Sri Lanka - Fertility Rate 1991
2.51
−0.03 from 1990
Sri Lanka's fertility rate was 2.51 in 1991, decreased +0.03 from 2.54 in 1990. This was the 76th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1991▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 1.17 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.28 | 0.7% |
| 3rd | Italy | 1.30 | -2.3% |
| 4th | Germany | 1.33 | -8.3% |
| 5th | Spain | 1.33 | -2.2% |
| 6th | Greece | 1.37 | -1.4% |
| 7th | Andorra | 1.40 | -0.3% |
| 8th | Slovenia | 1.42 | -2.7% |
| 9th | Channel Islands | 1.47 | -2.6% |
| 10th | Liechtenstein | 1.50 | -0.1% |
| 11th | Austria | 1.51 | 3.4% |
| 12th | Croatia | 1.53 | -6.1% |
| 13th | Japan | 1.53 | -0.6% |
| 14th | Portugal | 1.56 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Switzerland | 1.58 | 0.0% |
| 16th | European Union | 1.58 | -3.1% |
| 17th | Romania | 1.59 | -13.1% |
| 18th | Luxembourg | 1.60 | 0.0% |
| 19th | Netherlands | 1.61 | -0.6% |
| 20th | Serbia | 1.61 | -2.2% |
| 21st | Macao SAR, China | 1.62 | -5.5% |
| 22nd | Belgium | 1.66 | 2.5% |
| 23rd | Bulgaria | 1.66 | -8.8% |
| 24th | Cuba | 1.66 | -7.9% |
| 25th | Denmark | 1.68 | 0.6% |
| 26th | Korea | 1.71 | 8.9% |
| 27th | Canada | 1.72 | -6.0% |
| 28th | Singapore | 1.73 | -5.5% |
| 29th | Russian Federation | 1.73 | -8.5% |
| 30th | Bermuda | 1.74 | 2.6% |
| 31st | France | 1.75 | -1.1% |
| 32nd | Ukraine | 1.77 | -3.9% |
| 33rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.78 | -0.2% |
| 34th | Monaco | 1.79 | -3.4% |
| 35th | Finland | 1.79 | 0.6% |
| 36th | Estonia | 1.80 | -12.2% |
| 37th | Belarus | 1.81 | -5.6% |
| 38th | United Kingdom | 1.82 | -0.5% |
| 39th | Barbados | 1.84 | -0.2% |
| 40th | British Virgin Islands | 1.84 | 3.6% |
| 41st | Cayman Islands | 1.85 | 3.5% |
| 42nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.85 | -0.1% |
| 43rd | Australia | 1.85 | -2.8% |
| 44th | Czechia | 1.86 | -2.1% |
| 45th | Latvia | 1.86 | -7.9% |
| 46th | Hungary | 1.87 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Norway | 1.92 | -0.5% |
| 48th | China | 1.93 | -23.1% |
| 49th | Isle of Man | 1.98 | 1.0% |
| 50th | Malta | 1.99 | -1.5% |
| 51st | Lithuania | 2.01 | -1.0% |
| 52nd | Montenegro | 2.02 | 3.6% |
| 53rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.04 | -9.5% |
| 54th | Thailand | 2.04 | -1.4% |
| 55th | Slovak Republic | 2.05 | -1.9% |
| 56th | United States | 2.06 | -0.9% |
| 57th | Poland | 2.07 | 0.5% |
| 58th | Ireland | 2.08 | -1.4% |
| 59th | New Zealand | 2.09 | -4.1% |
| 60th | Sweden | 2.11 | -0.9% |
| 61st | Iceland | 2.18 | -5.2% |
| 62nd | Georgia | 2.21 | -4.2% |
| 63rd | Moldova | 2.28 | -4.8% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.29 | -4.3% |
| 65th | Mauritius | 2.30 | -0.9% |
| 66th | Puerto Rico (US) | 2.30 | -3.2% |
| 67th | North Macedonia | 2.31 | 1.8% |
| 68th | Cyprus | 2.34 | -2.6% |
| 69th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.35 | -1.5% |
| 70th | Aruba | 2.36 | 0.7% |
| 71st | Curaçao | 2.37 | 3.0% |
| 72nd | Greenland | 2.42 | -0.9% |
| 73rd | Gibraltar | 2.43 | 1.7% |
| 74th | Uruguay | 2.45 | -0.9% |
| 75th | Bahamas, The | 2.51 | -0.4% |
| 76th | Sri Lanka | 2.51 | -1.1% |
