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How many babies are born in Sri Lanka?

316 thousand babies born in Sri Lanka in 2026. That is 0.24% of all births worldwide, and the 70th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Sri Lanka: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Sri Lanka’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~12K ~300K 41.6 Modelled estimate
1000 ~33K ~800K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1500 ~41K ~1,000K 41.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~69.6K ~1.75M 39.8 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~176K ~4.06M 43.2 Historical reconstruction
1950 281K 7.81M 35.9 UN estimate
2000 355K 19.3M 18.4 UN estimate
2023 324K 23M 14.1 UN estimate
2026 316K 23.3M 13.6 UN projection
2050 269K 24.8M 10.9 UN projection
2075 223K 23.8M 9.4 UN projection
2100 179K 21.2M 8.4 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Sri Lanka among estimates through 2023 were in 1979, at about 427K. That is roughly 34 times the estimated ~12.5K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.93 children per woman, fertility in Sri Lanka is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Sri Lanka each year?

An estimated 316 thousand babies are born in Sri Lanka in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 866 a day and 0.24% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka has an estimated 13.6 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.93 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.