Fertility & birth rates in Sri Lanka and Uruguay

Fertility rate in Sri Lanka vs Uruguay 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 1.41 in Uruguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sri Lanka vs Uruguay 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	Uruguay
1960	5.35	2.83
1961	5.24	2.85
1962	5.18	2.87
1963	5.12	2.88
1964	5.06	2.86
1965	4.93	2.84
1966	4.83	2.82
1967	4.79	2.78
1968	4.66	2.77
1969	4.5	2.77
1970	4.39	2.77
1971	4.27	2.77
1972	4.16	2.78
1973	4	2.86
1974	3.86	2.96
1975	3.82	3.02
1976	3.78	3.01
1977	3.74	2.9
1978	3.81	2.83
1979	3.82	2.71
1980	3.73	2.59
1981	3.65	2.53
1982	3.32	2.51
1983	3.11	2.49
1984	3.01	2.47
1985	2.9	2.47
1986	2.74	2.47
1987	2.64	2.49
1988	2.57	2.5
1989	2.58	2.5
1990	2.54	2.48
1991	2.51	2.45
1992	2.49	2.43
1993	2.44	2.41
1994	2.4	2.42
1995	2.35	2.4
1996	2.29	2.36
1997	2.22	2.33
1998	2.14	2.27
1999	2.14	2.25
2000	2.21	2.2
2001	2.28	2.16
2002	2.31	2.16
2003	2.3	2.12
2004	2.27	2.09
2005	2.26	2.1
2006	2.29	2.07
2007	2.3	2.05
2008	2.23	2.03
2009	2.18	2.02
2010	2.13	2.01
2011	2.14	1.99
2012	2.17	2.01
2013	2.18	2.03
2014	2.13	2.03
2015	2.09	2.04
2016	2.06	1.97
2017	2.04	1.82
2018	2.03	1.68
2019	2.02	1.57
2020	2.01	1.5
2021	2	1.45
2022	1.98	1.43
2023	1.97	1.41
2024	1.95	1.4
2025	1.94	1.39
2026	1.93	1.38
2027	1.91	1.38
2028	1.9	1.38
2029	1.89	1.38
2030	1.88	1.38
2031	1.87	1.39
2032	1.86	1.39
2033	1.85	1.39
2034	1.85	1.39
2035	1.84	1.4
2036	1.83	1.4
2037	1.83	1.4
2038	1.82	1.4
2039	1.81	1.41
2040	1.81	1.41
2041	1.8	1.41
2042	1.8	1.42
2043	1.8	1.42
2044	1.79	1.42
2045	1.79	1.42
2046	1.79	1.42
2047	1.78	1.43
2048	1.78	1.43
2049	1.77	1.43
2050	1.77	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sri Lanka	Uruguay
1960	41%	27.6%
1961	40.9%	27.6%
1962	40.8%	27.7%
1963	40.7%	27.8%
1964	40.6%	27.9%
1965	40.5%	27.9%
1966	40.4%	28%
1967	40.3%	28%
1968	40.1%	27.9%
1969	39.9%	27.8%
1970	39.7%	27.8%
1971	39.5%	27.7%
1972	39.2%	27.5%
1973	38.8%	27.4%
1974	38.4%	27.4%
1975	38%	27.4%
1976	37.6%	27.4%
1977	37.2%	27.3%
1978	36.9%	27.3%
1979	36.7%	27.2%
1980	36.4%	27%
1981	36.2%	26.9%
1982	36%	26.7%
1983	35.8%	26.6%
1984	35.5%	26.5%
1985	35.2%	26.4%
1986	34.6%	26.2%
1987	34%	26.1%
1988	33.5%	26%
1989	33%	25.8%
1990	32.5%	25.6%
1991	32.1%	25.3%
1992	31.4%	25.1%
1993	30.6%	24.9%
1994	29.9%	24.7%
1995	29.2%	24.7%
1996	28.6%	24.6%
1997	28.2%	24.6%
1998	27.8%	24.5%
1999	27.4%	24.5%
2000	27%	24.4%
2001	26.6%	24.2%
2002	26.3%	24.1%
2003	26.1%	23.9%
2004	26%	23.7%
2005	25.8%	23.5%
2006	25.7%	23.3%
2007	25.7%	23.1%
2008	25.6%	22.8%
2009	25.5%	22.6%
2010	25.4%	22.3%
2011	25.3%	22%
2012	25.2%	21.7%
2013	25%	21.5%
2014	24.9%	21.3%
2015	24.7%	21.1%
2016	24.5%	21%
2017	24.2%	20.8%
2018	24%	20.5%
2019	23.7%	20.2%
2020	23.3%	19.8%
2021	23%	19.4%
2022	22.7%	19.1%
2023	22.4%	18.7%
2024	22%	18.3%
2025	21.7%	17.9%
2026	21.4%	17.5%
2027	21.1%	17.1%
2028	20.8%	16.7%
2029	20.5%	16.3%
2030	20.2%	15.8%
2031	20%	15.4%
2032	19.8%	15.1%
2033	19.6%	14.8%
2034	19.4%	14.7%
2035	19.2%	14.6%
2036	19.1%	14.5%
2037	18.9%	14.5%
2038	18.8%	14.4%
2039	18.7%	14.4%
2040	18.6%	14.3%
2041	18.4%	14.3%
2042	18.3%	14.3%
2043	18.2%	14.2%
2044	18.1%	14.1%
2045	18%	14.1%
2046	17.9%	14%
2047	17.7%	13.9%
2048	17.6%	13.8%
2049	17.5%	13.7%
2050	17.3%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22% of the population in Sri Lanka and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 32.5% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sri Lanka and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in Sri Lanka vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.75% in Sri Lanka and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	247,631	30,438
1961	251,087	30,975
1962	256,719	31,441
1963	262,880	31,824
1964	269,584	31,340
1965	272,422	30,807
1966	275,549	30,293
1967	284,738	29,514
1968	286,642	29,103
1969	286,218	28,805
1970	286,719	28,737
1971	281,200	28,584
1972	282,494	28,896
1973	278,577	30,213
1974	275,521	32,221
1975	282,496	33,393
1976	291,816	33,199
1977	300,038	31,321
1978	317,055	30,076
1979	329,791	27,456
1980	328,155	25,451
1981	328,096	24,968
1982	300,030	25,224
1983	277,768	24,146
1984	263,175	23,684
1985	247,836	23,988
1986	233,782	24,505
1987	226,414	24,469
1988	219,184	25,071
1989	212,401	25,322
1990	224,454	25,699
1991	218,117	25,422
1992	222,230	24,847
1993	226,257	24,212
1994	228,904	24,637
1995	221,957	24,872
1996	215,290	24,635
1997	208,193	23,737
1998	201,059	22,114
1999	206,876	21,844
2000	227,060	21,060
2001	244,377	20,729
2002	252,840	20,073
2003	252,008	18,628
2004	212,527	18,067
2005	248,683	18,926
2006	248,706	17,783
2007	248,287	17,422
2008	232,225	16,838
2009	200,175	16,947
2010	224,325	16,231
2011	224,461	14,934
2012	229,138	15,520
2013	221,021	16,318
2014	211,541	16,238
2015	201,815	16,194
2016	194,232	14,008
2017	187,993	10,907
2018	183,610	7,322
2019	172,243	3,873
2020	170,968	4,048
2021	121,858	-5,621
2022	95,378	-2,964
2023	66,111	298

