Population of Sri Lanka
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
Date | 21 Feb 2024 |
The current population of Sri Lanka is 21,935,575 as of March 29, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Sri Lanka is projected at 21,949,268 or 21.95 million as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Sri Lanka is projected at 21,893,579 or 21.89 million people for the year 2023.
Sri Lanka ranks number 61st in the world by population in the list of 237 countries/territories. Sri Lanka is ranked 24th among 51 countries/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 | 7,875,531 | 7,945,977 | 140,892 | 1.773 | 0.32 |
1951 | 8,016,423 | 8,091,461 | 150,075 | 1.855 | 0.32 |
1952 | 8,166,498 | 8,245,475 | 157,953 | 1.916 | 0.32 |
1953 | 8,324,451 | 8,406,910 | 164,919 | 1.962 | 0.32 |
1954 | 8,489,370 | 8,575,075 | 171,410 | 1.999 | 0.32 |
1955 | 8,660,780 | 8,749,627 | 177,694 | 2.031 | 0.32 |
1956 | 8,838,474 | 8,931,095 | 185,243 | 2.074 | 0.32 |
1957 | 9,023,717 | 9,122,978 | 198,523 | 2.176 | 0.32 |
1958 | 9,222,240 | 9,329,666 | 214,853 | 2.303 | 0.32 |
1959 | 9,437,093 | 9,551,293 | 228,401 | 2.391 | 0.32 |
1960 | 9,665,494 | 9,783,871 | 236,755 | 2.420 | 0.32 |
1961 | 9,902,249 | 10,022,888 | 241,277 | 2.407 | 0.33 |
1962 | 10,143,526 | 10,267,067 | 247,083 | 2.407 | 0.33 |
1963 | 10,390,609 | 10,517,531 | 253,843 | 2.414 | 0.33 |
1964 | 10,644,452 | 10,774,086 | 259,269 | 2.407 | 0.33 |
1965 | 10,903,721 | 11,035,224 | 263,006 | 2.383 | 0.33 |
1966 | 11,166,727 | 11,299,721 | 265,989 | 2.354 | 0.33 |
1967 | 11,432,716 | 11,571,008 | 276,584 | 2.390 | 0.33 |
1968 | 11,709,300 | 11,846,815 | 275,030 | 2.322 | 0.33 |
1969 | 11,984,330 | 12,119,207 | 269,754 | 2.226 | 0.33 |
1970 | 12,254,084 | 12,388,769 | 269,370 | 2.174 | 0.34 |
1971 | 12,523,454 | 12,654,651 | 262,395 | 2.074 | 0.34 |
1972 | 12,785,849 | 12,914,457 | 257,216 | 1.992 | 0.34 |
1973 | 13,043,065 | 13,169,737 | 253,344 | 1.924 | 0.34 |
1974 | 13,296,409 | 13,418,276 | 243,734 | 1.816 | 0.34 |
1975 | 13,540,143 | 13,662,873 | 245,461 | 1.797 | 0.34 |
1976 | 13,785,604 | 13,910,170 | 249,132 | 1.791 | 0.34 |
1977 | 14,034,736 | 14,159,052 | 248,633 | 1.756 | 0.34 |
1978 | 14,283,369 | 14,414,816 | 262,893 | 1.824 | 0.34 |
1979 | 14,546,262 | 14,680,387 | 268,250 | 1.827 | 0.34 |
1980 | 14,814,512 | 14,943,645 | 258,265 | 1.728 | 0.34 |
1981 | 15,072,777 | 15,198,918 | 252,282 | 1.660 | 0.34 |
1982 | 15,325,059 | 15,438,753 | 227,388 | 1.473 | 0.34 |
1983 | 15,552,447 | 15,658,442 | 211,991 | 1.354 | 0.33 |
1984 | 15,764,438 | 15,872,577 | 216,279 | 1.363 | 0.33 |
1985 | 15,980,717 | 16,092,338 | 223,242 | 1.387 | 0.33 |
1986 | 16,203,959 | 16,317,995 | 228,072 | 1.398 | 0.33 |
1987 | 16,432,031 | 16,547,139 | 230,216 | 1.391 | 0.33 |
1988 | 16,662,247 | 16,773,736 | 222,979 | 1.329 | 0.33 |
1989 | 16,885,226 | 16,990,575 | 210,699 | 1.240 | 0.33 |
1990 | 17,095,925 | 17,204,094 | 216,338 | 1.257 | 0.32 |
1991 | 17,312,263 | 17,416,596 | 208,667 | 1.198 | 0.32 |
1992 | 17,520,930 | 17,624,457 | 207,054 | 1.175 | 0.32 |
1993 | 17,727,984 | 17,825,611 | 195,255 | 1.095 | 0.32 |
