Fertility & birth rates in Sri Lanka and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Sri Lanka vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sri Lanka vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	5.35	6.78
1961	5.24	6.73
1962	5.18	6.67
1963	5.12	6.62
1964	5.06	6.57
1965	4.93	6.52
1966	4.83	6.51
1967	4.79	6.51
1968	4.66	6.46
1969	4.5	6.41
1970	4.39	6.35
1971	4.27	6.29
1972	4.16	6.23
1973	4	6.15
1974	3.86	6.06
1975	3.82	5.98
1976	3.78	5.89
1977	3.74	5.81
1978	3.81	5.77
1979	3.82	5.73
1980	3.73	5.69
1981	3.65	5.65
1982	3.32	5.6
1983	3.11	5.55
1984	3.01	5.49
1985	2.9	5.43
1986	2.74	5.38
1987	2.64	5.33
1988	2.57	5.27
1989	2.58	5.21
1990	2.54	5.17
1991	2.51	5.13
1992	2.49	5.09
1993	2.44	5.02
1994	2.4	4.94
1995	2.35	4.85
1996	2.29	4.75
1997	2.22	4.66
1998	2.14	4.6
1999	2.14	4.56
2000	2.21	4.54
2001	2.28	4.5
2002	2.31	4.38
2003	2.3	4.29
2004	2.27	4.21
2005	2.26	4.13
2006	2.29	4.1
2007	2.3	4.12
2008	2.23	4.16
2009	2.18	4.16
2010	2.13	4.13
2011	2.14	4.09
2012	2.17	4.06
2013	2.18	4.04
2014	2.13	4
2015	2.09	3.95
2016	2.06	3.92
2017	2.04	3.88
2018	2.03	3.83
2019	2.02	3.79
2020	2.01	3.74
2021	2	3.7
2022	1.98	3.65
2023	1.97	3.6
2024	1.95	3.57
2025	1.94	3.53
2026	1.93	3.5
2027	1.91	3.46
2028	1.9	3.42
2029	1.89	3.39
2030	1.88	3.35
2031	1.87	3.32
2032	1.86	3.28
2033	1.85	3.25
2034	1.85	3.21
2035	1.84	3.18
2036	1.83	3.15
2037	1.83	3.13
2038	1.82	3.1
2039	1.81	3.08
2040	1.81	3.05
2041	1.8	3.03
2042	1.8	3
2043	1.8	2.97
2044	1.79	2.94
2045	1.79	2.92
2046	1.79	2.9
2047	1.78	2.88
2048	1.78	2.85
2049	1.77	2.83
2050	1.77	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sri Lanka	Vanuatu
1960	41%	44.6%
1961	40.9%	44.8%
1962	40.8%	45.1%
1963	40.7%	45.2%
1964	40.6%	45.4%
1965	40.5%	45.5%
1966	40.4%	45.7%
1967	40.3%	45.8%
1968	40.1%	45.8%
1969	39.9%	45.8%
1970	39.7%	45.7%
1971	39.5%	45.7%
1972	39.2%	45.6%
1973	38.8%	45.5%
1974	38.4%	45.5%
1975	38%	45.4%
1976	37.6%	45.2%
1977	37.2%	45.1%
1978	36.9%	45%
1979	36.7%	44.5%
1980	36.4%	44%
1981	36.2%	43.9%
1982	36%	44%
1983	35.8%	44%
1984	35.5%	44.1%
1985	35.2%	44.2%
1986	34.6%	44.2%
1987	34%	44.1%
1988	33.5%	44.1%
1989	33%	44%
1990	32.5%	43.9%
1991	32.1%	43.9%
1992	31.4%	44.1%
1993	30.6%	44.8%
1994	29.9%	45.2%
1995	29.2%	45%
1996	28.6%	44.8%
1997	28.2%	44.4%
1998	27.8%	44%
1999	27.4%	43.5%
2000	27%	42.9%
2001	26.6%	42.4%
2002	26.3%	41.8%
2003	26.1%	41.3%
2004	26%	40.7%
2005	25.8%	40.2%
2006	25.7%	39.6%
2007	25.7%	39.2%
2008	25.6%	38.8%
2009	25.5%	38.5%
2010	25.4%	38.2%
2011	25.3%	38.1%
2012	25.2%	38.2%
2013	25%	38.2%
2014	24.9%	38.4%
2015	24.7%	38.5%
2016	24.5%	38.7%
2017	24.2%	38.8%
2018	24%	38.9%
2019	23.7%	39%
2020	23.3%	39%
2021	23%	39%
2022	22.7%	38.8%
2023	22.4%	38.6%
2024	22%	38.3%
2025	21.7%	38%
2026	21.4%	37.6%
2027	21.1%	37.1%
2028	20.8%	36.7%
2029	20.5%	36.2%
2030	20.2%	35.8%
2031	20%	35.3%
2032	19.8%	34.9%
2033	19.6%	34.5%
2034	19.4%	34.1%
2035	19.2%	33.7%
2036	19.1%	33.4%
2037	18.9%	33.2%
2038	18.8%	32.9%
2039	18.7%	32.7%
2040	18.6%	32.5%
2041	18.4%	32.3%
2042	18.3%	32.2%
2043	18.2%	32%
2044	18.1%	31.8%
2045	18%	31.6%
2046	17.9%	31.5%
2047	17.7%	31.3%
2048	17.6%	31.1%
2049	17.5%	30.9%
