Population of Sri Lanka
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2024) |
Date | 18 Aug 2024 |
The current population of Sri Lanka is 23,160,104 as of December 06, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Sri Lanka is projected at 23,103,565, or 23.10 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Sri Lanka is projected at 22,971,617, or 22.97 million people for the year 2023.
Sri Lanka ranks 61st in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Sri Lanka is ranked 24th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.
- Population
- Growth rate
- Net change
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
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1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
1950 | 7,741,121 | 7,811,047 | 139,852 | 1.790 | 0.31 |
1951 | 7,880,973 | 7,956,334 | 150,722 | 1.894 | 0.31 |
1952 | 8,031,695 | 8,111,560 | 159,731 | 1.969 | 0.31 |
1953 | 8,191,426 | 8,275,144 | 167,436 | 2.023 | 0.31 |
1954 | 8,358,862 | 8,445,935 | 174,147 | 2.062 | 0.31 |
1955 | 8,533,009 | 8,623,331 | 180,643 | 2.095 | 0.31 |
1956 | 8,713,652 | 8,807,219 | 187,133 | 2.125 | 0.32 |
1957 | 8,900,785 | 9,000,996 | 200,423 | 2.227 | 0.32 |
1958 | 9,101,208 | 9,208,817 | 215,219 | 2.337 | 0.32 |
1959 | 9,316,427 | 9,430,152 | 227,450 | 2.412 | 0.32 |
1960 | 9,543,877 | 9,661,389 | 235,024 | 2.433 | 0.32 |
1961 | 9,778,901 | 9,899,372 | 240,943 | 2.434 | 0.32 |
1962 | 10,019,844 | 10,143,754 | 247,819 | 2.443 | 0.32 |
1963 | 10,267,663 | 10,395,040 | 254,753 | 2.451 | 0.33 |
1964 | 10,522,416 | 10,653,397 | 261,961 | 2.459 | 0.33 |
1965 | 10,784,377 | 10,916,965 | 265,175 | 2.429 | 0.33 |
1966 | 11,049,552 | 11,183,928 | 268,753 | 2.403 | 0.33 |
1967 | 11,318,305 | 11,457,328 | 278,047 | 2.427 | 0.33 |
1968 | 11,596,352 | 11,736,088 | 279,472 | 2.381 | 0.33 |
1969 | 11,875,824 | 12,013,858 | 276,067 | 2.298 | 0.33 |
1970 | 12,151,891 | 12,287,110 | 270,438 | 2.201 | 0.33 |
1971 | 12,422,329 | 12,551,910 | 259,162 | 2.065 | 0.33 |
1972 | 12,681,491 | 12,809,205 | 255,428 | 1.994 | 0.33 |
1973 | 12,936,919 | 13,060,916 | 247,994 | 1.899 | 0.33 |
1974 | 13,184,913 | 13,305,693 | 241,560 | 1.816 | 0.33 |
1975 | 13,426,473 | 13,548,984 | 245,021 | 1.808 | 0.33 |
1976 | 13,671,494 | 13,796,770 | 250,551 | 1.816 | 0.33 |
1977 | 13,922,045 | 14,049,371 | 254,653 | 1.813 | 0.33 |
1978 | 14,176,698 | 14,310,128 | 266,860 | 1.865 | 0.33 |
1979 | 14,443,558 | 14,579,614 | 272,112 | 1.866 | 0.33 |
1980 | 14,715,670 | 14,847,974 | 264,608 | 1.782 | 0.33 |
1981 | 14,980,278 | 15,099,414 | 238,272 | 1.578 | 0.33 |
1982 | 15,218,550 | 15,286,567 | 136,035 | 0.890 | 0.33 |
1983 | 15,354,585 | 15,388,794 | 68,419 | 0.445 | 0.33 |
1984 | 15,423,004 | 15,441,860 | 37,711 | 0.244 | 0.32 |
1985 | 15,460,715 | 15,544,154 | 166,877 | 1.074 | 0.32 |
1986 | 15,627,592 | 15,731,256 | 207,329 | 1.318 | 0.32 |
1987 | 15,834,921 | 15,916,576 | 163,310 | 1.026 | 0.32 |
1988 | 15,998,231 | 16,078,621 | 160,780 | 1.000 | 0.31 |
1989 | 16,159,011 | 16,248,557 | 179,092 | 1.102 | 0.31 |
1990 | 16,338,103 | 16,352,458 | 28,709 | 0.176 | 0.31 |
1991 | 16,366,812 | 16,475,354 | 217,083 | 1.318 | 0.30 |
