Sri Lanka - Birth Rate 2019
14.6
−0.6 from 2018
Sri Lanka's birth rate was 14.6 in 2019, decreased +0.6 from 15.2 in 2018. This was the 105th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Korea | 5.9 | -7.8% |
| 2nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 6.4 | -4.5% |
| 3rd | San Marino | 6.7 | -1.5% |
| 4th | Andorra | 7.0 | -2.3% |
| 5th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7.0 | -2.8% |
| 6th | Italy | 7.0 | -4.1% |
| 7th | Japan | 7.0 | -5.4% |
| 8th | Spain | 7.6 | -3.8% |
| 9th | Greece | 7.8 | -3.7% |
| 10th | Ukraine | 7.8 | -3.7% |
| 11th | British Virgin Islands | 8.1 | 15.6% |
| 12th | Channel Islands | 8.3 | -2.4% |
| 13th | Finland | 8.3 | -3.5% |
| 14th | Bermuda | 8.4 | -0.4% |
| 15th | Portugal | 8.4 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.6 | -2.7% |
| 17th | Malta | 8.6 | -6.5% |
| 18th | Singapore | 8.8 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Isle of Man | 8.8 | -1.9% |
| 20th | Croatia | 8.9 | -1.1% |
| 21st | Lithuania | 8.9 | -6.3% |
| 22nd | Macao SAR, China | 8.9 | -1.1% |
| 23rd | Thailand | 9.1 | -3.7% |
| 24th | Liechtenstein | 9.2 | -7.1% |
| 25th | Bulgaria | 9.3 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Belarus | 9.3 | -6.1% |
| 27th | Serbia | 9.3 | 1.1% |
| 28th | Slovenia | 9.3 | -1.1% |
| 29th | European Union | 9.3 | -1.9% |
| 30th | Germany | 9.4 | -1.1% |
| 31st | Austria | 9.6 | -1.0% |
| 32nd | Hungary | 9.6 | 0.0% |
| 33rd | North Macedonia | 9.6 | -6.8% |
| 34th | Cuba | 9.7 | -5.0% |
| 35th | Latvia | 9.8 | -2.0% |
| 36th | Netherlands | 9.8 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Canada | 9.9 | -2.0% |
| 38th | Poland | 9.9 | -2.9% |
| 39th | Monaco | 10.0 | -2.2% |
| 40th | Qatar | 10.0 | 0.6% |
| 41st | Switzerland | 10.0 | -2.9% |
| 42nd | Luxembourg | 10.0 | -2.9% |
| 43rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 10.0 | -4.1% |
| 44th | United Arab Emirates | 10.1 | -1.5% |
| 45th | Curaçao | 10.1 | -3.8% |
| 46th | Russian Federation | 10.1 | -7.3% |
| 47th | Belgium | 10.2 | -1.9% |
| 48th | Mauritius | 10.2 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Norway | 10.2 | -1.9% |
| 50th | Romania | 10.3 | -1.0% |
| 51st | China | 10.4 | -4.1% |
| 52nd | Czechia | 10.5 | -1.9% |
| 53rd | Denmark | 10.5 | -0.9% |
| 54th | Slovak Republic | 10.5 | -0.9% |
| 55th | Estonia | 10.6 | -2.8% |
| 56th | United Kingdom | 10.6 | -3.2% |
| 57th | Albania | 10.8 | -1.3% |
| 58th | Aruba | 10.8 | 0.3% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 10.9 | -6.8% |
| 60th | Chile | 10.9 | -6.5% |
| 61st | Cyprus | 11.0 | -0.1% |
| 62nd | Sweden | 11.1 | -2.6% |
| 63rd | Bahamas, The | 11.2 | -0.6% |
| 64th | France | 11.2 | -0.9% |
| 65th | United States | 11.4 | -1.7% |
| 66th | Barbados | 11.4 | -0.8% |
| 67th | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.5 | 6.3% |
| 68th | Montenegro | 11.5 | -0.9% |
| 69th | Dominica | 11.5 | -1.1% |
| 70th | St. Lucia | 11.9 | -1.1% |
| 71st | Ireland | 11.9 | -4.8% |
| 72nd | Palau | 11.9 | -0.7% |
| 73rd | French Polynesia | 11.9 | -6.8% |
| 74th | New Zealand | 12.0 | 1.0% |
| 75th | Gibraltar | 12.0 | -0.2% |
| 76th | Kuwait | 12.1 | -6.0% |
