Population of Sri Lanka

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	18 Jan 2021

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Sri Lanka population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	7,971,098	-	-	0.31
1951	8,108,433	137,335	1.72	0.31
1952	8,256,552	148,119	1.83	0.31
1953	8,417,113	160,561	1.94	0.31
1954	8,591,018	173,905	2.07	0.32
1955	8,778,438	187,420	2.18	0.32
1956	8,978,765	200,327	2.28	0.32
1957	9,190,650	211,885	2.36	0.32
1958	9,412,139	221,489	2.41	0.32
1959	9,640,825	228,686	2.43	0.32
1960	9,874,476	233,651	2.42	0.33
1961	10,111,637	237,161	2.40	0.33
1962	10,352,179	240,542	2.38	0.33
1963	10,597,511	245,332	2.37	0.33
1964	10,849,975	252,464	2.38	0.33
1965	11,110,820	260,845	2.40	0.33
1966	11,380,670	269,850	2.43	0.33
1967	11,657,650	276,980	2.43	0.34
1968	11,937,600	279,950	2.40	0.34
1969	12,214,956	277,356	2.32	0.34
1970	12,485,740	270,784	2.22	0.34
1971	12,747,821	262,081	2.10	0.34
1972	13,002,231	254,410	2.00	0.34
1973	13,252,036	249,805	1.92	0.34
1974	13,501,935	249,899	1.89	0.34
1975	13,755,146	253,211	1.88	0.34
1976	14,012,899	257,753	1.87	0.34
1977	14,273,495	260,596	1.86	0.34
1978	14,533,690	260,195	1.82	0.34
1979	14,788,862	255,172	1.76	0.34
1980	15,035,834	246,972	1.67	0.34
1981	15,272,831	236,997	1.58	0.34
1982	15,501,207	228,376	1.50	0.34
1983	15,724,651	223,444	1.44	0.33
1984	15,948,487	223,836	1.42	0.33
1985	16,176,280	227,793	1.43	0.33
1986	16,408,859	232,579	1.44	0.33
1987	16,643,952	235,093	1.43	0.33
1988	16,878,189	234,237	1.41	0.33
1989	17,106,753	228,564	1.35	0.33
1990	17,325,773	219,020	1.28	0.33
1991	17,535,729	209,956	1.21	0.32
1992	17,736,821	201,092	1.15	0.32
1993	17,924,823	188,002	1.06	0.32
1994	18,094,477	169,654	0.95	0.32
1995	18,242,912	148,435	0.82	0.32
1996	18,367,288	124,376	0.68	0.32
1997	18,470,900	103,612	0.56	0.31
1998	18,564,599	93,699	0.51	0.31
1999	18,663,284	98,685	0.53	0.31
2000	18,777,601	114,317	0.61	0.31
2001	18,911,730	134,129	0.71	0.30
2002	19,062,482	150,752	0.80	0.30
2003	19,224,037	161,555	0.85	0.30
2004	19,387,153	163,116	0.85	0.30
2005	19,544,988	157,835	0.81	0.30
2006	19,695,972	150,984	0.77	0.30
2007	19,842,044	146,072	0.74	0.30
2008	19,983,984	141,940	0.72	0.29
2009	20,123,508	139,524	0.70	0.29
2010	20,261,737	138,229	0.69	0.29
2011	20,398,497	136,760	0.67	0.29
2012	20,532,600	134,103	0.66	0.29
2013	20,663,046	130,446	0.64	0.29
2014	20,788,511	125,465	0.61	0.28
2015	20,908,027	119,516	0.57	0.28
2016	21,021,171	113,144	0.54	0.28
2017	21,128,032	106,861	0.51	0.28
2018	21,228,763	100,731	0.48	0.28
2019	21,323,733	94,970	0.45	0.28

