Population of Sri Lanka

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	18 Aug 2024

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The current population of Sri Lanka is 23,140,065 as of October 11, 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

Sri Lanka population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	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

Sri Lanka population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	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