1992 | 16,583,895 | 16,739,284 | 310,777 | 1.857 | 0.30 |
1993 | 16,894,672 | 17,025,918 | 262,493 | 1.542 | 0.30 |
1994 | 17,157,165 | 17,275,773 | 237,217 | 1.373 | 0.30 |
1995 | 17,394,382 | 17,564,068 | 339,371 | 1.932 | 0.30 |
1996 | 17,733,753 | 17,905,018 | 342,530 | 1.913 | 0.31 |
1997 | 18,076,283 | 18,248,200 | 343,834 | 1.884 | 0.31 |
1998 | 18,420,117 | 18,596,003 | 351,772 | 1.892 | 0.31 |
1999 | 18,771,889 | 18,944,731 | 345,683 | 1.825 | 0.31 |
2000 | 19,117,572 | 19,293,054 | 350,963 | 1.819 | 0.31 |
2001 | 19,468,535 | 19,600,362 | 263,655 | 1.345 | 0.31 |
2002 | 19,732,190 | 19,805,752 | 147,124 | 0.743 | 0.31 |
2003 | 19,879,314 | 19,951,521 | 144,415 | 0.724 | 0.31 |
2004 | 20,023,729 | 20,087,605 | 127,752 | 0.636 | 0.31 |
2005 | 20,151,481 | 20,216,524 | 130,087 | 0.643 | 0.31 |
2006 | 20,281,568 | 20,352,411 | 141,686 | 0.696 | 0.31 |
2007 | 20,423,254 | 20,492,545 | 138,582 | 0.676 | 0.30 |
2008 | 20,561,836 | 20,629,378 | 135,084 | 0.655 | 0.30 |
2009 | 20,696,920 | 20,756,435 | 119,030 | 0.573 | 0.30 |
2010 | 20,815,950 | 20,879,089 | 126,278 | 0.605 | 0.30 |
2011 | 20,942,228 | 21,009,048 | 133,640 | 0.636 | 0.30 |
2012 | 21,075,868 | 21,169,458 | 187,180 | 0.884 | 0.29 |
2013 | 21,263,048 | 21,358,827 | 191,558 | 0.897 | 0.29 |
2014 | 21,454,606 | 21,547,456 | 185,700 | 0.862 | 0.29 |
2015 | 21,640,306 | 21,729,971 | 179,331 | 0.825 | 0.29 |
2016 | 21,819,637 | 21,910,772 | 182,271 | 0.832 | 0.29 |
2017 | 22,001,908 | 22,087,522 | 171,228 | 0.775 | 0.29 |
2018 | 22,173,136 | 22,253,118 | 159,964 | 0.719 | 0.29 |
2019 | 22,333,100 | 22,410,552 | 154,903 | 0.691 | 0.29 |
2020 | 22,488,003 | 22,561,807 | 147,608 | 0.654 | 0.29 |
2021 | 22,635,611 | 22,700,372 | 129,522 | 0.571 | 0.29 |
2022 | 22,765,133 | 22,834,965 | 139,664 | 0.612 | 0.28 |
2023 | 22,904,797 | 22,971,617 | 133,640 | 0.582 | 0.28 |
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
2024 | 23,038,437 | 23,103,565 | 130,255 | 0.564 | 0.28 |
2025 | 23,168,692 | 23,229,470 | 121,557 | 0.523 | 0.28 |
2026 | 23,290,249 | 23,348,315 | 116,132 | 0.497 | 0.28 |
2027 | 23,406,381 | 23,461,560 | 110,359 | 0.470 | 0.28 |
2028 | 23,516,740 | 23,569,175 | 104,869 | 0.445 | 0.28 |
2029 | 23,621,609 | 23,670,637 | 98,056 | 0.414 | 0.28 |
2030 | 23,719,665 | 23,767,952 | 96,574 | 0.406 | 0.28 |
2031 | 23,816,239 | 23,861,630 | 90,783 | 0.380 | 0.28 |
2032 | 23,907,022 | 23,951,250 | 88,457 | 0.369 | 0.28 |
2033 | 23,995,479 | 24,037,619 | 84,279 | 0.351 | 0.27 |
2034 | 24,079,758 | 24,119,294 | 79,073 | 0.328 | 0.27 |
2035 | 24,158,831 | 24,196,475 | 75,287 | 0.311 | 0.27 |
2036 | 24,234,118 | 24,269,517 | 70,798 | 0.292 | 0.27 |
2037 | 24,304,916 | 24,339,994 | 70,155 | 0.288 | 0.27 |
2038 | 24,375,071 | 24,407,043 | 63,944 | 0.262 | 0.27 |
2039 | 24,439,015 | 24,469,399 | 60,768 | 0.248 | 0.27 |
2040 | 24,499,783 | 24,526,699 | 53,832 | 0.219 | 0.27 |
2041 | 24,553,615 | 24,578,647 | 50,064 | 0.204 | 0.27 |
2042 | 24,603,679 | 24,625,365 | 43,372 | 0.176 | 0.27 |
2043 | 24,647,051 | 24,666,659 | 39,215 | 0.159 | 0.26 |
2044 | 24,686,266 | 24,702,869 | 33,205 | 0.134 | 0.26 |
2045 | 24,719,471 | 24,736,435 | 33,929 | 0.137 | 0.26 |
2046 | 24,753,400 | 24,765,737 | 24,674 | 0.100 | 0.26 |
2047 | 24,778,074 | 24,786,708 | 17,267 | 0.070 | 0.26 |
2048 | 24,795,341 | 24,800,753 | 10,825 | 0.044 | 0.26 |
2049 | 24,806,166 | 24,809,176 | 6,019 | 0.024 | 0.26 |
2050 | 24,812,185 | 24,813,690 | 3,010 | 0.012 | 0.26 |
2051 | 24,815,195 | 24,814,757 | -875 | -0.004 | 0.26 |
2052 | 24,814,320 | 24,812,222 | -4,195 | -0.017 | 0.25 |
2053 | 24,810,125 | 24,804,892 | -10,466 | -0.042 | 0.25 |
2054 | 24,799,659 | 24,794,938 | -9,442 | -0.038 | 0.25 |
2055 | 24,790,217 | 24,784,167 | -12,099 | -0.049 | 0.25 |
2056 | 24,778,118 | 24,767,426 | -21,385 | -0.086 | 0.25 |
2057 | 24,756,733 | 24,744,905 | -23,656 | -0.096 | 0.25 |
2058 | 24,733,077 | 24,719,441 | -27,273 | -0.110 | 0.25 |
2059 | 24,705,804 | 24,691,035 | -29,539 | -0.120 | 0.25 |
2060 | 24,676,265 | 24,659,373 | -33,785 | -0.137 | 0.25 |
2061 | 24,642,480 | 24,625,465 | -34,029 | -0.138 | 0.25 |
2062 | 24,608,451 | 24,588,826 | -39,250 | -0.160 | 0.24 |
2063 | 24,569,201 | 24,547,759 | -42,884 | -0.175 | 0.24 |
2064 | 24,526,317 | 24,502,408 | -47,818 | -0.195 | 0.24 |
2065 | 24,478,499 | 24,451,440 | -54,119 | -0.221 | 0.24 |
2066 | 24,424,380 | 24,398,193 | -52,375 | -0.215 | 0.24 |
2067 | 24,372,005 | 24,343,068 | -57,874 | -0.238 | 0.24 |
2068 | 24,314,131 | 24,286,152 | -55,958 | -0.230 | 0.24 |
2069 | 24,258,173 | 24,229,898 | -56,550 | -0.233 | 0.24 |
2070 | 24,201,623 | 24,171,322 | -60,601 | -0.251 | 0.24 |
2071 | 24,141,022 | 24,109,928 | -62,189 | -0.258 | 0.24 |
2072 | 24,078,833 | 24,046,768 | -64,129 | -0.267 | 0.24 |
2073 | 24,014,704 | 23,979,901 | -69,605 | -0.290 | 0.23 |
2074 | 23,945,099 | 23,907,583 | -75,032 | -0.314 | 0.23 |
2075 | 23,870,067 | 23,833,459 | -73,216 | -0.307 | 0.23 |
2076 | 23,796,851 | 23,758,779 | -76,145 | -0.320 | 0.23 |
2077 | 23,720,706 | 23,681,151 | -79,110 | -0.334 | 0.23 |
2078 | 23,641,596 | 23,600,423 | -82,346 | -0.349 | 0.23 |
2079 | 23,559,250 | 23,514,635 | -89,231 | -0.379 | 0.23 |
2080 | 23,470,019 | 23,424,964 | -90,111 | -0.385 | 0.23 |
2081 | 23,379,908 | 23,333,082 | -93,652 | -0.401 | 0.23 |
2082 | 23,286,256 | 23,239,506 | -93,499 | -0.402 | 0.23 |
2083 | 23,192,757 | 23,144,157 | -97,201 | -0.420 | 0.22 |
2084 | 23,095,556 | 23,046,216 | -98,679 | -0.428 | 0.22 |
2085 | 22,996,877 | 22,944,819 | -104,117 | -0.454 | 0.22 |
2086 | 22,892,760 | 22,840,247 | -105,027 | -0.460 | 0.22 |
2087 | 22,787,733 | 22,734,998 | -105,471 | -0.464 | 0.22 |
2088 | 22,682,262 | 22,628,781 | -106,963 | -0.473 | 0.22 |
2089 | 22,575,299 | 22,520,551 | -109,497 | -0.486 | 0.22 |
2090 | 22,465,802 | 22,409,403 | -112,798 | -0.503 | 0.22 |
2091 | 22,353,004 | 22,297,748 | -110,512 | -0.496 | 0.22 |
2092 | 22,242,492 | 22,186,409 | -112,167 | -0.506 | 0.22 |
2093 | 22,130,325 | 22,073,390 | -113,870 | -0.516 | 0.22 |
2094 | 22,016,455 | 21,959,070 | -114,771 | -0.523 | 0.21 |
2095 | 21,901,684 | 21,843,305 | -116,758 | -0.535 | 0.21 |
2096 | 21,784,926 | 21,725,828 | -118,195 | -0.544 | 0.21 |
2097 | 21,666,731 | 21,607,571 | -118,321 | -0.548 | 0.21 |
2098 | 21,548,410 | 21,488,019 | -120,782 | -0.562 | 0.21 |
2099 | 21,427,628 | 21,368,143 | -118,970 | -0.557 | 0.21 |
2100 | 21,308,658 | 21,249,406 | -118,505 | -0.558 | 0.21 |