Fertility & birth rates in Sri Lanka and Vietnam

Fertility rate in Sri Lanka vs Vietnam 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 1.91 in Vietnam in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Sri Lanka vs Vietnam 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	Vietnam
1960	5.35	6.27
1961	5.24	5.48
1962	5.18	6.26
1963	5.12	6.39
1964	5.06	6.29
1965	4.93	6.16
1966	4.83	5.97
1967	4.79	5.88
1968	4.66	6.03
1969	4.5	6.01
1970	4.39	6.02
1971	4.27	6.07
1972	4.16	6.1
1973	4	6.11
1974	3.86	5.78
1975	3.82	5.62
1976	3.78	5.46
1977	3.74	5.29
1978	3.81	5.1
1979	3.82	4.94
1980	3.73	4.8
1981	3.65	4.67
1982	3.32	4.59
1983	3.11	4.52
1984	3.01	4.41
1985	2.9	4.21
1986	2.74	3.96
1987	2.64	3.72
1988	2.57	3.62
1989	2.58	3.64
1990	2.54	3.6
1991	2.51	3.52
1992	2.49	3.35
1993	2.44	3.17
1994	2.4	2.94
1995	2.35	2.7
1996	2.29	2.47
1997	2.22	2.27
1998	2.14	2.1
1999	2.14	2
2000	2.21	2.03
2001	2.28	2.02
2002	2.31	2.01
2003	2.3	2
2004	2.27	1.97
2005	2.26	1.89
2006	2.29	1.87
2007	2.3	1.91
2008	2.23	1.93
2009	2.18	1.92
2010	2.13	1.91
2011	2.14	1.93
2012	2.17	1.97
2013	2.18	1.98
2014	2.13	2.09
2015	2.09	2.1
2016	2.06	2
2017	2.04	1.99
2018	2.03	1.88
2019	2.02	1.94
2020	2.01	1.96
2021	2	1.94
2022	1.98	1.93
2023	1.97	1.91
2024	1.95	1.9
2025	1.94	1.88
2026	1.93	1.86
2027	1.91	1.85
2028	1.9	1.84
2029	1.89	1.83
2030	1.88	1.82
2031	1.87	1.81
2032	1.86	1.8
2033	1.85	1.79
2034	1.85	1.79
2035	1.84	1.78
2036	1.83	1.78
2037	1.83	1.78
2038	1.82	1.77
2039	1.81	1.77
2040	1.81	1.77
2041	1.8	1.77
2042	1.8	1.77
2043	1.8	1.76
2044	1.79	1.76
2045	1.79	1.76
2046	1.79	1.76
2047	1.78	1.75
2048	1.78	1.75
2049	1.77	1.75
2050	1.77	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Sri Lanka	Vietnam
1960	41%	41.1%
1961	40.9%	41.8%
1962	40.8%	42.4%
1963	40.7%	43.1%
1964	40.6%	43.4%
1965	40.5%	43.5%
1966	40.4%	43.6%
1967	40.3%	43.5%
1968	40.1%	43.4%
1969	39.9%	43.2%
1970	39.7%	42.9%
1971	39.5%	42.7%
1972	39.2%	42.4%
1973	38.8%	42.1%
1974	38.4%	41.8%
1975	38%	41.4%
1976	37.6%	41.2%
1977	37.2%	41%
1978	36.9%	40.6%
1979	36.7%	40.4%
1980	36.4%	40.3%
1981	36.2%	40.2%
1982	36%	40.2%
1983	35.8%	40.2%
1984	35.5%	40.1%
1985	35.2%	40.1%
1986	34.6%	39.9%
1987	34%	39.6%
1988	33.5%	39.2%
1989	33%	38.8%
1990	32.5%	38.5%
1991	32.1%	38.1%
1992	31.4%	37.7%
1993	30.6%	37.2%
1994	29.9%	36.7%
1995	29.2%	36.1%
1996	28.6%	35.4%
1997	28.2%	34.5%
1998	27.8%	33.5%
1999	27.4%	32.5%
2000	27%	31.5%
2001	26.6%	30.6%
2002	26.3%	29.9%
2003	26.1%	29.2%
2004	26%	28.5%
2005	25.8%	27.7%
2006	25.7%	26.9%
2007	25.7%	26.2%
2008	25.6%	25.6%
2009	25.5%	25.1%
2010	25.4%	24.6%
2011	25.3%	24.2%
2012	25.2%	24%
2013	25%	23.9%
2014	24.9%	24%
2015	24.7%	24%
2016	24.5%	24.1%
2017	24.2%	24.4%
2018	24%	24.6%
2019	23.7%	24.5%
2020	23.3%	24.4%
2021	23%	24.2%
2022	22.7%	23.9%
2023	22.4%	23.6%
2024	22%	23.2%
2025	21.7%	22.9%
2026	21.4%	22.4%
2027	21.1%	21.8%
2028	20.8%	21.1%
2029	20.5%	20.5%
2030	20.2%	19.9%
2031	20%	19.5%
2032	19.8%	19.1%
2033	19.6%	18.8%
2034	19.4%	18.5%
2035	19.2%	18.3%
2036	19.1%	18.1%
2037	18.9%	17.9%
2038	18.8%	17.8%
2039	18.7%	17.7%
2040	18.6%	17.6%
2041	18.4%	17.5%
2042	18.3%	17.5%
2043	18.2%	17.5%
2044	18.1%	17.4%
2045	18%	17.4%
2046	17.9%	17.3%
2047	17.7%	17.3%
2048	17.6%	17.2%
2049	17.5%	17.1%
2050	17.3%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 22% of the population in Sri Lanka and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 32.5% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Sri Lanka and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in Sri Lanka vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.75% in Sri Lanka and +0.97% in Vietnam. 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	Vietnam