| 77th | Chile | 2.56 | -0.8% |
| 78th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2.60 | -4.7% |
| 79th | Faroe Islands | 2.62 | -6.1% |
| 80th | Armenia | 2.64 | -2.4% |
| 81st | Kazakhstan | 2.68 | -2.5% |
| 82nd | Seychelles | 2.69 | 3.3% |
| 83rd | St. Martin (French part) | 2.71 | -1.3% |
| 84th | Palau | 2.74 | -4.8% |
| 85th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.75 | 0.6% |
| 86th | Israel | 2.76 | -2.2% |
| 87th | Brazil | 2.81 | -3.1% |
| 88th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.82 | 20.7% |
| 89th | Azerbaijan | 2.87 | 4.7% |
| 90th | Albania | 2.96 | -1.9% |
| 91st | Colombia | 2.98 | -0.4% |
| 92nd | Jamaica | 3.00 | 1.4% |
| 93rd | Panama | 3.00 | -2.4% |
| 94th | Türkiye | 3.00 | -3.3% |
| 95th | Argentina | 3.01 | -0.7% |
| 96th | Guam | 3.03 | 0.4% |
| 97th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.05 | -4.3% |
| 98th | Indonesia | 3.06 | -1.8% |
| 99th | New Caledonia | 3.07 | -0.9% |
| 100th | Costa Rica | 3.08 | -2.9% |
| 101st | Suriname | 3.09 | -4.1% |
| 102nd | Grenada | 3.11 | 1.6% |
| 103rd | Dominica | 3.15 | 1.7% |
| 104th | Lebanon | 3.16 | -3.2% |
| 105th | Guyana | 3.18 | 0.1% |
| 106th | St. Lucia | 3.19 | -1.5% |
| 107th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.21 | -2.6% |
| 108th | French Polynesia | 3.26 | -5.1% |
| 109th | Tunisia | 3.31 | -3.8% |
| 110th | Malaysia | 3.34 | 1.1% |
| 111th | Dominican Republic | 3.35 | -1.8% |
| 112th | Mexico | 3.36 | -2.4% |
| 113th | Fiji | 3.37 | -0.6% |
| 114th | Kosovo | 3.37 | -8.0% |
| 115th | Virgin Islands (US) | 3.38 | 8.8% |
| 116th | Kuwait | 3.40 | -2.6% |
| 117th | Myanmar | 3.43 | -2.1% |
| 118th | Viet Nam | 3.52 | -2.2% |
| 119th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.58 | -1.4% |
| 120th | South Africa | 3.62 | -2.8% |
| 121st | Bahrain | 3.63 | -5.0% |
| 122nd | Ecuador | 3.63 | -1.3% |
| 123rd | Tuvalu | 3.79 | 1.0% |
| 124th | Peru | 3.79 | -3.0% |
| 125th | El Salvador | 3.89 | -1.9% |
| 126th | Morocco | 3.95 | -2.8% |
| 127th | India | 3.96 | -2.1% |
| 128th | Qatar | 3.99 | -5.7% |
| 129th | Nauru | 3.99 | -0.7% |
| 130th | Mongolia | 4.00 | -11.1% |
| 131st | Turkmenistan | 4.15 | -3.3% |
| 132nd | Uzbekistan | 4.19 | 1.6% |
| 133rd | United Arab Emirates | 4.25 | -5.7% |
| 134th | Bangladesh | 4.26 | -5.4% |
| 135th | Philippines | 4.27 | -1.1% |
| 136th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.32 | -4.4% |
| 137th | Botswana | 4.37 | -3.2% |
| 138th | Algeria | 4.37 | -3.2% |
| 139th | Nicaragua | 4.43 | -3.6% |
| 140th | Libya | 4.46 | -6.6% |
| 141st | Paraguay | 4.48 | -1.8% |
| 142nd | American Samoa | 4.53 | 1.3% |
| 143rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 4.57 | -7.4% |
| 144th | Belize | 4.60 | -4.3% |
| 145th | Kiribati | 4.64 | -0.6% |
| 146th | Lesotho | 4.68 | -2.7% |
| 147th | Zimbabwe | 4.72 | -3.3% |
| 148th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 4.85 | -1.1% |
| 149th | Tonga | 4.85 | -1.6% |
| 150th | Samoa | 4.91 | -1.9% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 4.92 | -2.6% |
| 152nd | Papua New Guinea | 5.11 | -1.4% |
| 153rd | Vanuatu | 5.13 | -0.7% |
| 154th | Eswatini | 5.13 | -3.1% |
| 155th | Nepal | 5.15 | -1.2% |
