A marked decline in the annual number of births has been observed in the country.

According to the data report on births, deaths and marriages released by the Census and Statistics Department from 2019 to 2022, it is reported that a significant decrease in the number of annual births has been observed.

The Census and Statistics Department points out that the number of registered births has gradually decreased every year since 2014.

Accordingly, the number of registered births has decreased to 268,920 in the year up to July 1st of this year.
(lknews.lk)