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: 21 675 931*^[1], area 65610 km², population density 330.38 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

21 675 931

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 2025-07-18*

	Male	%	Female
0-4	637 388	⇐+6.4%	599 205
5-9	834 119	⇐+3.3%	807 775
10-14	914 904	+1.2%⇒	925 504
15-19	822 052	+0.6%⇒	826 954
20-24	741 875	⇐+3.4%	717 694
25-29	642 038	+8.4%⇒	695 697
30-34	536 802	+30.7%⇒	701 630
35-39	718 195	+23.4%⇒	885 984
40-44	773 906	+11.8%⇒	865 381
45-49	651 079	+6.7%⇒	694 496
50-54	659 733	+5%⇒	692 618
55-59	631 528	+12.6%⇒	711 325
60-64	527 607	+20%⇒	633 353
65-69	461 795	+20.3%⇒	555 598
70-74	409 763	+27.3%⇒	521 593
75-79	191 466	+41.5%⇒	270 868
80-84	81 255	+36.9%⇒	111 210
85-89	53 316	+54%⇒	82 097
90-94	26 866	+71.2%⇒	45 993
95-99	5 928	+27%⇒	7 528
100+	922	⇐+3.6%	890

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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