Population of Sri Lanka

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	21 Feb 2024

The current population of Sri Lanka is 21,953,055 as of July 27, 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 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.

Sri Lanka population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	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

Sri Lanka population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	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