🇱🇰 Sri Lanka’s annual childbirths fell 36.2% from 2015 to 2025

⭕ Sri Lanka recorded 214,570 childbirths in 2025, down from 336,097 in 2015.

⭕ Between 2019 and 2025, annual childbirths fell by 104,440, or about 33%.

⭕ The government linked the decline to later and fewer marriages, increased separation and divorce, delayed family formation, and rising financial pressure from living, housing, education and childcare costs.

Source: Parliamentary response by the minister of health and mass media, June 24, 2026.

#SriLanka #BirthRate

15 Jul 2026, 10:32

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Marriages decrease AIDS increase
3 months ago
Is it not a good thing?
3 months ago
Why the Y axis is not marked? Very sus bar graph!!
3 months ago
Feminism is the problem
3 months ago
We should go extinct. The greatest thing we can for our offspring is not bringing them to shit shit hole of a country
3 months ago
It's a worldwide phenomenom,not srilankan
3 months ago
there is absolutely no point in raising children in the 21st century, The best options should be a good financial back up, health, Fitness and fun lifestyle.
3 months ago
Crappy economy + People are finally realizing breeding is not the only propose in life
3 months ago
1. Amasawa Seiji 2nd point is the main truth, 1st point is challengeable as the poorest people are the ones making kids
  3 months ago
හොඳයි, හිගන්නු පැටව් ගැහුවම රටේ මිනිස්සුන්ටමයි බර
3 months ago
Government could make an environment where people feel secure to raise a family.
3 months agoLikes:5
1. Nadishan Weerasooriya Say "the state". Not "the govt".
  3 months ago
එක්තරා ජාතියක නම් උපත් අඩු වෙන්නෑ ළමයි පහයි බඩේ එකයි එක්ක ත්‍රීවිල් එකක පටවගෙන යනව දැක්ක ඊයෙ පෙරේද අනේ වාසනාවං
3 months agoLikes:5
Koththu in action 😯
3 months ago
towards to quick indian colonization :)
3 months ago
පුළුවනි තරම් සිංහල ජාතිය බෝ කරපල්ලා, උතුරු හා නැගෙනහිර පුළුවනි තරම් පදිංචි වෙයල්ලා.සිංහල අයට දාව විතරයි ළමයි උපදිනවා අඩු , මුස්ලිම් , දමිල අයගේ ළමයි උපත් අඩුවක් නෑ
3 months agoLikes:1
1. Saranga Nikapitiya umba kanna adinna denawada
  3 months agoLikes:1
2. Yuresh Shanika Y ahenne ? umba kanna adinna denawada ? denne netnam nikam tiyena Pu#%$ eke tin kiri ga ganne netuwa idapan
  3 months ago
Wolves are worried that the sheep are not breeding enough
3 months agoLikes:13
1. Shenal Fernando best comment ever
  3 months agoLikes:1
2. Shenal Fernando love this ❤️
  3 months ago
Reduced educational expenses, increased pension and socio care expenses
3 months ago
So we may not need many schools in the future
3 months agoLikes:1
Interesting !
3 months agoLikes:3
1. Ajith P Perera උබල ආණ්ඩුකරන්න ගත්ත 2015 ඉදන් තමා කෙලවෙන්න අරන් තියෙන්නෙ. ආයි ඉල්ලනව 😅💩
  3 months agoLikes:3
2. Ajith P Perera පච පෙරේරා
  3 months ago
3. Ajith P Perera less votes for SJB. 😂
  3 months ago
As a demographer, I view this decline in annual births as a result of multiple interconnected social, economic, and demographic changes rather than a single factor. Economic pressures, rising costs of living, housing, education and childcare expenses certainly influence fertility decisions. However, changes in marriage patterns, delayed family formation, increased individualism, changing aspirations, greater focus on education and careers, and work-life challenges also play important roles. Many young people today are making more conscious decisions about the timing and size of their families based on their personal goals, economic security, and quality of life expectations. Therefore, addressing declining births requires a broader approach that supports young people through stable employment, affordable housing, childcare facilities, and policies that enable a better balance between family and personal aspirations.
3 months agoLikes:16
1. Neranjala Sumathipala yes. And the main part is the surplus money. Very few can afford a child. Earlier one person's salary was enough to manage the whole family. And raising a child is not among their personal goals.
  3 months agoLikes:1
2. Suraj Suresh Kannan I agree that economic capacity is an important factor influencing fertility decisions. However, from a demographic perspective, low birth rates are shaped by a combination of economic, social, and cultural changes. Today, beyond financial affordability, people’s aspirations, career priorities, individual choices, changing family values, and expectations about quality of life also influence decisions about having children. Therefore, it is important to understand fertility decline as a broader social transformation rather than only an economic issue.
  3 months ago
3. Neranjala Sumathipala a well worded response rooted in actual facts 👍
  3 months agoLikes:1

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🇱🇰 Sri Lanka’s annual childbirths fell 36.2% from 2015 to 2025

⭕ Sri Lanka recorded 214,570 childbirths in 2025, down from 336,097 in 2015.

