Population of Sri Lanka

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	01 Feb 2025

The current population of Sri Lanka is 23,215,110 as of May 20, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Sri Lanka is projected at 23,229,470, or 23.23 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Sri Lanka is projected at 23,103,565, or 23.10 million people, for the year 2024.

Sri Lanka ranks 60th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Sri Lanka is ranked 23rd among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

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	0.283
2025	23,168,692	23,229,470	121,557	0.523	0.282
2026	23,290,249	23,348,315	116,132	0.497	0.281
2027	23,406,381	23,461,560	110,359	0.470	0.280
2028	23,516,740	23,569,175	104,869	0.445	0.279
2029	23,621,609	23,670,637	98,056	0.414	0.278
2030	23,719,665	23,767,952	96,574	0.406	0.277
2031	23,816,239	23,861,630	90,783	0.380	0.276
2032	23,907,022	23,951,250	88,457	0.369	0.275
2033	23,995,479	24,037,619	84,279	0.351	0.274
2034	24,079,758	24,119,294	79,073	0.328	0.273
2035	24,158,831	24,196,475	75,287	0.311	0.272
2036	24,234,118	24,269,517	70,798	0.292	0.271
2037	24,304,916	24,339,994	70,155	0.288	0.270
2038	24,375,071	24,407,043	63,944	0.262	0.269
2039	24,439,015	24,469,399	60,768	0.248	0.268
2040	24,499,783	24,526,699	53,832	0.219	0.267
2041	24,553,615	24,578,647	50,064	0.204	0.266
2042	24,603,679	24,625,365	43,372	0.176	0.265
2043	24,647,051	24,666,659	39,215	0.159	0.264
2044	24,686,266	24,702,869	33,205	0.134	0.263
2045	24,719,471	24,736,435	33,929	0.137	0.262
2046	24,753,400	24,765,737	24,674	0.100	0.261
2047	24,778,074	24,786,708	17,267	0.070	0.260
2048	24,795,341	24,800,753	10,825	0.044	0.259
2049	24,806,166	24,809,176	6,019	0.024	0.258
2050	24,812,185	24,813,690	3,010	0.012	0.257
2051	24,815,195	24,814,757	-875	-0.004	0.256
2052	24,814,320	24,812,222	-4,195	-0.017	0.255
2053	24,810,125	24,804,892	-10,466	-0.042	0.254
2054	24,799,659	24,794,938	-9,442	-0.038	0.253
2055	24,790,217	24,784,167	-12,099	-0.049	0.252
2056	24,778,118	24,767,426	-21,385	-0.086	0.251
2057	24,756,733	24,744,905	-23,656	-0.096	0.250
2058	24,733,077	24,719,441	-27,273	-0.110	0.249
2059	24,705,804	24,691,035	-29,539	-0.120	0.248
2060	24,676,265	24,659,373	-33,785	-0.137	0.247
2061	24,642,480	24,625,465	-34,029	-0.138	0.246
2062	24,608,451	24,588,826	-39,250	-0.160	0.245
2063	24,569,201	24,547,759	-42,884	-0.175	0.244
2064	24,526,317	24,502,408	-47,818	-0.195	0.243
2065	24,478,499	24,451,440	-54,119	-0.221	0.242
2066	24,424,380	24,398,193	-52,375	-0.215	0.241
2067	24,372,005	24,343,068	-57,874	-0.238	0.240
2068	24,314,131	24,286,152	-55,958	-0.230	0.239
2069	24,258,173	24,229,898	-56,550	-0.233	0.238
2070	24,201,623	24,171,322	-60,601	-0.251	0.237
2071	24,141,022	24,109,928	-62,189	-0.258	0.236
2072	24,078,833	24,046,768	-64,129	-0.267	0.235
2073	24,014,704	23,979,901	-69,605	-0.290	0.234
2074	23,945,099	23,907,583	-75,032	-0.314	0.233
2075	23,870,067	23,833,459	-73,216	-0.307	0.233
2076	23,796,851	23,758,779	-76,145	-0.320	0.232
2077	23,720,706	23,681,151	-79,110	-0.334	0.231
2078	23,641,596	23,600,423	-82,346	-0.349	0.230
2079	23,559,250	23,514,635	-89,231	-0.379	0.229
2080	23,470,019	23,424,964	-90,111	-0.385	0.228
2081	23,379,908	23,333,082	-93,652	-0.401	0.227
2082	23,286,256	23,239,506	-93,499	-0.402	0.226
2083	23,192,757	23,144,157	-97,201	-0.420	0.225
2084	23,095,556	23,046,216	-98,679	-0.428	0.224
2085	22,996,877	22,944,819	-104,117	-0.454	0.223
2086	22,892,760	22,840,247	-105,027	-0.460	0.222
2087	22,787,733	22,734,998	-105,471	-0.464	0.221
2088	22,682,262	22,628,781	-106,963	-0.473	0.220
2089	22,575,299	22,520,551	-109,497	-0.486	0.219
2090	22,465,802	22,409,403	-112,798	-0.503	0.218
2091	22,353,004	22,297,748	-110,512	-0.496	0.217
2092	22,242,492	22,186,409	-112,167	-0.506	0.216
2093	22,130,325	22,073,390	-113,870	-0.516	0.215
2094	22,016,455	21,959,070	-114,771	-0.523	0.214
2095	21,901,684	21,843,305	-116,758	-0.535	0.213
2096	21,784,926	21,725,828	-118,195	-0.544	0.212
2097	21,666,731	21,607,571	-118,321	-0.548	0.212
2098	21,548,410	21,488,019	-120,782	-0.562	0.211
2099	21,427,628	21,368,143	-118,970	-0.557	0.210
2100	21,308,658	21,249,406	-118,505	-0.558	0.209