Maternal mortality chart: Sri Lanka vs Uruguay

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 15 deaths in Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sri Lanka	Uruguay
1985	68	41
1986	66	41
1987	64	41
1988	62	39
1989	61	36
1990	59	35
1991	57	33
1992	54	33
1993	51	31
1994	49	30
1995	48	29
1996	47	28
1997	45	27
1998	43	25
1999	41	24
2000	39	23
2001	37	24
2002	36	23
2003	35	23
2004	37	21
2005	32	20
2006	32	20
2007	31	19
2008	30	19
2009	28	18
2010	26	17
2011	25	17
2012	24	16
2013	23	16
2014	23	16
2015	22	16
2016	22	16
2017	21	16
2018	21	16
2019	20	16
2020	23	20
2021	34	49
2022	22	20
2023	18	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Sri Lanka and 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	9.41%	6.33%
1961	8.95%	6.21%
1962	8.66%	6.06%
1963	8.48%	5.93%
1964	8.3%	5.83%
1965	8.07%	5.77%
1966	7.81%	5.74%
1967	7.55%	5.7%
1968	7.32%	5.64%
1969	7.14%	5.53%
1970	7.02%	5.4%
1971	6.94%	5.33%
1972	6.86%	5.34%
1973	6.77%	5.39%
1974	6.62%	5.46%
1975	6.41%	5.49%
1976	6.12%	5.41%
1977	5.77%	5.18%
1978	5.38%	4.83%
1979	4.99%	4.41%
1980	4.63%	3.98%
1981	4.29%	3.6%
1982	3.98%	3.31%
1983	3.67%	3.1%
1984	3.35%	2.95%
1985	3.02%	2.84%
1986	2.74%	2.74%
1987	2.54%	2.62%
1988	2.41%	2.51%
1989	2.74%	2.42%
1990	2.33%	2.37%
1991	2.32%	2.32%
1992	2.29%	2.29%
1993	2.22%	2.25%
1994	2.14%	2.19%
1995	2.05%	2.12%
1996	1.95%	2.03%
1997	1.86%	1.93%
1998	1.76%	1.84%
1999	1.69%	1.76%
2000	1.63%	1.7%
2001	1.58%	1.66%
2002	1.55%	1.62%
2003	1.52%	1.58%
2004	2.88%	1.52%
2005	1.4%	1.44%
2006	1.33%	1.35%
2007	1.26%	1.27%
2008	1.2%	1.19%
2009	2.08%	1.13%
2010	1.12%	1.08%
2011	1.08%	1.04%
2012	1.03%	1%
2013	0.98%	0.97%
2014	0.92%	0.93%
2015	0.87%	0.89%
2016	0.83%	0.85%
2017	0.79%	0.81%
2018	0.76%	0.77%
2019	0.72%	0.74%
2020	0.69%	0.71%
2021	0.66%	0.7%
2022	0.64%	0.68%
2023	0.61%	0.67%