Demographics of Sri Lanka
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
Date | 29 Mar 2024 |
There are 10.56 million males and 11.38 million females in Sri Lanka. The percentage of the male population is 48.12%, compared to 51.88% of the female population. Sri Lanka has 8268k more females than males. The sex ratio in Sri Lanka in 2024 will be 92.748 males per 100 females. Sri Lanka is in the 33rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 7,945,977 | 1.77 |
1955 | 8,749,627 | 2.03 |
1960 | 9,783,871 | 2.42 |
1965 | 11,035,224 | 2.38 |
1970 | 12,388,769 | 2.17 |
1975 | 13,662,873 | 1.80 |
1980 | 14,943,645 | 1.73 |
1985 | 16,092,338 | 1.39 |
1990 | 17,204,094 | 1.26 |
1995 | 18,177,572 | 0.85 |
2000 | 18,776,371 | 0.52 |
2005 | 19,673,866 | 0.95 |
2010 | 20,668,557 | 0.89 |
2015 | 21,336,697 | 0.43 |
2020 | 21,715,079 | 0.29 |
2021 | 21,773,441 | 0.24 |
2022 | 21,832,143 | 0.30 |
2023 | 21,893,579 | 0.27 |
2024 | 21,949,268 | 0.24 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 152,260 | 285,353 | 19.167 | 35.921 |
1955 | 131,593 | 320,976 | 15.027 | 36.654 |
1960 | 108,578 | 357,945 | 11.090 | 36.560 |
1965 | 101,633 | 372,923 | 9.206 | 33.780 |
1970 | 94,057 | 379,726 | 7.587 | 30.631 |
1975 | 98,258 | 381,220 | 7.181 | 27.860 |
1980 | 96,865 | 421,530 | 6.468 | 28.146 |
1985 | 93,921 | 370,764 | 5.827 | 23.004 |
1990 | 102,009 | 354,541 | 5.923 | 20.586 |
1995 | 115,531 | 343,872 | 6.343 | 18.880 |
2000 | 152,525 | 342,452 | 8.101 | 18.189 |
2005 | 147,508 | 370,691 | 7.489 | 18.821 |
2010 | 152,389 | 363,013 | 7.369 | 17.553 |
2015 | 149,258 | 339,695 | 6.980 | 15.886 |
2020 | 153,533 | 309,760 | 7.056 | 14.235 |
2021 | 160,593 | 305,877 | 7.360 | 14.019 |
2022 | 159,362 | 301,383 | 7.287 | 13.781 |
2023 | 162,146 | 297,987 | 7.393 | 13.587 |
2024 | 164,915 | 295,432 | 7.500 | 13.436 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | ||
1950 | 1,221,741 | 6,749,357 | 15.327 |
1955 | 1,373,606 | 7,404,843 | 15.647 |
1960 | 1,622,519 | 8,251,962 | 16.431 |
1965 | 1,901,067 | 9,209,761 | 17.110 |
1970 | 2,197,238 | 10,288,518 | 17.598 |
1975 | 2,489,237 | 11,265,924 | 18.097 |
1980 | 2,797,666 | 12,238,190 | 18.607 |
1985 | 3,011,554 | 13,168,242 | 18.613 |
1990 | 3,212,099 | 14,117,614 | 18.535 |
1995 | 3,367,985 | 14,879,136 | 18.458 |
2000 | 3,452,171 | 15,329,767 | 18.380 |
2005 | 3,573,620 | 15,950,938 | 18.303 |
2010 | 3,681,427 | 16,516,926 | 18.226 |
2015 | 3,781,471 | 16,932,569 | 18.256 |
2020 | 3,945,488 | 17,138,554 | 18.713 |
2021 | 3,988,114 | 17,157,885 | 18.860 |
2022 | 4,034,302 | 17,170,199 | 19.026 |
2023 | 4,083,985 | 17,174,747 | 19.211 |
2024 | 4,137,016 | 17,170,471 | 19.416 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 763,284 | 731,811 | 1,495,094 | 6.81 | 104.301 |
05-09 | 817,848 | 784,540 | 1,602,389 | 7.30 | 104.246 |
10-14 | 881,992 | 855,928 | 1,737,920 | 7.92 | 103.045 |
15-19 | 901,835 | 879,288 | 1,781,122 | 8.11 | 102.564 |
20-24 | 830,418 | 808,342 | 1,638,761 | 7.47 | 102.731 |
25-29 | 751,118 | 736,913 | 1,488,031 | 6.78 | 101.928 |
30-34 | 703,751 | 737,174 | 1,440,926 | 6.56 | 95.466 |
35-39 | 664,852 | 727,012 | 1,391,864 | 6.34 | 91.450 |
40-44 | 749,886 | 813,218 | 1,563,104 | 7.12 | 92.212 |
45-49 | 682,760 | 739,212 | 1,421,973 | 6.48 | 92.363 |
50-54 | 618,976 | 678,773 | 1,297,749 | 5.91 | 91.190 |
55-59 | 573,557 | 652,220 | 1,225,777 | 5.58 | 87.939 |
60-64 | 531,891 | 628,169 | 1,160,060 | 5.29 | 84.673 |
65-69 | 429,714 | 539,706 | 969,419 | 4.42 | 79.620 |
70-74 | 325,587 | 453,933 | 779,519 | 3.55 | 71.726 |
75-79 | 198,995 | 320,912 | 519,908 | 2.37 | 62.009 |
80-84 | 91,746 | 178,933 | 270,680 | 1.23 | 51.274 |
85-89 | 33,523 | 85,739 | 119,263 | 0.54 | 39.099 |
90-94 | 8,662 | 29,764 | 38,425 | 0.18 | 29.102 |
95-99 | 1,276 | 5,389 | 6,665 | 0.03 | 23.678 |
100+ | 79 | 541 | 620 | 0.00 | 14.603 |
Total | 10,561,750 | 11,387,517 | 21,949,269 | 92.748 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio