Fertility & birth rates in Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Sri Lanka vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sri Lanka vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	5.35	6.61
1961	5.24	6.75
1962	5.18	6.88
1963	5.12	6.81
1964	5.06	6.82
1965	4.93	6.81
1966	4.83	6.66
1967	4.79	6.57
1968	4.66	6.39
1969	4.5	6.34
1970	4.39	6.31
1971	4.27	6.28
1972	4.16	6.25
1973	4	6.16
1974	3.86	6.05
1975	3.82	5.92
1976	3.78	5.75
1977	3.74	5.54
1978	3.81	5.28
1979	3.82	5.16
1980	3.73	5.04
1981	3.65	4.91
1982	3.32	4.82
1983	3.11	4.71
1984	3.01	4.73
1985	2.9	4.69
1986	2.74	4.68
1987	2.64	4.53
1988	2.57	4.26
1989	2.58	4.1
1990	2.54	4.12
1991	2.51	4.19
1992	2.49	4.06
1993	2.44	3.86
1994	2.4	3.66
1995	2.35	3.57
1996	2.29	3.39
1997	2.22	3.19
1998	2.14	2.99
1999	2.14	2.83
2000	2.21	2.7
2001	2.28	2.61
2002	2.31	2.58
2003	2.3	2.5
2004	2.27	2.5
2005	2.26	2.44
2006	2.29	2.46
2007	2.3	2.57
2008	2.23	2.64
2009	2.18	2.56
2010	2.13	2.44
2011	2.14	2.35
2012	2.17	2.34
2013	2.18	2.44
2014	2.13	2.55
2015	2.09	2.58
2016	2.06	2.56
2017	2.04	2.57
2018	2.03	2.71
2019	2.02	2.87
2020	2.01	3.06
2021	2	3.27
2022	1.98	3.4
2023	1.97	3.5
2024	1.95	3.49
2025	1.94	3.45
2026	1.93	3.4
2027	1.91	3.36
2028	1.9	3.31
2029	1.89	3.27
2030	1.88	3.22
2031	1.87	3.18
2032	1.86	3.13
2033	1.85	3.09
2034	1.85	3.05
2035	1.84	3.01
2036	1.83	2.98
2037	1.83	2.94
2038	1.82	2.91
2039	1.81	2.87
2040	1.81	2.84
2041	1.8	2.81
2042	1.8	2.78
2043	1.8	2.75
2044	1.79	2.72
2045	1.79	2.69
2046	1.79	2.66
2047	1.78	2.63
2048	1.78	2.6
2049	1.77	2.58
2050	1.77	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sri Lanka	Uzbekistan
1960	41%	39.8%
1961	40.9%	41.2%
1962	40.8%	42.4%
1963	40.7%	43.4%
1964	40.6%	44.2%
1965	40.5%	44.7%
1966	40.4%	44.8%
1967	40.3%	44.9%
1968	40.1%	44.8%
1969	39.9%	44.7%
1970	39.7%	44.6%
1971	39.5%	44.4%
1972	39.2%	44.3%
1973	38.8%	44%
1974	38.4%	43.7%
1975	38%	43.3%
1976	37.6%	42.8%
1977	37.2%	42.3%
1978	36.9%	41.7%
1979	36.7%	41.2%
1980	36.4%	40.8%
1981	36.2%	40.5%
1982	36%	40.3%
1983	35.8%	40.1%
1984	35.5%	40.1%
1985	35.2%	40.1%
1986	34.6%	40.1%
1987	34%	40.1%
1988	33.5%	40%
1989	33%	39.9%
1990	32.5%	39.9%
1991	32.1%	39.9%
1992	31.4%	39.8%
1993	30.6%	39.8%
1994	29.9%	39.7%
1995	29.2%	39.4%
1996	28.6%	39.2%
1997	28.2%	38.8%
1998	27.8%	38.2%
1999	27.4%	37.5%
2000	27%	36.7%
2001	26.6%	35.8%
2002	26.3%	34.9%
2003	26.1%	34%
2004	26%	33.1%
2005	25.8%	32.3%
2006	25.7%	31.4%
2007	25.7%	30.6%
2008	25.6%	29.9%
2009	25.5%	29.4%
2010	25.4%	28.9%
2011	25.3%	28.5%
2012	25.2%	28.2%
2013	25%	28.1%
2014	24.9%	28.1%
2015	24.7%	28.3%
2016	24.5%	28.5%
2017	24.2%	28.8%
2018	24%	29%
2019	23.7%	29.3%
2020	23.3%	29.7%
2021	23%	30.2%
2022	22.7%	30.6%
2023	22.4%	30.9%
2024	22%	31.1%
2025	21.7%	31.3%
2026	21.4%	31.5%
2027	21.1%	31.6%
2028	20.8%	31.6%
2029	20.5%	31.6%
2030	20.2%	31.4%
2031	20%	31.3%
2032	19.8%	31.1%
2033	19.6%	30.9%
2034	19.4%	30.6%
2035	19.2%	30.3%
2036	19.1%	29.8%
2037	18.9%	29.3%
2038	18.8%	28.8%
2039	18.7%	28.3%
2040	18.6%	28%
2041	18.4%	27.6%
2042	18.3%	27.4%
2043	18.2%	27.2%
2044	18.1%	27%
2045	18%	26.9%
2046	17.9%	26.8%
2047	17.7%	26.8%
2048	17.6%	26.7%
2049	17.5%	26.7%