2050	17.3%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22% of the population in Sri Lanka and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 32.5% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sri Lanka and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Sri Lanka vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.75% in Sri Lanka and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	247,631	1,796
1961	251,087	1,872
1962	256,719	1,947
1963	262,880	2,025
1964	269,584	2,098
1965	272,422	2,180
1966	275,549	2,278
1967	284,738	2,384
1968	286,642	2,470
1969	286,218	2,529
1970	286,719	2,597
1971	281,200	2,685
1972	282,494	2,775
1973	278,577	2,876
1974	275,521	2,968
1975	282,496	3,074
1976	291,816	3,174
1977	300,038	3,285
1978	317,055	3,428
1979	329,791	3,590
1980	328,155	3,383
1981	328,096	3,592
1982	300,030	3,778
1983	277,768	3,944
1984	263,175	4,088
1985	247,836	4,219
1986	233,782	4,360
1987	226,414	4,427
1988	219,184	4,577
1989	212,401	4,656
1990	224,454	4,762
1991	218,117	4,859
1992	222,230	4,941
1993	226,257	4,973
1994	228,904	4,973
1995	221,957	4,945
1996	215,290	4,897
1997	208,193	4,854
1998	201,059	4,866
1999	206,876	4,871
2000	227,060	5,026
2001	244,377	5,144
2002	252,840	5,181
2003	252,008	5,258
2004	212,527	5,353
2005	248,683	5,454
2006	248,706	5,606
2007	248,287	5,842
2008	232,225	6,138
2009	200,175	6,362
2010	224,325	6,548
2011	224,461	6,715
2012	229,138	6,877
2013	221,021	7,036
2014	211,541	7,143
2015	201,815	7,220
2016	194,232	7,315
2017	187,993	7,371
2018	183,610	7,379
2019	172,243	7,364
2020	170,968	7,233
2021	121,858	7,199
2022	95,378	7,358
2023	66,111	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Sri Lanka vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sri Lanka	Vanuatu
1985	68	211
1986	66	194
1987	64	200
1988	62	172
1989	61	162
1990	59	151
1991	57	140
1992	54	140
1993	51	133
1994	49	131
1995	48	131
1996	47	129
1997	45	131
1998	43	134
1999	41	146
2000	39	133
2001	37	132
2002	36	128
2003	35	131
2004	37	131
2005	32	127
2006	32	123
2007	31	120
2008	30	117
2009	28	114
2010	26	114
2011	25	112
2012	24	109
2013	23	110
2014	23	110
2015	22	109
2016	22	107
2017	21	107
2018	21	108
2019	20	105
2020	23	107
2021	34	124
2022	22	105
2023	18	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Sri Lanka and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	9.41%	15.2%
1961	8.95%	14.7%
1962	8.66%	14.3%
1963	8.48%	13.8%
1964	8.3%	13.4%
1965	8.07%	12.9%
1966	7.81%	12.4%
1967	7.55%	12%
1968	7.32%	11.5%
1969	7.14%	11%
1970	7.02%	10.6%
1971	6.94%	10.2%
1972	6.86%	9.73%
1973	6.77%	9.34%
1974	6.62%	8.95%
1975	6.41%	8.58%
1976	6.12%	8.21%
1977	5.77%	7.84%
1978	5.38%	7.45%
1979	4.99%	7.07%
1980	4.63%	6.67%
1981	4.29%	6.27%
1982	3.98%	5.87%
1983	3.67%	5.48%
1984	3.35%	5.12%
1985	3.02%	4.78%
1986	2.74%	4.47%
1987	2.54%	4.2%
1988	2.41%	3.96%
1989	2.74%	3.76%
1990	2.33%	3.58%
1991	2.32%	3.43%
1992	2.29%	3.29%
1993	2.22%	3.18%
1994	2.14%	3.08%
1995	2.05%	3%
1996	1.95%	2.92%
1997	1.86%	2.86%
1998	1.76%	2.79%
1999	1.69%	2.74%
2000	1.63%	2.68%
2001	1.58%	2.63%
2002	1.55%	2.58%
2003	1.52%	2.54%
2004	2.88%	2.5%
2005	1.4%	2.45%
2006	1.33%	2.4%
2007	1.26%	2.34%
2008	1.2%	2.27%
2009	2.08%	2.2%
2010	1.12%	2.12%
2011	1.08%	2.05%
2012	1.03%	1.99%
2013	0.98%	1.94%
2014	0.92%	1.9%
2015	0.87%	1.87%
2016	0.83%	1.84%
2017	0.79%	1.82%
2018	0.76%	1.8%
2019	0.72%	1.78%
2020	0.69%	1.77%
2021	0.66%	1.74%
2022	0.64%	1.71%
2023	0.61%	1.68%