# Live births in Sri Lanka

Live births in Sri Lanka was 324,102 in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `births`
- Place id: `lk`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/births/sri-lanka
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=births&place=lk

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 324,102 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 326,112 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 328,525 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 331,170 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 334,362 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 337,145 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 339,514 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 342,918 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 348,168 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 356,005 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 363,696 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 363,017 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 359,070 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 358,011 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 365,886 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 375,547 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 385,456 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 383,691 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 378,376 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 378,170 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 380,930 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 379,721 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 371,424 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 355,040 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 338,438 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 331,320 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 336,714 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 340,970 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 344,690 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 344,907 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 340,144 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 335,740 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 332,081 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 335,791 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 334,326 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 327,043 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 331,586 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 336,476 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 348,540 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 362,742 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 375,766 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 396,732 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 424,830 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 424,706 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 426,916 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 415,361 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 398,213 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 390,804 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 381,947 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 375,065 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 377,411 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 380,516 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 379,454 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 382,894 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 381,866 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 382,157 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 380,300 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 371,564 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 369,071 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 367,218 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 361,121 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 356,064 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 352,100 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 350,999 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 347,545 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 339,094 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 327,500 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 316,297 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 312,004 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 307,274 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 302,216 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 296,067 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 289,322 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 280,651 (estimated) |