Birth and death rates by district

Birth and death rates by district. Per 1,000 persons, annual, 2015–2025.

Published by the RGD; read from CBSL Economic and Social Statistics.

Colombo - crude birth rate8.9−6.3%
Colombo - crude death rate8.3+1.2%
Gampaha - crude birth rate7.6−3.8%
Gampaha - crude death rate80.0%
Kalutara - crude birth rate7.70.0%
Kalutara - crude death rate8.8+1.1%
Kandy - crude birth rate9.8−5.8%
Kandy - crude death rate8.3+2.5%
Matale - crude birth rate8.8−7.4%
Matale - crude death rate8.5+2.4%
Nuwara Eliya - crude birth rate11.1+1.8%
Nuwara Eliya - crude death rate7.8+13.0%
Galle - crude birth rate9.7−4.0%
Galle - crude death rate8.7−7.4%
Matara - crude birth rate8.3+1.2%
Matara - crude death rate8.4+10.5%
Hambantota - crude birth rate11.3−5.8%
Hambantota - crude death rate7.10.0%
Jaffna - crude birth rate13+4.8%
Jaffna - crude death rate9.3+9.4%
Kilinochchi - crude birth rate16−7.0%
Kilinochchi - crude death rate7.6+40.7%
Mannar - crude birth rate12.8−28.1%
Mannar - crude death rate5.4+5.9%
Vavuniya - crude birth rate15.6+4.7%
Vavuniya - crude death rate7.1+26.8%
Mullaitivu - crude birth rate11.8+21.6%
Mullaitivu - crude death rate3.1−34.0%
Batticaloa - crude birth rate14.6−2.0%
Batticaloa - crude death rate6.2−1.6%
Ampara - crude birth rate13.2−10.2%
Ampara - crude death rate6.2+1.6%
Trincomalee - crude birth rate15.10.0%
Trincomalee - crude death rate5.5+1.9%
Kurunegala - crude birth rate8.8−6.4%
Kurunegala - crude death rate8.4−2.3%
Puttalam - crude birth rate9.9−10.8%
Puttalam - crude death rate7.5+1.4%
Anuradhapura - crude birth rate10.2+21.4%
Anuradhapura - crude death rate7.3+7.4%
Polonnaruwa - crude birth rate10.8+5.9%
Polonnaruwa - crude death rate7.9−1.2%
Badulla - crude birth rate12.2+10.9%
Badulla - crude death rate8.1+3.8%
Moneragala - crude birth rate10.1+6.3%
Moneragala - crude death rate6.1−6.2%
Ratnapura - crude birth rate8.6−2.3%
Ratnapura - crude death rate8.1+1.2%
Kegalle - crude birth rate9.20.0%
Kegalle - crude death rate8.9+1.1%
Sri Lanka - crude birth rate9.9−2.0%
Sri Lanka - crude death rate7.9+1.3%

Colombo - crude birth rate

per 1,000 persons, annual. 2025: 8.9, −6.3% on a year earlier

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Published by the RGD; read from CBSL Economic and Social Statistics.

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.