Fertility & birth rates in Sri Lanka and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Sri Lanka vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sri Lanka vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	5.35	6.38
1961	5.24	6.3
1962	5.18	6.23
1963	5.12	6.16
1964	5.06	6.07
1965	4.93	5.98
1966	4.83	5.87
1967	4.79	5.75
1968	4.66	5.61
1969	4.5	5.47
1970	4.39	5.32
1971	4.27	5.17
1972	4.16	5.04
1973	4	4.91
1974	3.86	4.79
1975	3.82	4.69
1976	3.78	4.59
1977	3.74	4.49
1978	3.81	4.4
1979	3.82	4.3
1980	3.73	4.2
1981	3.65	4.1
1982	3.32	4.01
1983	3.11	3.93
1984	3.01	3.86
1985	2.9	3.79
1986	2.74	3.73
1987	2.64	3.67
1988	2.57	3.6
1989	2.58	3.52
1990	2.54	3.45
1991	2.51	3.37
1992	2.49	3.29
1993	2.44	3.22
1994	2.4	3.15
1995	2.35	3.08
1996	2.29	3.02
1997	2.22	2.97
1998	2.14	2.91
1999	2.14	2.86
2000	2.21	2.79
2001	2.28	2.78
2002	2.31	2.74
2003	2.3	2.7
2004	2.27	2.64
2005	2.26	2.63
2006	2.29	2.6
2007	2.3	2.52
2008	2.23	2.48
2009	2.18	2.42
2010	2.13	2.4
2011	2.14	2.4
2012	2.17	2.38
2013	2.18	2.33
2014	2.13	2.3
2015	2.09	2.25
2016	2.06	2.22
2017	2.04	2.18
2018	2.03	2.15
2019	2.02	2.13
2020	2.01	2.12
2021	2	2.11
2022	1.98	2.09
2023	1.97	2.08
2024	1.95	2.08
2025	1.94	2.06
2026	1.93	2.04
2027	1.91	2.03
2028	1.9	2.01
2029	1.89	2
2030	1.88	1.99
2031	1.87	1.98
2032	1.86	1.97
2033	1.85	1.96
2034	1.85	1.95
2035	1.84	1.94
2036	1.83	1.93
2037	1.83	1.92
2038	1.82	1.91
2039	1.81	1.91
2040	1.81	1.9
2041	1.8	1.89
2042	1.8	1.88
2043	1.8	1.87
2044	1.79	1.86
2045	1.79	1.86
2046	1.79	1.85
2047	1.78	1.84
2048	1.78	1.84
2049	1.77	1.83
2050	1.77	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sri Lanka	Venezuela
1960	41%	46.8%
1961	40.9%	46.9%
1962	40.8%	47%
1963	40.7%	47%
1964	40.6%	47%
1965	40.5%	46.9%
1966	40.4%	46.8%
1967	40.3%	46.6%
1968	40.1%	46.3%
1969	39.9%	46%
1970	39.7%	45.6%
1971	39.5%	45.2%
1972	39.2%	44.7%
1973	38.8%	44.3%
1974	38.4%	43.8%
1975	38%	43.3%
1976	37.6%	42.9%
1977	37.2%	42.5%
1978	36.9%	42.1%
1979	36.7%	41.7%
1980	36.4%	41.3%
1981	36.2%	41%
1982	36%	40.6%
1983	35.8%	40.3%
1984	35.5%	39.9%
1985	35.2%	39.6%
1986	34.6%	39.3%
1987	34%	39%
1988	33.5%	38.7%
1989	33%	38.4%
1990	32.5%	38.1%
1991	32.1%	37.8%
1992	31.4%	37.4%
1993	30.6%	37%
1994	29.9%	36.6%
1995	29.2%	36.2%
1996	28.6%	35.8%
1997	28.2%	35.3%
1998	27.8%	34.9%
1999	27.4%	34.5%
2000	27%	34%
2001	26.6%	33.6%
2002	26.3%	33.1%
2003	26.1%	32.7%
2004	26%	32.2%
2005	25.8%	31.8%
2006	25.7%	31.4%
2007	25.7%	31%
2008	25.6%	30.6%
2009	25.5%	30.3%
2010	25.4%	29.9%
2011	25.3%	29.5%
2012	25.2%	29.2%
2013	25%	28.9%
2014	24.9%	28.5%
2015	24.7%	28.2%
2016	24.5%	27.9%
2017	24.2%	27.8%
2018	24%	27.9%
2019	23.7%	28%
2020	23.3%	27.8%
2021	23%	27.4%
2022	22.7%	26.8%
2023	22.4%	26.2%
2024	22%	25.5%
2025	21.7%	24.9%
2026	21.4%	24.3%
2027	21.1%	23.8%
2028	20.8%	23.2%
2029	20.5%	22.8%
2030	20.2%	22.4%
2031	20%	22%
2032	19.8%	21.7%
2033	19.6%	21.5%
2034	19.4%	21.4%
2035	19.2%	21.4%
2036	19.1%	21.4%
2037	18.9%	21.5%
2038	18.8%	21.5%
2039	18.7%	21.4%
2040	18.6%	21.4%
2041	18.4%	21.3%
2042	18.3%	21.2%
2043	18.2%	21.1%
2044	18.1%	20.9%
2045	18%	20.7%
2046	17.9%	20.5%
2047	17.7%	20.3%
2048	17.6%	20%
2049	17.5%	19.8%
