Fertility Rate / Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Fertility Rate
Sri Lanka fertility rate data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 1.95.
COUNTRY: Sri Lanka
UNIT: births per woman
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-19 14:45:12
GM ECONOMY RATING
Sri Lanka · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
66 / 100
Good stability
Fiscal stability
7.1 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
17.0 / 20
External stability
11.0 / 15
Financial robustness
10.0 / 15
Structural stability
12.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.0 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Sri Lanka · fertility rate data as births per woman.
Latest
1.95
Previous
1.97
Range avg.
2.02
Rank
46
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CountrySri Lanka
IndicatorFertility Rate
1.952024 · Rank 46
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Sri Lanka recorded 1.95 for Fertility Rate in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator decreased by 0.02 (1.1%), from 1.97 to 1.95.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (2.02).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly downward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 1.95 in 2024 and the high was 2.09 in 2015.
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