1994 | 17,923,239 | 18,011,744 | 177,010 | 0.983 | 0.32 |
1995 | 18,100,249 | 18,177,572 | 154,647 | 0.851 | 0.32 |
1996 | 18,254,896 | 18,322,506 | 135,220 | 0.738 | 0.31 |
1997 | 18,390,116 | 18,449,123 | 118,013 | 0.640 | 0.31 |
1998 | 18,508,129 | 18,560,798 | 105,337 | 0.568 | 0.31 |
1999 | 18,613,466 | 18,670,411 | 113,891 | 0.610 | 0.31 |
2000 | 18,727,357 | 18,776,371 | 98,028 | 0.522 | 0.31 |
2001 | 18,825,385 | 18,920,275 | 189,780 | 1.003 | 0.30 |
2002 | 19,015,165 | 19,110,707 | 191,083 | 1.000 | 0.30 |
2003 | 19,206,248 | 19,303,180 | 193,864 | 1.004 | 0.30 |
2004 | 19,400,112 | 19,490,431 | 180,638 | 0.927 | 0.30 |
2005 | 19,580,750 | 19,673,866 | 186,232 | 0.947 | 0.30 |
2006 | 19,766,982 | 19,870,706 | 207,448 | 1.044 | 0.30 |
2007 | 19,974,430 | 20,078,655 | 208,449 | 1.038 | 0.30 |
2008 | 20,182,879 | 20,285,643 | 205,527 | 1.013 | 0.30 |
2009 | 20,388,406 | 20,482,477 | 188,141 | 0.919 | 0.30 |
2010 | 20,576,547 | 20,668,557 | 184,021 | 0.890 | 0.30 |
2011 | 20,760,568 | 20,859,743 | 198,349 | 0.951 | 0.29 |
2012 | 20,958,917 | 21,017,147 | 116,460 | 0.554 | 0.29 |
2013 | 21,075,377 | 21,131,756 | 112,759 | 0.534 | 0.29 |
2014 | 21,188,136 | 21,239,457 | 102,642 | 0.483 | 0.29 |
2015 | 21,290,778 | 21,336,697 | 91,839 | 0.430 | 0.29 |
2016 | 21,382,617 | 21,425,494 | 85,754 | 0.400 | 0.29 |
2017 | 21,468,371 | 21,506,813 | 76,883 | 0.357 | 0.28 |
2018 | 21,545,254 | 21,580,710 | 70,912 | 0.329 | 0.28 |
2019 | 21,616,166 | 21,649,664 | 66,996 | 0.309 | 0.28 |
2020 | 21,683,162 | 21,715,079 | 63,835 | 0.294 | 0.28 |
2021 | 21,746,997 | 21,773,441 | 52,887 | 0.243 | 0.28 |
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
2022 | 21,799,884 | 21,832,143 | 64,518 | 0.296 | 0.27 |
2023 | 21,864,402 | 21,893,579 | 58,354 | 0.267 | 0.27 |
2024 | 21,922,756 | 21,949,268 | 53,023 | 0.242 | 0.27 |
2025 | 21,975,779 | 22,000,246 | 48,933 | 0.222 | 0.27 |
2026 | 22,024,712 | 22,046,386 | 43,347 | 0.197 | 0.27 |
2027 | 22,068,059 | 22,087,510 | 38,901 | 0.176 | 0.26 |
2028 | 22,106,960 | 22,124,288 | 34,657 | 0.157 | 0.26 |
2029 | 22,141,617 | 22,157,456 | 31,678 | 0.143 | 0.26 |
2030 | 22,173,295 | 22,186,970 | 27,351 | 0.123 | 0.26 |
2031 | 22,200,646 | 22,212,436 | 23,580 | 0.106 | 0.26 |
2032 | 22,224,226 | 22,234,271 | 20,090 | 0.090 | 0.26 |
2033 | 22,244,316 | 22,252,909 | 17,186 | 0.077 | 0.25 |
2034 | 22,261,502 | 22,268,031 | 13,058 | 0.059 | 0.25 |
2035 | 22,274,560 | 22,278,745 | 8,370 | 0.038 | 0.25 |
2036 | 22,282,930 | 22,285,234 | 4,608 | 0.021 | 0.25 |
2037 | 22,287,538 | 22,287,571 | 65 | 0.000 | 0.25 |
2038 | 22,287,603 | 22,285,269 | -4,667 | -0.021 | 0.25 |
2039 | 22,282,936 | 22,277,488 | -10,895 | -0.049 | 0.24 |
2040 | 22,272,041 | 22,263,893 | -16,295 | -0.073 | 0.24 |
2041 | 22,255,746 | 22,244,994 | -21,505 | -0.097 | 0.24 |
2042 | 22,234,241 | 22,220,535 | -27,412 | -0.123 | 0.24 |
2043 | 22,206,829 | 22,190,606 | -32,446 | -0.146 | 0.24 |
2044 | 22,174,383 | 22,154,591 | -39,584 | -0.179 | 0.24 |
2045 | 22,134,799 | 22,112,321 | -44,956 | -0.203 | 0.23 |
2046 | 22,089,843 | 22,064,179 | -51,329 | -0.233 | 0.23 |
2047 | 22,038,514 | 22,009,917 | -57,194 | -0.260 | 0.23 |
