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: 21 797 500*^[1], area 65610 km², population density 332.23 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

21 797 500

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 2026-10-26*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	612 511	⇐+7%	572 665
5-9	828 360	⇐+3.5%	800 003
10-14	923 057	+1.3%⇒	935 291
15-19	825 398	+0.8%⇒	831 711
20-24	740 901	⇐+4.5%	709 171
25-29	637 356	+7.7%⇒	686 306
30-34	514 867	+33.7%⇒	688 340
35-39	714 629	+25.4%⇒	896 322
40-44	787 549	+12.6%⇒	886 421
45-49	651 704	+6.9%⇒	696 568
50-54	666 754	+4.6%⇒	697 405
55-59	643 244	+12.5%⇒	723 642
60-64	538 148	+20.5%⇒	648 238
65-69	473 280	+20.2%⇒	568 829
70-74	433 902	+27%⇒	550 874
75-79	200 745	+41.8%⇒	284 607
80-84	82 388	+35.5%⇒	111 672
85-89	55 385	+53.7%⇒	85 122
90-94	28 564	+73%⇒	49 413
95-99	6 256	+27.7%⇒	7 988
100+	968	⇐+2.3%	946

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).