2050	17.3%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22% of the population in Sri Lanka and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 32.5% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sri Lanka and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Sri Lanka vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.75% in Sri Lanka and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	247,631	285,105
1961	251,087	292,109
1962	256,719	299,345
1963	262,880	307,279
1964	269,584	314,397
1965	272,422	321,695
1966	275,549	329,697
1967	284,738	335,813
1968	286,642	340,973
1969	286,218	343,596
1970	286,719	350,709
1971	281,200	355,212
1972	282,494	360,749
1973	278,577	367,612
1974	275,521	375,678
1975	282,496	385,045
1976	291,816	395,344
1977	300,038	405,315
1978	317,055	414,032
1979	329,791	421,256
1980	328,155	425,613
1981	328,096	432,059
1982	300,030	436,564
1983	277,768	443,569
1984	263,175	449,186
1985	247,836	455,517
1986	233,782	468,252
1987	226,414	474,204
1988	219,184	477,569
1989	212,401	478,053
1990	224,454	478,168
1991	218,117	477,917
1992	222,230	474,824
1993	226,257	473,189
1994	228,904	469,178
1995	221,957	469,267
1996	215,290	468,653
1997	208,193	472,002
1998	201,059	469,123
1999	206,876	463,787
2000	227,060	459,802
2001	244,377	451,487
2002	252,840	466,821
2003	252,008	456,902
2004	212,527	455,881
2005	248,683	463,260
2006	248,706	460,152
2007	248,287	452,482
2008	232,225	435,870
2009	200,175	427,257
2010	224,325	425,397
2011	224,461	425,958
2012	229,138	420,758
2013	221,021	408,930
2014	211,541	395,088
2015	201,815	384,560
2016	194,232	359,651
2017	187,993	340,222
2018	183,610	317,302
2019	172,243	274,826
2020	170,968	237,223
2021	121,858	207,746
2022	95,378	216,619
2023	66,111	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Sri Lanka vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sri Lanka	Venezuela
1985	68	83
1986	66	81
1987	64	81
1988	62	80
1989	61	80
1990	59	83
1991	57	80
1992	54	82
1993	51	82
1994	49	84
1995	48	84
1996	47	86
1997	45	82
1998	43	82
1999	41	88
2000	39	86
2001	37	101
2002	36	87
2003	35	97
2004	37	94
2005	32	93
2006	32	96
2007	31	92
2008	30	103
2009	28	109
2010	26	110
2011	25	104
2012	24	113
2013	23	123
2014	23	133
2015	22	136
2016	22	162
2017	21	195
2018	21	205
2019	20	202
2020	23	207
2021	34	251
2022	22	219
2023	18	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Sri Lanka and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	9.41%	7.97%
1961	8.95%	7.72%
1962	8.66%	7.49%
1963	8.48%	7.3%
1964	8.3%	7.14%
1965	8.07%	7%
1966	7.81%	6.87%
1967	7.55%	6.75%
1968	7.32%	6.61%
1969	7.14%	6.47%
1970	7.02%	6.3%
1971	6.94%	6.12%
1972	6.86%	5.94%
1973	6.77%	5.75%
1974	6.62%	5.57%
1975	6.41%	5.38%
1976	6.12%	5.2%
1977	5.77%	5.01%
1978	5.38%	4.82%
1979	4.99%	4.62%
1980	4.63%	4.42%
1981	4.29%	4.24%
1982	3.98%	4.07%
1983	3.67%	3.91%
1984	3.35%	3.77%
1985	3.02%	3.64%
1986	2.74%	3.5%
1987	2.54%	3.37%
1988	2.41%	3.23%
1989	2.74%	3.09%
1990	2.33%	2.96%
1991	2.32%	2.86%
1992	2.29%	2.78%
1993	2.22%	2.73%
1994	2.14%	2.68%
1995	2.05%	2.63%
1996	1.95%	2.55%
1997	1.86%	2.45%
1998	1.76%	2.34%
1999	1.69%	2.24%
2000	1.63%	2.15%
2001	1.58%	2.09%
2002	1.55%	2.03%
2003	1.52%	1.98%
2004	2.88%	1.91%
2005	1.4%	1.85%
2006	1.33%	1.79%
2007	1.26%	1.74%
2008	1.2%	1.72%
2009	2.08%	1.71%
2010	1.12%	1.72%
2011	1.08%	1.73%
2012	1.03%	1.76%
2013	0.98%	1.79%
2014	0.92%	1.83%
2015	0.87%	1.92%
2016	0.83%	2.43%
2017	0.79%	2.43%
2018	0.76%	2.43%
2019	0.72%	2.43%
2020	0.69%	2.43%
2021	0.66%	2.43%
2022	0.64%	2.43%
2023	0.61%	2.43%