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	0.313
1951	7,880,973	7,956,334	150,722	1.894	0.314
1952	8,031,695	8,111,560	159,731	1.969	0.314
1953	8,191,426	8,275,144	167,436	2.023	0.314
1954	8,358,862	8,445,935	174,147	2.062	0.314
1955	8,533,009	8,623,331	180,643	2.095	0.315
1956	8,713,652	8,807,219	187,133	2.125	0.315
1957	8,900,785	9,000,996	200,423	2.227	0.316
1958	9,101,208	9,208,817	215,219	2.337	0.316
1959	9,316,427	9,430,152	227,450	2.412	0.318
1960	9,543,877	9,661,389	235,024	2.433	0.320
1961	9,778,901	9,899,372	240,943	2.434	0.323
1962	10,019,844	10,143,754	247,819	2.443	0.325
1963	10,267,663	10,395,040	254,753	2.451	0.326
1964	10,522,416	10,653,397	261,961	2.459	0.326
1965	10,784,377	10,916,965	265,175	2.429	0.327
1966	11,049,552	11,183,928	268,753	2.403	0.329
1967	11,318,305	11,457,328	278,047	2.427	0.330
1968	11,596,352	11,736,088	279,472	2.381	0.331
1969	11,875,824	12,013,858	276,067	2.298	0.332
1970	12,151,891	12,287,110	270,438	2.201	0.333
1971	12,422,329	12,551,910	259,162	2.065	0.333
1972	12,681,491	12,809,205	255,428	1.994	0.333
1973	12,936,919	13,060,916	247,994	1.899	0.333
1974	13,184,913	13,305,693	241,560	1.816	0.333
1975	13,426,473	13,548,984	245,021	1.808	0.333
1976	13,671,494	13,796,770	250,551	1.816	0.333
1977	13,922,045	14,049,371	254,653	1.813	0.333
1978	14,176,698	14,310,128	266,860	1.865	0.333
1979	14,443,558	14,579,614	272,112	1.866	0.334
1980	14,715,670	14,847,974	264,608	1.782	0.334
1981	14,980,278	15,099,414	238,272	1.578	0.333
1982	15,218,550	15,286,567	136,035	0.890	0.331
1983	15,354,585	15,388,794	68,419	0.445	0.328
1984	15,423,004	15,441,860	37,711	0.244	0.323
1985	15,460,715	15,544,154	166,877	1.074	0.319
1986	15,627,592	15,731,256	207,329	1.318	0.317
1987	15,834,921	15,916,576	163,310	1.026	0.315
1988	15,998,231	16,078,621	160,780	1.000	0.313
1989	16,159,011	16,248,557	179,092	1.102	0.310
1990	16,338,103	16,352,458	28,709	0.176	0.307
1991	16,366,812	16,475,354	217,083	1.318	0.304
1992	16,583,895	16,739,284	310,777	1.857	0.304
1993	16,894,672	17,025,918	262,493	1.542	0.304
1994	17,157,165	17,275,773	237,217	1.373	0.304
1995	17,394,382	17,564,068	339,371	1.932	0.305
1996	17,733,753	17,905,018	342,530	1.913	0.306
1997	18,076,283	18,248,200	343,834	1.884	0.308
1998	18,420,117	18,596,003	351,772	1.892	0.310
1999	18,771,889	18,944,731	345,683	1.825	0.311
2000	19,117,572	19,293,054	350,963	1.819	0.313
2001	19,468,535	19,600,362	263,655	1.345	0.313
2002	19,732,190	19,805,752	147,124	0.743	0.313
2003	19,879,314	19,951,521	144,415	0.724	0.311
2004	20,023,729	20,087,605	127,752	0.636	0.309
2005	20,151,481	20,216,524	130,087	0.643	0.307
2006	20,281,568	20,352,411	141,686	0.696	0.305
2007	20,423,254	20,492,545	138,582	0.676	0.303
2008	20,561,836	20,629,378	135,084	0.655	0.301
2009	20,696,920	20,756,435	119,030	0.573	0.299
2010	20,815,950	20,879,089	126,278	0.605	0.297
2011	20,942,228	21,009,048	133,640	0.636	0.295
2012	21,075,868	21,169,458	187,180	0.884	0.294
2013	21,263,048	21,358,827	191,558	0.897	0.293
2014	21,454,606	21,547,456	185,700	0.862	0.292
2015	21,640,306	21,729,971	179,331	0.825	0.291
2016	21,819,637	21,910,772	182,271	0.832	0.290
2017	22,001,908	22,087,522	171,228	0.775	0.289
2018	22,173,136	22,253,118	159,964	0.719	0.288
2019	22,333,100	22,410,552	154,903	0.691	0.287
2020	22,488,003	22,561,807	147,608	0.654	0.286
2021	22,635,611	22,700,372	129,522	0.571	0.285
2022	22,765,133	22,834,965	139,664	0.612	0.285
2023	22,904,797	22,971,617	133,640	0.582	0.284