2050	17.3%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22% of the population in Sri Lanka and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 32.5% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Sri Lanka vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.75% in Sri Lanka and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	247,631	267,165
1961	251,087	279,841
1962	256,719	292,788
1963	262,880	293,432
1964	269,584	298,790
1965	272,422	302,264
1966	275,549	297,844
1967	284,738	298,350
1968	286,642	295,651
1969	286,218	302,833
1970	286,719	313,216
1971	281,200	323,171
1972	282,494	333,230
1973	278,577	341,807
1974	275,521	350,422
1975	282,496	357,382
1976	291,816	363,110
1977	300,038	369,572
1978	317,055	372,068
1979	329,791	387,754
1980	328,155	401,557
1981	328,096	413,897
1982	300,030	431,389
1983	277,768	454,464
1984	263,175	485,617
1985	247,836	508,893
1986	233,782	533,234
1987	226,414	537,292
1988	219,184	525,126
1989	212,401	522,323
1990	224,454	540,581
1991	218,117	557,886
1992	222,230	548,793
1993	226,257	527,557
1994	228,904	502,279
1995	221,957	493,966
1996	215,290	471,010
1997	208,193	441,631
1998	201,059	408,532
1999	206,876	385,448
2000	227,060	365,138
2001	244,377	356,483
2002	252,840	359,231
2003	252,008	355,098
2004	212,527	363,994
2005	248,683	363,462
2006	248,706	383,265
2007	248,287	426,880
2008	232,225	461,665
2009	200,175	471,839
2010	224,325	461,293
2011	224,461	454,858
2012	229,138	463,333
2013	221,021	501,742
2014	211,541	536,881
2015	201,815	552,781
2016	194,232	549,045
2017	187,993	548,372
2018	183,610	585,119
2019	172,243	618,154
2020	170,968	643,750
2021	121,858	689,325
2022	95,378	715,410
2023	66,111	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Sri Lanka vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sri Lanka	Uzbekistan
1985	68	72
1986	66	69
1987	64	63
1988	62	58
1989	61	53
1990	59	50
1991	57	47
1992	54	46
1993	51	47
1994	49	49
1995	48	46
1996	47	44
1997	45	42
1998	43	42
1999	41	43
2000	39	42
2001	37	42
2002	36	41
2003	35	40
2004	37	39
2005	32	39
2006	32	38
2007	31	37
2008	30	35
2009	28	34
2010	26	34
2011	25	33
2012	24	33
2013	23	32
2014	23	32
2015	22	31
2016	22	31
2017	21	30
2018	21	29
2019	20	29
2020	23	29
2021	34	28
2022	22	27
2023	18	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Sri Lanka and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	9.41%	-
1961	8.95%	-
1962	8.66%	-
1963	8.48%	-
1964	8.3%	-
1965	8.07%	-
1966	7.81%	-
1967	7.55%	-
1968	7.32%	-
1969	7.14%	-
1970	7.02%	-
1971	6.94%	-
1972	6.86%	-
1973	6.77%	-
1974	6.62%	-
1975	6.41%	-
1976	6.12%	-
1977	5.77%	-
1978	5.38%	-
1979	4.99%	12.5%
1980	4.63%	11.7%
1981	4.29%	10.9%
1982	3.98%	10.2%
1983	3.67%	9.5%
1984	3.35%	8.91%
1985	3.02%	8.4%
1986	2.74%	7.96%
1987	2.54%	7.59%
1988	2.41%	7.31%
1989	2.74%	7.13%
1990	2.33%	7.04%
1991	2.32%	7.01%
1992	2.29%	7.01%
1993	2.22%	6.99%
1994	2.14%	6.95%
1995	2.05%	6.91%
1996	1.95%	6.83%
1997	1.86%	6.72%
1998	1.76%	6.57%
1999	1.69%	6.38%
2000	1.63%	6.15%
2001	1.58%	5.88%
2002	1.55%	5.57%
2003	1.52%	5.25%
2004	2.88%	4.92%
2005	1.4%	4.57%
2006	1.33%	4.24%
2007	1.26%	3.9%
2008	1.2%	3.59%
2009	2.08%	3.29%
2010	1.12%	3.01%
2011	1.08%	2.75%
2012	1.03%	2.52%
2013	0.98%	2.32%
2014	0.92%	2.14%
2015	0.87%	1.98%
2016	0.83%	1.85%
2017	0.79%	1.73%
2018	0.76%	1.64%
2019	0.72%	1.56%
2020	0.69%	1.5%
2021	0.66%	1.44%
2022	0.64%	1.38%
2023	0.61%	1.33%