# Adolescent birth rate in Sri Lanka

Adolescent birth rate in Sri Lanka was 15.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `adolescent_fertility_rate`
- Place id: `lk`
- Unit: births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19
- Definition: Births to women aged 15 to 19 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in the year. World Bank series from the UN World Population Prospects.
- Note: UN estimates fitted to registration, census and survey data, so they can differ from national birth counts. Years after the last WPP estimate year are projections and are not stored.
- Source: World Bank, Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
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- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) (SP.ADO.TFRT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/adolescent-birth-rate/sri-lanka
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=adolescent_fertility_rate&place=lk

| Period | births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 15.1 |
| 2022 | 15.1 |
| 2021 | 15.4 |
| 2020 | 15.5 |
| 2019 | 15.6 |
| 2018 | 15.8 |
| 2017 | 16.2 |
| 2016 | 16.5 |
| 2015 | 17 |
| 2014 | 18.1 |
| 2013 | 19.8 |
| 2012 | 20.9 |
| 2011 | 21.3 |
| 2010 | 21.7 |
| 2009 | 21.6 |
| 2008 | 20.9 |
| 2007 | 21.7 |
| 2006 | 22.2 |
| 2005 | 24.3 |
| 2004 | 26.3 |
| 2003 | 27.8 |
| 2002 | 29.3 |
| 2001 | 30.2 |
| 2000 | 29.8 |
| 1999 | 28.9 |
| 1998 | 27.8 |
| 1997 | 28.1 |
| 1996 | 28.3 |
| 1995 | 29 |
| 1994 | 28.8 |
| 1993 | 28.2 |
| 1992 | 28.2 |
| 1991 | 28.6 |
| 1990 | 29.7 |
| 1989 | 30.7 |
| 1988 | 30.1 |
| 1987 | 31.7 |
| 1986 | 33.2 |
| 1985 | 33.7 |
| 1984 | 34.8 |
| 1983 | 35.9 |
| 1982 | 37.8 |
| 1981 | 37.3 |
| 1980 | 37.5 |
| 1979 | 41.1 |
| 1978 | 39.1 |
| 1977 | 37.5 |
| 1976 | 37.5 |
| 1975 | 36.2 |
| 1974 | 36.7 |
| 1973 | 37.5 |
| 1972 | 38.9 |
| 1971 | 42.4 |
| 1970 | 45.6 |
| 1969 | 46.6 |
| 1968 | 49.5 |
| 1967 | 49.9 |
| 1966 | 49.9 |
| 1965 | 52.6 |
| 1964 | 55.8 |
| 1963 | 61 |
| 1962 | 64.7 |
| 1961 | 69 |
| 1960 | 71 |