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Sri Lanka - Birth Rate 1973

Name: Sri Lanka Birth Rate 1973
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

28.9 −0.8 from 1972 Global rank: 87th

Sri Lanka's birth rate was 28.9 in 1973, decreased +0.8 from 29.7 in 1972. This was the 87th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1973▾

Birth Rate by Country - 1973
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Germany	10.3	-10.4%
2nd	Luxembourg	10.8	-8.5%
3rd	Channel Islands	12.2	-3.9%
4th	Finland	12.2	-3.9%
5th	Austria	12.9	-6.5%
6th	Belgium	13.3	-5.0%
7th	Isle of Man	13.5	-1.8%
8th	Sweden	13.5	-2.2%
9th	Switzerland	13.9	-4.8%
10th	United Kingdom	13.9	-6.7%
11th	Latvia	14.1	-3.4%
12th	Denmark	14.3	-5.3%
13th	Netherlands	14.5	-9.9%
14th	Macao SAR, China	14.7	34.4%
15th	United States	14.8	-5.1%
16th	Ukraine	15.0	-3.5%
17th	Hungary	15.0	2.0%
18th	Estonia	15.1	-3.2%
19th	Croatia	15.1	2.0%
20th	European Union	15.3	-2.6%
21st	Greece	15.4	-3.1%
22nd	Russian Federation	15.4	-1.0%
23rd	Norway	15.5	-4.9%
24th	Canada	15.6	-1.9%
25th	Monaco	15.6	0.1%
26th	Serbia	15.6	0.1%
27th	Belarus	15.8	-2.3%
28th	France	15.9	-2.5%
29th	Italy	16.0	-1.8%
30th	Lithuania	16.0	-5.9%
31st	Bulgaria	16.2	5.9%
32nd	San Marino	16.2	-1.9%
33rd	Nauru	16.3	4.6%
34th	Bermuda	16.4	-3.9%
35th	Slovenia	16.7	1.8%
36th	Aruba	17.2	-16.8%
37th	Malta	17.4	-2.2%
38th	Liechtenstein	17.7	9.3%
39th	Poland	18.0	2.9%
40th	Romania	18.2	-3.2%
41st	Cyprus	18.3	-18.9%
42nd	Czechia	18.3	10.2%
43rd	Australia	18.5	-8.0%
44th	Georgia	19.1	-1.6%
45th	Spain	19.2	-1.0%
46th	Greenland	19.2	-2.0%
47th	Gibraltar	19.2	-5.3%
48th	Hong Kong SAR, China	19.4	-0.5%
49th	Japan	19.4	0.5%
50th	Andorra	19.9	-1.4%
51st	Portugal	20.0	-1.0%
52nd	Slovak Republic	20.0	4.7%
53rd	Montenegro	20.3	-2.9%
54th	New Zealand	20.4	-5.9%
55th	Uruguay	20.4	2.3%
56th	Faroe Islands	20.5	0.0%
57th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.9	-3.9%
58th	Moldova	21.0	2.0%
59th	Iceland	21.7	-3.1%
60th	Singapore	22.0	-4.8%
61st	Ireland	22.3	-1.3%
62nd	Curaçao	22.5	-1.7%
63rd	Armenia	22.6	-1.0%
64th	Barbados	22.9	-8.2%
65th	Mauritius	23.0	-9.1%
66th	Puerto Rico (US)	23.3	-2.9%
67th	North Macedonia	23.5	-3.9%
68th	Antigua and Barbuda	23.8	-2.4%
69th	Argentina	24.1	1.3%
70th	Cuba	25.8	-5.4%
71st	Kazakhstan	26.4	-0.4%
72nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	26.5	2.3%
73rd	Cayman Islands	26.6	-23.5%
74th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	26.6	-1.4%
75th	Chile	26.8	-2.4%
76th	Israel	27.0	-0.7%
77th	Trinidad and Tobago	27.7	0.4%
78th	Dominica	27.7	-6.4%
79th	China	27.9	-6.2%
80th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	28.2	-16.3%
81st	Azerbaijan	28.2	-3.0%
82nd	Korea	28.3	-0.4%
83rd	United Arab Emirates	28.4	-2.4%
84th	Turks and Caicos Islands	28.4	-0.3%
85th	Bahamas, The	28.4	-4.2%
86th	Seychelles	28.8	-6.5%
87th	Sri Lanka	28.9	-2.7%
88th	Guam	29.2	-0.9%
89th	Tuvalu	29.4	-0.4%
90th	Costa Rica	30.1	-2.1%
91st	Virgin Islands (US)	30.1	-1.3%
92nd	British Virgin Islands	30.9	-3.7%
93rd	Grenada	31.2	-3.6%
94th	Albania	32.0	-2.1%
95th	Fiji	32.1	-2.7%
96th	Palau	32.1	-5.4%
97th	Lebanon	32.4	-0.7%
98th	Jamaica	32.6	0.2%
99th	Suriname	32.6	-0.1%
100th	Malaysia	32.7	-0.1%
101st	Bahrain	33.2	-2.7%
102nd	Thailand	33.5	-3.3%
103rd	Colombia	33.7	-2.2%
104th	Kyrgyz Republic	34.0	-1.6%
105th	New Caledonia	34.1	-2.2%
106th	Brazil	34.2	-0.9%
107th	Brunei Darussalam	34.5	-1.1%
108th	American Samoa	34.7	-1.6%
109th	Qatar	34.7	-6.0%
110th	French Polynesia	34.9	-2.2%
111th	Panama	35.0	-2.6%
112th	Paraguay	35.4	-1.0%
113th	Guyana	35.4	-1.9%
114th	Kiribati	35.7	-2.2%
115th	Myanmar	36.2	-1.1%
116th	St. Lucia	36.3	-1.1%
