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: 21 659 361*^[1], area 65610 km², population density 330.12 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]

Current Sri Lanka population

21 659 361

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 2025-05-16*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	640 778	⇐+6.3%	602 823
5-9	834 905	⇐+3.2%	808 834
10-14	913 793	+1.1%⇒	924 170
15-19	821 596	+0.6%⇒	826 306
20-24	742 008	⇐+3.2%	718 856
25-29	642 676	+8.4%⇒	696 977
30-34	539 792	+30.3%⇒	703 442
35-39	718 681	+23.1%⇒	884 575
40-44	772 046	+11.7%⇒	862 513
45-49	650 993	+6.6%⇒	694 213
50-54	658 776	+5%⇒	691 965
55-59	629 931	+12.7%⇒	709 646
60-64	526 170	+20%⇒	631 325
65-69	460 230	+20.3%⇒	553 795
70-74	406 473	+27.3%⇒	517 602
75-79	190 202	+41.4%⇒	268 996
80-84	81 100	+37%⇒	111 147
85-89	53 034	+54%⇒	81 685
90-94	26 635	+70.9%⇒	45 526
95-99	5 883	+26.9%⇒	7 465
100+	916	⇐+3.7%	883

Sources: [1]

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Childrens per woman

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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).

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