2048 | 21,981,320 | 21,950,180 | -62,279 | -0.284 | 0.23 |
2049 | 21,919,041 | 21,885,412 | -67,257 | -0.307 | 0.23 |
2050 | 21,851,784 | 21,814,985 | -73,598 | -0.337 | 0.22 |
2051 | 21,778,186 | 21,739,207 | -77,959 | -0.359 | 0.22 |
2052 | 21,700,227 | 21,658,999 | -82,456 | -0.381 | 0.22 |
2053 | 21,617,771 | 21,574,573 | -86,395 | -0.400 | 0.22 |
2054 | 21,531,376 | 21,486,263 | -90,227 | -0.420 | 0.22 |
2055 | 21,441,149 | 21,394,260 | -93,779 | -0.438 | 0.22 |
2056 | 21,347,370 | 21,298,669 | -97,402 | -0.457 | 0.21 |
2057 | 21,249,968 | 21,200,047 | -99,842 | -0.471 | 0.21 |
2058 | 21,150,126 | 21,099,207 | -101,838 | -0.483 | 0.21 |
2059 | 21,048,288 | 20,995,891 | -104,794 | -0.499 | 0.21 |
2060 | 20,943,494 | 20,889,752 | -107,484 | -0.515 | 0.21 |
2061 | 20,836,010 | 20,781,245 | -109,530 | -0.527 | 0.21 |
2062 | 20,726,480 | 20,670,566 | -111,828 | -0.541 | 0.20 |
2063 | 20,614,652 | 20,557,583 | -114,138 | -0.555 | 0.20 |
2064 | 20,500,514 | 20,441,963 | -117,103 | -0.573 | 0.20 |
2065 | 20,383,411 | 20,323,834 | -119,154 | -0.586 | 0.20 |
2066 | 20,264,257 | 20,203,022 | -122,470 | -0.606 | 0.20 |
2067 | 20,141,787 | 20,079,331 | -124,913 | -0.622 | 0.20 |
2068 | 20,016,874 | 19,953,220 | -127,308 | -0.638 | 0.19 |
2069 | 19,889,566 | 19,824,960 | -129,213 | -0.652 | 0.19 |
2070 | 19,760,353 | 19,694,118 | -132,470 | -0.673 | 0.19 |
2071 | 19,627,883 | 19,560,333 | -135,100 | -0.691 | 0.19 |
2072 | 19,492,783 | 19,424,029 | -137,508 | -0.708 | 0.19 |
2073 | 19,355,275 | 19,285,397 | -139,756 | -0.725 | 0.19 |
2074 | 19,215,519 | 19,144,097 | -142,844 | -0.746 | 0.18 |
2075 | 19,072,675 | 18,999,945 | -145,461 | -0.766 | 0.18 |
2076 | 18,927,214 | 18,853,179 | -148,069 | -0.785 | 0.18 |
2077 | 18,779,145 | 18,703,875 | -150,539 | -0.805 | 0.18 |
2078 | 18,628,606 | 18,551,931 | -153,350 | -0.827 | 0.18 |
2079 | 18,475,256 | 18,397,625 | -155,262 | -0.844 | 0.18 |
2080 | 18,319,994 | 18,241,133 | -157,721 | -0.865 | 0.18 |
2081 | 18,162,273 | 18,082,317 | -159,913 | -0.884 | 0.17 |
2082 | 18,002,360 | 17,921,136 | -162,448 | -0.906 | 0.17 |
2083 | 17,839,912 | 17,757,732 | -164,361 | -0.926 | 0.17 |
2084 | 17,675,551 | 17,592,498 | -166,106 | -0.944 | 0.17 |
2085 | 17,509,445 | 17,425,401 | -168,087 | -0.965 | 0.17 |
2086 | 17,341,358 | 17,256,392 | -169,933 | -0.985 | 0.17 |
2087 | 17,171,425 | 17,085,473 | -171,904 | -1.006 | 0.16 |
2088 | 16,999,521 | 16,912,546 | -173,950 | -1.029 | 0.16 |
2089 | 16,825,571 | 16,737,442 | -176,259 | -1.053 | 0.16 |
2090 | 16,649,312 | 16,560,059 | -178,505 | -1.078 | 0.16 |
2091 | 16,470,807 | 16,380,632 | -180,350 | -1.101 | 0.16 |
2092 | 16,290,457 | 16,199,412 | -182,090 | -1.124 | 0.16 |
2093 | 16,108,367 | 16,016,529 | -183,676 | -1.147 | 0.15 |
2094 | 15,924,691 | 15,831,892 | -185,597 | -1.172 | 0.15 |
2095 | 15,739,094 | 15,645,483 | -187,223 | -1.197 | 0.15 |
2096 | 15,551,871 | 15,457,674 | -188,394 | -1.219 | 0.15 |
2097 | 15,363,477 | 15,268,592 | -189,770 | -1.243 | 0.15 |
2098 | 15,173,707 | 15,078,382 | -190,650 | -1.264 | 0.15 |
2099 | 14,983,057 | 14,887,090 | -191,935 | -1.289 | 0.14 |
2100 | 14,791,122 | 14,694,772 | -192,699 | -1.311 | 0.14 |