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: 21 778 579*^[1], area 65610 km², population density 331.94 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

21 778 579

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 2026-08-15*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	616 382	⇐+6.9%	576 796
5-9	829 256	⇐+3.5%	801 213
10-14	921 788	+1.3%⇒	933 768
15-19	824 877	+0.7%⇒	830 971
20-24	741 052	⇐+4.3%	710 498
25-29	638 084	+7.8%⇒	687 767
30-34	518 281	+33.2%⇒	690 408
35-39	715 184	+25.1%⇒	894 713
40-44	785 426	+12.4%⇒	883 146
45-49	651 607	+6.9%⇒	696 245
50-54	665 661	+4.7%⇒	696 660
55-59	641 420	+12.5%⇒	721 725
60-64	536 507	+20.4%⇒	645 921
65-69	471 493	+20.2%⇒	566 770
70-74	430 145	+27%⇒	546 317
75-79	199 301	+41.7%⇒	282 469
80-84	82 211	+35.7%⇒	111 600
85-89	55 063	+53.7%⇒	84 651
90-94	28 300	+72.7%⇒	48 881
95-99	6 205	+27.6%⇒	7 917
100+	961	⇐+2.6%	937

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).

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