⭕ Between 2019 and 2025, annual childbirths fell by 104,440, or about 33%.

Source: Parliamentary response by the minister of health and mass media, June 24, 2026.

#SriLanka #BirthRate

15 Jul 2026, 10:32

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Original post on X — Numbers.lk (@numberslka)

Comments31

Reply on Facebook

Marriages decrease AIDS increase
3 months ago
Is it not a good thing?
3 months ago
Why the Y axis is not marked? Very sus bar graph!!
3 months ago
Feminism is the problem
3 months ago
We should go extinct. The greatest thing we can for our offspring is not bringing them to shit shit hole of a country
3 months ago
It's a worldwide phenomenom,not srilankan
3 months ago
there is absolutely no point in raising children in the 21st century, The best options should be a good financial back up, health, Fitness and fun lifestyle.
3 months ago
Crappy economy + People are finally realizing breeding is not the only propose in life
3 months ago
1. Amasawa Seiji 2nd point is the main truth, 1st point is challengeable as the poorest people are the ones making kids
  3 months ago
හොඳයි, හිගන්නු පැටව් ගැහුවම රටේ මිනිස්සුන්ටමයි බර
3 months ago
Government could make an environment where people feel secure to raise a family.
3 months agoLikes:5
1. Nadishan Weerasooriya Say "the state". Not "the govt".
  3 months ago
එක්තරා ජාතියක නම් උපත් අඩු වෙන්නෑ ළමයි පහයි බඩේ එකයි එක්ක ත්‍රීවිල් එකක පටවගෙන යනව දැක්ක ඊයෙ පෙරේද අනේ වාසනාවං
3 months agoLikes:5
Koththu in action 😯
3 months ago
towards to quick indian colonization :)
3 months ago
පුළුවනි තරම් සිංහල ජාතිය බෝ කරපල්ලා, උතුරු හා නැගෙනහිර පුළුවනි තරම් පදිංචි වෙයල්ලා.සිංහල අයට දාව විතරයි ළමයි උපදිනවා අඩු , මුස්ලිම් , දමිල අයගේ ළමයි උපත් අඩුවක් නෑ
3 months agoLikes:1
1. Saranga Nikapitiya umba kanna adinna denawada
  3 months agoLikes:1
2. Yuresh Shanika Y ahenne ? umba kanna adinna denawada ? denne netnam nikam tiyena Pu#%$ eke tin kiri ga ganne netuwa idapan
  3 months ago
Wolves are worried that the sheep are not breeding enough
3 months agoLikes:13
1. Shenal Fernando best comment ever
  3 months agoLikes:1
2. Shenal Fernando love this ❤️
  3 months ago
Reduced educational expenses, increased pension and socio care expenses
3 months ago
So we may not need many schools in the future
3 months agoLikes:1
Interesting !
3 months agoLikes:3
1. Ajith P Perera උබල ආණ්ඩුකරන්න ගත්ත 2015 ඉදන් තමා කෙලවෙන්න අරන් තියෙන්නෙ. ආයි ඉල්ලනව 😅💩
  3 months agoLikes:3
2. Ajith P Perera පච පෙරේරා
  3 months ago
3. Ajith P Perera less votes for SJB. 😂
  3 months ago
As a demographer, I view this decline in annual births as a result of multiple interconnected social, economic, and demographic changes rather than a single factor. Economic pressures, rising costs of living, housing, education and childcare expenses certainly influence fertility decisions. However, changes in marriage patterns, delayed family formation, increased individualism, changing aspirations, greater focus on education and careers, and work-life challenges also play important roles. Many young people today are making more conscious decisions about the timing and size of their families based on their personal goals, economic security, and quality of life expectations. Therefore, addressing declining births requires a broader approach that supports young people through stable employment, affordable housing, childcare facilities, and policies that enable a better balance between family and personal aspirations.
3 months agoLikes:16
1. Neranjala Sumathipala yes. And the main part is the surplus money. Very few can afford a child. Earlier one person's salary was enough to manage the whole family. And raising a child is not among their personal goals.
  3 months agoLikes:1
2. Suraj Suresh Kannan I agree that economic capacity is an important factor influencing fertility decisions. However, from a demographic perspective, low birth rates are shaped by a combination of economic, social, and cultural changes. Today, beyond financial affordability, people’s aspirations, career priorities, individual choices, changing family values, and expectations about quality of life also influence decisions about having children. Therefore, it is important to understand fertility decline as a broader social transformation rather than only an economic issue.
  3 months ago
3. Neranjala Sumathipala a well worded response rooted in actual facts 👍
  3 months agoLikes:1

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