,971
1996	215,290	12,101
1997	208,193	11,405
1998	201,059	10,964
1999	206,876	10,821
2000	227,060	10,588
2001	244,377	10,438
2002	252,840	10,316
2003	252,008	10,169
2004	212,527	10,149
2005	248,683	9,822
2006	248,706	9,889
2007	248,287	9,939
2008	232,225	9,872
2009	200,175	9,769
2010	224,325	9,698
2011	224,461	9,601
2012	229,138	9,376
2013	221,021	9,020
2014	211,541	8,571
2015	201,815	7,963
2016	194,232	7,436
2017	187,993	6,779
2018	183,610	5,869
2019	172,243	5,647
2020	170,968	4,558
2021	121,858	2,091
2022	95,378	3,773
2023	66,111	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Sri Lanka vs Trinidad and Tobago

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 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sri Lanka	Trinidad
1985	68	87
1986	66	89
1987	64	86
1988	62	87
1989	61	86
1990	59	84
1991	57	82
1992	54	85
1993	51	85
1994	49	84
1995	48	85
1996	47	84
1997	45	82
1998	43	79
1999	41	78
2000	39	76
2001	37	72
2002	36	69
2003	35	67
2004	37	63
2005	32	60
2006	32	58
2007	31	57
2008	30	55
2009	28	54
2010	26	54
2011	25	53
2012	24	51
2013	23	50
2014	23	50
2015	22	50
2016	22	51
2017	21	51
2018	21	53
2019	20	53
2020	23	35
2021	34	54
2022	22	30
2023	18	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Sri Lanka and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	9.41%	6.74%
1961	8.95%	6.53%
1962	8.66%	6.33%
1963	8.48%	6.14%
1964	8.3%	5.96%
1965	8.07%	5.8%
1966	7.81%	5.66%
1967	7.55%	5.53%
1968	7.32%	5.4%
1969	7.14%	5.28%
1970	7.02%	5.17%
1971	6.94%	5.06%
1972	6.86%	4.95%
1973	6.77%	4.84%
1974	6.62%	4.72%
1975	6.41%	4.6%
1976	6.12%	4.48%
1977	5.77%	4.37%
1978	5.38%	4.25%
1979	4.99%	4.14%
1980	4.63%	4.03%
1981	4.29%	3.92%
1982	3.98%	3.83%
1983	3.67%	3.73%
1984	3.35%	3.64%
1985	3.02%	3.56%
1986	2.74%	3.49%
1987	2.54%	3.42%
1988	2.41%	3.36%
1989	2.74%	3.3%
1990	2.33%	3.25%
1991	2.32%	3.21%
1992	2.29%	3.16%
1993	2.22%	3.13%
1994	2.14%	3.09%
1995	2.05%	3.06%
1996	1.95%	3.02%
1997	1.86%	2.99%
1998	1.76%	2.96%
1999	1.69%	2.92%
2000	1.63%	2.88%
2001	1.58%	2.84%
2002	1.55%	2.81%
2003	1.52%	2.76%
2004	2.88%	2.72%
2005	1.4%	2.68%
2006	1.33%	2.64%
2007	1.26%	2.59%
2008	1.2%	2.55%
2009	2.08%	2.51%
2010	1.12%	2.47%
2011	1.08%	2.43%
2012	1.03%	2.38%
2013	0.98%	2.35%
2014	0.92%	2.3%
2015	0.87%	2.26%
2016	0.83%	2.22%
2017	0.79%	2.18%
2018	0.76%	2.14%
2019	0.72%	2.1%
2020	0.69%	2.06%
2021	0.66%	2.01%
2022	0.64%	1.96%
2023	0.61%	1.91%