1960	247,631	955,268
1961	251,087	798,978
1962	256,719	960,046
1963	262,880	961,067
1964	269,584	950,219
1965	272,422	913,761
1966	275,549	876,283
1967	284,738	862,071
1968	286,642	815,116
1969	286,218	878,359
1970	286,719	905,902
1971	281,200	963,259
1972	282,494	921,524
1973	278,577	1,061,707
1974	275,521	1,000,505
1975	282,496	1,175,181
1976	291,816	1,232,608
1977	300,038	1,259,315
1978	317,055	1,286,991
1979	329,791	1,314,563
1980	328,155	1,321,595
1981	328,096	1,358,500
1982	300,030	1,407,959
1983	277,768	1,453,913
1984	263,175	1,477,448
1985	247,836	1,453,954
1986	233,782	1,407,957
1987	226,414	1,359,481
1988	219,184	1,370,108
1989	212,401	1,423,622
1990	224,454	1,449,157
1991	218,117	1,459,311
1992	222,230	1,419,952
1993	226,257	1,370,365
1994	228,904	1,291,534
1995	221,957	1,203,666
1996	215,290	1,108,686
1997	208,193	1,028,116
1998	201,059	959,016
1999	206,876	925,519
2000	227,060	966,894
2001	244,377	985,610
2002	252,840	991,427
2003	252,008	1,001,470
2004	212,527	985,438
2005	248,683	942,084
2006	248,706	943,041
2007	248,287	981,689
2008	232,225	1,008,141
2009	200,175	1,007,778
2010	224,325	1,005,559
2011	224,461	1,029,859
2012	229,138	1,063,741
2013	221,021	1,071,570
2014	211,541	1,151,221
2015	201,815	1,145,903
2016	194,232	1,045,094
2017	187,993	1,001,833
2018	183,610	882,977
2019	172,243	895,262
2020	170,968	924,004
2021	121,858	799,593
2022	95,378	775,914
2023	66,111	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: Sri Lanka vs Vietnam

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 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Sri Lanka	Vietnam
1985	68	186
1986	66	174
1987	64	163
1988	62	155
1989	61	152
1990	59	147
1991	57	142
1992	54	139
1993	51	135
1994	49	130
1995	48	119
1996	47	111
1997	45	104
1998	43	93
1999	41	86
2000	39	83
2001	37	78
2002	36	74
2003	35	71
2004	37	72
2005	32	69
2006	32	67
2007	31	66
2008	30	65
2009	28	64
2010	26	62
2011	25	61
2012	24	60
2013	23	60
2014	23	59
2015	22	58
2016	22	56
2017	21	55
2018	21	53
2019	20	52
2020	23	51
2021	34	52
2022	22	49
2023	18	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Sri Lanka and 2% in Vietnam. 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	Vietnam
1960	9.41%	-
1961	8.95%	-
1962	8.66%	-
1963	8.48%	-
1964	8.3%	8.73%
1965	8.07%	9.93%
1966	7.81%	9.97%
1967	7.55%	10%
1968	7.32%	11.6%
1969	7.14%	10.8%
1970	7.02%	10.7%
1971	6.94%	10.5%
1972	6.86%	11.9%
1973	6.77%	10.4%
1974	6.62%	10.7%
1975	6.41%	7.75%
1976	6.12%	7.6%
1977	5.77%	7.44%
1978	5.38%	7.27%
1979	4.99%	7.1%
1980	4.63%	6.94%
1981	4.29%	6.79%
1982	3.98%	6.64%
1983	3.67%	6.5%
1984	3.35%	6.36%
1985	3.02%	6.21%
1986	2.74%	6.04%
1987	2.54%	5.85%
1988	2.41%	5.64%
1989	2.74%	5.4%
1990	2.33%	5.15%
1991	2.32%	4.9%
1992	2.29%	4.64%
1993	2.22%	4.39%
1994	2.14%	4.14%
1995	2.05%	3.9%
1996	1.95%	3.68%
1997	1.86%	3.48%
1998	1.76%	3.29%
1999	1.69%	3.13%
2000	1.63%	2.98%
2001	1.58%	2.86%
2002	1.55%	2.74%
2003	1.52%	2.65%
2004	2.88%	2.57%
2005	1.4%	2.5%
2006	1.33%	2.45%
2007	1.26%	2.4%
2008	1.2%	2.36%
2009	2.08%	2.33%
2010	1.12%	2.31%
2011	1.08%	2.28%
2012	1.03%	2.26%
2013	0.98%	2.24%
2014	0.92%	2.22%
2015	0.87%	2.2%
2016	0.83%	2.18%
2017	0.79%	2.15%
2018	0.76%	2.14%
2019	0.72%	2.12%
2020	0.69%	2.1%
2021	0.66%	2.07%
2022	0.64%	2.04%
2023	0.61%	2%