| 156th | Honduras | 5.19 | -1.5% |
| 157th | Congo, Republic of | 5.22 | -0.9% |
| 158th | Cabo Verde | 5.26 | -1.8% |
| 159th | Tajikistan | 5.28 | -3.3% |
| 160th | Namibia | 5.29 | -2.0% |
| 161st | Haiti | 5.32 | -1.8% |
| 162nd | Jordan | 5.33 | -3.9% |
| 163rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.34 | -3.9% |
| 164th | Gabon | 5.37 | -1.6% |
| 165th | Guatemala | 5.38 | -1.9% |
| 166th | Bhutan | 5.45 | -2.7% |
| 167th | Cambodia | 5.59 | -1.0% |
| 168th | Solomon Islands | 5.62 | -2.1% |
| 169th | Ghana | 5.63 | -1.9% |
| 170th | Saudi Arabia | 5.64 | -2.8% |
| 171st | Marshall Islands | 5.76 | -3.6% |
| 172nd | São Tomé and Principe | 5.77 | -1.0% |
| 173rd | Maldives | 5.80 | -5.4% |
| 174th | Iraq | 5.83 | -1.6% |
| 175th | Timor-Leste | 5.84 | 0.4% |
| 176th | Djibouti | 5.86 | -1.3% |
| 177th | Kenya | 5.94 | -3.2% |
| 178th | Equatorial Guinea | 5.99 | 0.0% |
| 179th | Lao PDR | 5.99 | -1.2% |
| 180th | Togo | 5.99 | -1.3% |
| 181st | Central African Republic | 6.03 | -0.3% |
| 182nd | Sudan | 6.05 | -0.4% |
| 183rd | Madagascar | 6.12 | -0.4% |
| 184th | Tanzania | 6.14 | -1.1% |
| 185th | Mauritania | 6.16 | -0.3% |
| 186th | Gambia, The | 6.19 | -0.9% |
| 187th | Oman | 6.20 | -4.0% |
| 188th | Eritrea | 6.24 | -1.5% |
| 189th | Senegal | 6.27 | -2.0% |
| 190th | Mozambique | 6.28 | -0.7% |
| 191st | Pakistan | 6.29 | -1.1% |
| 192nd | Liberia | 6.32 | -0.7% |
| 193rd | Cameroon | 6.32 | -0.6% |
| 194th | Comoros | 6.35 | -2.3% |
| 195th | Nigeria | 6.43 | -0.5% |
| 196th | Zambia | 6.46 | -1.7% |
| 197th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.47 | -0.4% |
| 198th | Guinea | 6.48 | -0.5% |
| 199th | Sierra Leone | 6.55 | -0.2% |
| 200th | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.59 | -2.0% |
| 201st | Rwanda | 6.62 | -2.7% |
| 202nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.65 | -0.1% |
| 203rd | Benin | 6.67 | -1.1% |
| 204th | Malawi | 6.68 | -0.9% |
| 205th | West Bank and Gaza | 6.75 | -0.9% |
| 206th | Uganda | 6.94 | -1.0% |
| 207th | Burkina Faso | 6.97 | -0.5% |
| 208th | Angola | 7.21 | -0.9% |
| 209th | Chad | 7.26 | 0.6% |
| 210th | Mali | 7.28 | -0.4% |
| 211th | Burundi | 7.34 | -0.4% |
| 212th | South Sudan | 7.38 | 0.0% |
| 213th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.47 | 0.4% |
| 214th | Afghanistan | 7.63 | 0.7% |
| 215th | Niger | 7.80 | -0.1% |
| 216th | Yemen, Republic of | 8.46 | -1.7% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's fertility rate in 1991?▾
Sri Lanka's fertility rate in 1991 was 2.51. This ranked 76th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's fertility rate change in 1991?▾
Sri Lanka's fertility rate decreased by 1.1% in 1991 compared to 1990.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 1991?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest fertility rate in 1991 at 8.46.
What is the fertility rate of Sri Lanka in 1991?▾
The fertility rate of Sri Lanka in 1991 was 2.51. This ranked 76th globally.
How does 1991 compare to 1990 for Sri Lanka's fertility rate?▾
Sri Lanka's fertility rate went from 2.54 in 1990 to 2.51 in 1991, a 1.1% decrease.
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