Sri Lanka · Population

On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for Sri Lanka (from 1950-2100), population map, demographics, live population counter etc. . Question: What is the population of Sri Lanka? Answer: Current population of Sri Lanka is: 21 633 537*[1], area 65610 km², population density 329.73 p/km². Capital of Sri Lanka is Colombo. Continent: Asia.

Sri Lanka · Population 1950-2100

Sri Lanka · historical and predicted populations (both sexes) for the period 1950-2100 (millions) De facto population in Sri Lanka as of 1 July of the year indicated. Source United Nations Population Division [1].

What was the Sri Lanka population at your birthday?*

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Current Sri Lanka population

21 633 537

Today This year
Population growth Today
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Changes every 330.067 sec.
Population growth This year
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Births Today
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Changes every 129.313 sec.
Births This year
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Deaths Today
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Changes every 212.608 sec.
Deaths This year
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Sources: [1]
Today's statistic since midnight 00:00.
This year, statistic changes since 1st January
Population = Births** - Deaths

Sri Lanka population map

City density [2]population density [3]Legend (Click on marker to hide it)
• Population Growth rate: 262 / day = 10.91 / hour = 0.182 / minute = 0.003 / seconds
• Births Growth rate**: 668 / day = 27.83 / hour = 0.462 / minute = 0.0077 / seconds
• Deaths Growth rate: 406 / day = 16.93 / hour = 0.282 / minute = 0.0047 / seconds.

Current Sri Lanka population by age and sex for 2025-02-06*

  Male % Female
0-4 646 063 ⇐+6.2% 608 461
5-9 836 128 ⇐+3.2% 810 485
10-14 912 061 +1.1%⇒ 922 091
15-19 820 885 +0.5%⇒ 825 295
20-24 742 215 ⇐+3% 720 667
25-29 643 671 +8.6%⇒ 698 972
30-34 544 451 +29.7%⇒ 706 265
35-39 719 438 +22.6%⇒ 882 379
40-44 769 148 +11.6%⇒ 858 044
45-49 650 861 +6.6%⇒ 693 773
50-54 657 285 +5.1%⇒ 690 948
55-59 627 442 +12.7%⇒ 707 030
60-64 523 931 +19.9%⇒ 628 163
65-69 457 790 +20.4%⇒ 550 984
70-74 401 346 +27.4%⇒ 511 382
75-79 188 231 +41.4%⇒ 266 077
80-84 80 860 +37.3%⇒ 111 049
85-89 52 594 +54.1%⇒ 81 042
90-94 26 274 +70.5%⇒ 44 800
95-99 5 813 +26.7%⇒ 7 367
100+ 906 ⇐+4% 871

Sources: [1]

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Sources, Notices

* Value is calculated with linear interpolation from 2 nearest estimated (date->population) data (unofficial).
** Net migration is included in Births with this calculation: Births = Population[1] + Deaths[1].
*** For years before 1950 we dont have population data. Value is approximate calculation using function: 1900 population = 70% of 1950 population.
[1] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. Data are estimates and projections according to a medium-fertility variant. Reused with the permission of the United Nations. Downloaded: 2015-11-15 (un.org)
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).