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: 21 747 880*^[1], area 65610 km², population density 331.47 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?*

Enter your birth date to find out. [1]

year:***	month:	day:

Current Sri Lanka population

21 747 880

Today	This year
Population growth Today xx Changes every 330.067 sec.	Population growth This year xx
Births Today xx Changes every 129.313 sec.	Births This year xx [x]
Deaths Today xx Changes every 212.608 sec.	Deaths This year xx [x]

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 2026-04-19*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	622 664	⇐+6.7%	583 498
5-9	830 711	⇐+3.4%	803 175
10-14	919 729	+1.3%⇒	931 297
15-19	824 032	+0.7%⇒	829 769
20-24	741 298	⇐+4%	712 650
25-29	639 267	+8%⇒	690 139
30-34	523 820	+32.4%⇒	693 764
35-39	716 085	+24.6%⇒	892 103
40-44	781 981	+12.3%⇒	877 833
45-49	651 449	+6.8%⇒	695 722
50-54	663 888	+4.8%⇒	695 451
55-59	638 462	+12.6%⇒	718 615
60-64	533 846	+20.3%⇒	642 162
65-69	468 592	+20.2%⇒	563 429
70-74	424 049	+27.1%⇒	538 923
75-79	196 958	+41.7%⇒	278 999
80-84	81 925	+36.1%⇒	111 483
85-89	54 541	+53.8%⇒	83 888
90-94	27 871	+72.3%⇒	48 017
95-99	6 122	+27.4%⇒	7 800
100+	949	⇐+2.8%	923

Sources: [1]

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).