117th	Gabon	36.3	0.7%
118th	Tonga	36.5	-1.3%
119th	Viet Nam	36.9	1.4%
120th	Turkmenistan	37.0	-0.1%
121st	St. Martin (French part)	37.0	-2.2%
122nd	Uzbekistan	37.3	-0.9%
123rd	Cambodia	37.4	-5.7%
124th	Kosovo	37.5	-0.6%
125th	Indonesia	38.1	-1.4%
126th	Philippines	38.1	-1.6%
127th	Samoa	38.3	-2.4%
128th	Türkiye	38.4	-2.3%
129th	South Africa	38.4	-1.2%
130th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	38.5	-3.1%
131st	Guinea-Bissau	39.1	1.2%
132nd	India	39.3	-0.4%
133rd	Ecuador	39.5	-1.5%
134th	Tunisia	39.6	-0.5%
135th	Mongolia	39.6	-0.4%
136th	Lesotho	39.9	-0.6%
137th	Belize	39.9	1.8%
138th	Northern Mariana Islands	40.0	0.1%
139th	Dominican Republic	40.0	-1.4%
140th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	40.1	-1.9%
141st	São Tomé and Principe	40.3	0.9%
142nd	Timor-Leste	40.4	-2.2%
143rd	Haiti	40.6	-0.3%
144th	Peru	40.7	-1.4%
145th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	41.2	-1.1%
146th	Kuwait	41.2	-1.5%
147th	Nepal	41.6	-1.7%
148th	Vanuatu	41.6	-0.7%
149th	Tajikistan	41.7	-0.6%
150th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	41.7	-0.5%
151st	Mexico	42.1	-2.1%
152nd	El Salvador	42.2	-0.7%
153rd	Central African Republic	42.4	-1.0%
154th	Papua New Guinea	42.6	-1.7%
155th	Cabo Verde	42.8	1.3%
156th	Equatorial Guinea	43.1	0.3%
157th	Morocco	43.2	-1.2%
158th	Micronesia, Federated States of	43.6	-0.4%
159th	Pakistan	43.7	-0.2%
160th	Namibia	43.9	0.3%
161st	Solomon Islands	44.1	0.0%
162nd	Guatemala	44.2	-0.5%
163rd	Congo, Republic of	44.3	-0.4%
164th	Lao PDR	44.3	0.1%
165th	Iraq	44.4	-1.1%
166th	Cameroon	45.1	0.1%
167th	Djibouti	45.3	-1.1%
168th	Libya	45.3	-1.3%
169th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	45.6	0.1%
170th	Guinea	45.6	0.1%
171st	Algeria	45.7	-0.6%
172nd	Botswana	45.7	0.4%
173rd	Syrian Arab Republic	45.7	-0.4%
174th	Honduras	45.9	-0.4%
175th	Eritrea	46.0	-0.6%
176th	Mauritania	46.4	-0.6%
177th	Nicaragua	46.4	-0.6%
178th	Zimbabwe	46.4	0.8%
179th	Ghana	46.4	-1.0%
180th	Burundi	46.6	-4.4%
181st	Comoros	46.7	-0.3%
182nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	46.9	-0.6%
183rd	Bhutan	47.0	-0.6%
184th	Maldives	47.0	0.0%
185th	Sierra Leone	47.2	0.0%
186th	Benin	47.3	-0.4%
187th	Mozambique	47.3	0.8%
188th	Madagascar	47.4	0.1%
189th	Gambia, The	47.5	-0.2%
190th	Sudan	47.6	-1.6%
191st	Jordan	47.7	-1.0%
192nd	Liberia	47.8	0.4%
193rd	Burkina Faso	47.8	0.4%
194th	Bangladesh	47.9	-0.7%
195th	Saudi Arabia	48.0	-0.5%
196th	Nigeria	48.2	0.5%
197th	Togo	48.4	-0.1%
198th	Uganda	48.7	-0.5%
199th	Angola	49.3	-0.4%
200th	Chad	49.3	0.0%
201st	Rwanda	49.4	1.2%
202nd	Senegal	49.6	-0.4%
203rd	Marshall Islands	49.7	1.5%
204th	Zambia	49.7	0.2%
205th	Eswatini	50.1	0.6%
206th	Tanzania	50.3	-0.1%
207th	Mali	50.5	0.1%
208th	Oman	50.7	-0.5%
209th	Kenya	50.8	-1.4%
210th	Afghanistan	51.3	0.1%
211th	Côte d'Ivoire	52.2	-0.1%
212th	Malawi	53.2	-0.5%
213th	South Sudan	54.3	-0.5%
214th	Yemen, Republic of	55.0	-0.6%
215th	Niger	55.5	0.0%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's birth rate in 1973?▾

Sri Lanka's birth rate in 1973 was 28.9. This ranked 87th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's birth rate change in 1973?▾

Sri Lanka's birth rate decreased by 2.7% in 1973 compared to 1972.

Which country had the highest birth rate in 1973?▾

Niger had the highest birth rate in 1973 at 55.5.

What is the birth rate of Sri Lanka in 1973?▾

The birth rate of Sri Lanka in 1973 was 28.9. This ranked 87th globally.

How does 1973 compare to 1972 for Sri Lanka's birth rate?▾

Sri Lanka's birth rate went from 29.7 in 1972 to 28.9 in 1973, a 2.7% decrease.

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