| 77th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 12.1 | -3.6% |
| 78th | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.1 | 0.2% |
| 79th | Australia | 12.1 | -4.0% |
| 80th | Jamaica | 12.2 | -1.1% |
| 81st | Armenia | 12.2 | -0.8% |
| 82nd | Iceland | 12.3 | 2.5% |
| 83rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 12.3 | -2.4% |
| 84th | Bhutan | 12.4 | -4.0% |
| 85th | Cayman Islands | 12.4 | 17.5% |
| 86th | Grenada | 12.5 | 0.6% |
| 87th | Maldives | 12.6 | -6.0% |
| 88th | Kosovo | 12.6 | -0.9% |
| 89th | Moldova | 12.6 | -4.8% |
| 90th | Costa Rica | 12.7 | -7.1% |
| 91st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 12.9 | -1.9% |
| 92nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.3 | -3.1% |
| 93rd | Faroe Islands | 13.3 | -2.2% |
| 94th | Bahrain | 13.3 | -2.4% |
| 95th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 13.4 | -0.2% |
| 96th | Brazil | 13.5 | -3.4% |
| 97th | Georgia | 13.6 | -5.2% |
| 98th | Argentina | 13.9 | -9.3% |
| 99th | Azerbaijan | 14.1 | 0.7% |
| 100th | Colombia | 14.2 | 0.2% |
| 101st | Malaysia | 14.2 | -3.9% |
| 102nd | Cabo Verde | 14.3 | -7.5% |
| 103rd | Türkiye | 14.4 | -6.5% |
| 104th | Brunei Darussalam | 14.6 | -2.4% |
| 105th | Sri Lanka | 14.6 | -3.6% |
| 106th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 14.9 | -10.5% |
| 107th | Greenland | 15.1 | 3.4% |
| 108th | New Caledonia | 15.2 | -0.3% |
| 109th | Viet Nam | 15.5 | 0.5% |
| 110th | Northern Mariana Islands | 16.0 | -3.2% |
| 111th | American Samoa | 16.3 | -5.2% |
| 112th | Seychelles | 16.4 | -4.1% |
| 113th | El Salvador | 16.6 | -0.7% |
| 114th | Tunisia | 16.8 | -3.0% |
| 115th | Peru | 16.9 | -0.5% |
| 116th | Mexico | 16.9 | -0.9% |
| 117th | Indonesia | 16.9 | -1.4% |
| 118th | Ecuador | 16.9 | -3.4% |
| 119th | India | 17.4 | -3.0% |
| 120th | Panama | 17.6 | -5.1% |
| 121st | Lebanon | 17.6 | -2.6% |
| 122nd | Myanmar | 17.8 | -1.6% |
| 123rd | Suriname | 17.9 | -1.2% |
| 124th | Saudi Arabia | 18.1 | -8.4% |
| 125th | Philippines | 18.1 | -6.8% |
| 126th | Morocco | 18.3 | -1.7% |
| 127th | Oman | 18.9 | -2.1% |
| 128th | St. Martin (French part) | 19.0 | -2.4% |
| 129th | Fiji | 19.2 | -1.9% |
| 130th | Libya | 19.2 | -3.0% |
| 131st | Guam | 19.3 | -2.8% |
| 132nd | Belize | 19.3 | -8.6% |
| 133rd | Dominican Republic | 19.4 | -2.1% |
| 134th | South Africa | 19.7 | -0.8% |
| 135th | Syrian Arab Republic | 19.7 | 4.1% |
| 136th | Israel | 20.1 | -3.4% |
| 137th | Bangladesh | 20.1 | 0.3% |
| 138th | Nepal | 20.6 | -2.2% |
| 139th | Nicaragua | 20.8 | -1.9% |
| 140th | Paraguay | 21.4 | -1.9% |
| 141st | Kazakhstan | 21.4 | -1.3% |
| 142nd | Djibouti | 21.9 | -1.8% |
| 143rd | Guyana | 21.9 | 3.3% |
| 144th | Jordan | 22.2 | -1.9% |
| 145th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 22.3 | -1.4% |
| 146th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 22.3 | -5.6% |
| 147th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.9 | -0.7% |
| 148th | Cambodia | 23.0 | -1.6% |
| 149th | Guatemala | 23.1 | -5.0% |
| 150th | Honduras | 23.1 | -1.2% |
| 151st | Lao PDR | 23.2 | -1.9% |
| 152nd | Algeria | 23.4 | -2.8% |