Sri Lanka population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	21,413,249	89,516	0.42	0.27
2021	21,497,310	84,061	0.39	0.27
2022	21,575,842	78,532	0.37	0.27
2023	21,648,976	73,134	0.34	0.27
2024	21,716,870	67,894	0.31	0.27
2025	21,779,681	62,811	0.29	0.27
2026	21,837,419	57,738	0.27	0.26
2027	21,890,196	52,777	0.24	0.26
2028	21,938,411	48,215	0.22	0.26
2029	21,982,564	44,153	0.20	0.26
2030	22,023,016	40,452	0.18	0.26
2031	22,059,913	36,897	0.17	0.26
2032	22,093,106	33,193	0.15	0.25
2033	22,122,239	29,133	0.13	0.25
2034	22,146,781	24,542	0.11	0.25
2035	22,166,314	19,533	0.09	0.25
2036	22,180,722	14,408	0.06	0.25
2037	22,190,017	9,295	0.04	0.25
2038	22,194,093	4,076	0.02	0.24
2039	22,192,862	-1,231	-0.01	0.24
2040	22,186,241	-6,621	-0.03	0.24
2041	22,174,208	-12,033	-0.05	0.24
2042	22,156,711	-17,497	-0.08	0.24
2043	22,133,621	-23,090	-0.10	0.24
2044	22,104,810	-28,811	-0.13	0.23
2045	22,070,206	-34,604	-0.16	0.23
2046	22,029,827	-40,379	-0.18	0.23
2047	21,983,793	-46,034	-0.21	0.23
2048	21,932,298	-51,495	-0.23	0.23
2049	21,875,607	-56,691	-0.26	0.23
2050	21,813,968	-61,639	-0.28	0.22
2051	21,747,507	-66,461	-0.30	0.22
2052	21,676,394	-71,113	-0.33	0.22
2053	21,600,931	-75,463	-0.35	0.22
2054	21,521,422	-79,509	-0.37	0.22
2055	21,438,198	-83,224	-0.39	0.22
2056	21,351,438	-86,760	-0.40	0.21
2057	21,261,268	-90,170	-0.42	0.21
2058	21,167,907	-93,361	-0.44	0.21
2059	21,071,510	-96,397	-0.46	0.21
2060	20,972,251	-99,259	-0.47	0.21
2061	20,870,265	-101,986	-0.49	0.20
2062	20,765,668	-104,597	-0.50	0.20
2063	20,658,534	-107,134	-0.52	0.20
2064	20,548,882	-109,652	-0.53	0.20
2065	20,436,765	-112,117	-0.55	0.20
2066	20,322,270	-114,495	-0.56	0.20
2067	20,205,493	-116,777	-0.57	0.19
2068	20,086,444	-119,049	-0.59	0.19
2069	19,965,176	-121,268	-0.60	0.19
2070	19,841,714	-123,462	-0.62	0.19
2071	19,716,113	-125,601	-0.63	0.19
2072	19,588,433	-127,680	-0.65	0.19
2073	19,458,777	-129,656	-0.66	0.18
2074	19,327,218	-131,559	-0.68	0.18
2075	19,193,854	-133,364	-0.69	0.18
2076	19,058,707	-135,147	-0.70	0.18
2077	18,921,813	-136,894	-0.72	0.18
2078	18,783,240	-138,573	-0.73	0.18
2079	18,643,074	-140,166	-0.75	0.17
2080	18,501,348	-141,726	-0.76	0.17
2081	18,358,098	-143,250	-0.77	0.17
2082	18,213,297	-144,801	-0.79	0.17
2083	18,066,859	-146,438	-0.80	0.17
2084	17,918,685	-148,174	-0.82	0.17
2085	17,768,655	-150,030	-0.84	0.17
2086	17,616,774	-151,881	-0.85	0.16
2087	17,463,018	-153,756	-0.87	0.16
2088	17,307,289	-155,729	-0.89	0.16
2089	17,149,463	-157,826	-0.91	0.16
2090	16,989,475	-159,988	-0.93	0.16
2091	16,827,292	-162,183	-0.95	0.16
2092	16,662,915	-164,377	-0.98	0.15
2093	16,496,406	-166,509	-1.00	0.15
2094	16,327,804	-168,602	-1.02	0.15
2095	16,157,200	-170,604	-1.04	0.15
2096	15,984,611	-172,589	-1.07	0.15
2097	15,810,088	-174,523	-1.09	0.15
2098	15,633,674	-176,414	-1.12	0.14
2099	15,455,381	-178,293	-1.14	0.14
2100	15,275,210	-180,171	-1.17	0.14