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: 21 754 907*^[1], area 65610 km², population density 331.58 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

21 754 907

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 2026-05-16*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	621 227	⇐+6.7%	581 964
5-9	830 378	⇐+3.4%	802 726
10-14	920 200	+1.3%⇒	931 862
15-19	824 226	+0.7%⇒	830 044
20-24	741 242	⇐+4.1%	712 157
25-29	638 996	+7.9%⇒	689 596
30-34	522 552	+32.6%⇒	692 996
35-39	715 879	+24.7%⇒	892 700
40-44	782 769	+12.3%⇒	879 049
45-49	651 485	+6.8%⇒	695 842
50-54	664 294	+4.7%⇒	695 728
55-59	639 139	+12.5%⇒	719 327
60-64	534 455	+20.3%⇒	643 023
65-69	469 256	+20.2%⇒	564 194
70-74	425 444	+27.1%⇒	540 615
75-79	197 494	+41.7%⇒	279 793
80-84	81 991	+36%⇒	111 510
85-89	54 660	+53.8%⇒	84 062
90-94	27 969	+72.4%⇒	48 215
95-99	6 141	+27.5%⇒	7 827
100+	952	⇐+2.7%	927

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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