| 153rd | Marshall Islands | 23.7 | -1.4% |
| 154th | Haiti | 23.8 | -1.8% |
| 155th | Tonga | 23.8 | -1.2% |
| 156th | Timor-Leste | 23.9 | -2.6% |
| 157th | Mongolia | 24.4 | -0.4% |
| 158th | Uzbekistan | 24.7 | 3.0% |
| 159th | Turkmenistan | 24.8 | -2.6% |
| 160th | Tuvalu | 24.9 | -0.2% |
| 161st | Botswana | 25.8 | -0.6% |
| 162nd | Eswatini | 25.9 | -2.0% |
| 163rd | Lesotho | 26.4 | -3.4% |
| 164th | Papua New Guinea | 26.5 | -1.8% |
| 165th | Kyrgyz Republic | 26.9 | -0.7% |
| 166th | Iraq | 27.3 | -1.5% |
| 167th | Kiribati | 27.8 | -1.0% |
| 168th | Ghana | 27.9 | -1.8% |
| 169th | Samoa | 28.0 | -1.9% |
| 170th | Kenya | 28.2 | -2.8% |
| 171st | Namibia | 28.4 | -2.3% |
| 172nd | Solomon Islands | 28.4 | -2.5% |
| 173rd | Pakistan | 29.0 | -1.2% |
| 174th | Eritrea | 29.1 | -0.3% |
| 175th | Tajikistan | 29.2 | -1.0% |
| 176th | São Tomé and Principe | 29.2 | -1.9% |
| 177th | South Sudan | 29.4 | 1.2% |
| 178th | Nauru | 29.6 | -3.5% |
| 179th | West Bank and Gaza | 29.7 | -2.7% |
| 180th | Gabon | 30.1 | -1.3% |
| 181st | Senegal | 30.4 | -3.8% |
| 182nd | Comoros | 30.4 | -1.5% |
| 183rd | Rwanda | 30.7 | -1.8% |
| 184th | Vanuatu | 30.7 | -2.3% |
| 185th | Zimbabwe | 31.1 | -0.7% |
| 186th | Equatorial Guinea | 31.8 | -1.9% |
| 187th | Guinea-Bissau | 31.8 | -1.6% |
| 188th | Gambia, The | 31.9 | -1.2% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | 32.2 | -1.8% |
| 190th | Liberia | 32.4 | -1.6% |
| 191st | Sierra Leone | 32.8 | -1.6% |
| 192nd | Malawi | 32.9 | -1.0% |
| 193rd | Togo | 32.9 | -1.5% |
| 194th | Madagascar | 33.6 | -0.2% |
| 195th | Côte d'Ivoire | 34.3 | -2.2% |
| 196th | Burkina Faso | 34.3 | -4.7% |
| 197th | Nigeria | 34.7 | -2.8% |
| 198th | Sudan | 34.9 | -0.5% |
| 199th | Zambia | 35.0 | -1.3% |
| 200th | Yemen, Republic of | 35.9 | -0.3% |
| 201st | Guinea | 36.0 | -1.0% |
| 202nd | Benin | 36.0 | -2.5% |
| 203rd | Cameroon | 36.2 | -1.9% |
| 204th | Mauritania | 36.2 | -1.1% |
| 205th | Burundi | 36.6 | -1.7% |
| 206th | Tanzania | 36.9 | -1.2% |
| 207th | Afghanistan | 37.1 | -1.3% |
| 208th | Uganda | 37.2 | -1.2% |
| 209th | Mozambique | 39.1 | -0.8% |
| 210th | Angola | 39.5 | -1.3% |
| 211th | Mali | 41.1 | -3.4% |
| 212th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 42.5 | -0.8% |
| 213th | Niger | 43.4 | -1.8% |
| 214th | Central African Republic | 44.1 | 0.6% |
| 215th | Chad | 44.3 | -0.2% |
| 216th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 45.1 | -1.2% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's birth rate in 2019?▾
Sri Lanka's birth rate in 2019 was 14.6. This ranked 105th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's birth rate change in 2019?▾
Sri Lanka's birth rate decreased by 3.6% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 2019?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest birth rate in 2019 at 45.1.
What is the birth rate of Sri Lanka in 2019?▾
The birth rate of Sri Lanka in 2019 was 14.6. This ranked 105th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Sri Lanka's birth rate?▾
Sri Lanka's birth rate went from 15.2 in 2018 to 14.6 in 2019, a 3.6% decrease.
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