Sri Lanka Population

• The current population of Sri Lanka is 20,953,113 as of Tuesday, July 17, 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
• Sri Lanka population is equivalent to 0.27% of the total world population.
• Sri Lanka ranks number 58 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
• The population density in Sri Lanka is 334 per Km2 (865 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 62,710 Km2 (24,212 sq. miles)
• 19.6 % of the population is urban (4,095,751 people in 2018)
• The median age in Sri Lanka is 32.7 years.

Population of Sri Lanka (2018 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Sri Lanka Global Rank
2018	20,950,041	0.35 %	73,124	-90,000	32.7	2.09	334	19.3 %	4,095,751	0.27 %	7,632,819,325	58
2017	20,876,917	0.38 %	78,425	-90,000	32.7	2.09	333	19.4 %	4,050,307	0.28 %	7,550,262,101	58
2016	20,798,492	0.41 %	84,452	-90,000	32.7	2.09	332	19.3 %	4,007,374	0.28 %	7,466,964,280	57
2015	20,714,040	0.51 %	103,137	-96,954	32.3	2.11	330	19.2 %	3,966,971	0.28 %	7,383,008,820	57
2010	20,198,353	0.68 %	134,759	-104,013	30.4	2.28	322	18.8 %	3,803,193	0.29 %	6,958,169,159	58
2005	19,524,558	0.78 %	148,524	-89,896	28.9	2.26	311	18.8 %	3,667,409	0.30 %	6,542,159,383	55
2000	18,781,938	0.58 %	106,963	-92,337	27.6	2.24	300	18.5 %	3,475,819	0.31 %	6,145,006,989	52
1995	18,247,121	1.04 %	183,482	-51,156	25.8	2.38	291	18.5 %	3,375,471	0.32 %	5,751,474,416	49
1990	17,329,713	1.38 %	229,983	-27,488	24.2	2.64	276	18.6 %	3,216,289	0.33 %	5,330,943,460	48
1985	16,179,796	1.48 %	228,788	-79,100	22.8	3.19	258	18.6 %	3,012,979	0.33 %	4,873,781,796	45
1980	15,035,856	1.80 %	256,139	-47,500	21.7	3.61	240	18.8 %	2,823,006	0.34 %	4,458,411,534	43
1975	13,755,161	1.96 %	253,881	-29,000	20.6	4.00	219	19.5 %	2,679,794	0.34 %	4,079,087,198	43
1970	12,485,756	2.36 %	274,986	-7,700	19.6	4.70	199	19.5 %	2,436,293	0.34 %	3,700,577,650	43
1965	11,110,828	2.39 %	247,269	-3,300	20.0	5.80	177	17.6 %	1,959,304	0.33 %	3,339,592,688	45
1960	9,874,481	2.38 %	219,206	-15,000	19.1	5.80	157	16.5 %	1,625,916	0.33 %	3,033,212,527	45
1955	8,778,449	1.95 %	161,470	-3,300	20.0	5.80	140	15.7 %	1,381,995	0.32 %	2,772,242,535	45

Sri Lanka Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly %  Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Sri Lanka Global Rank
2020	21,084,042	0.35 %	74,000	-90,000	34.1	2.03	336	19.9 %	4,194,261	0.27 %	7,795,482,309	58
2025	21,349,942	0.25 %	53,180	-75,000	35.7	1.96	340	21.0 %	4,488,307	0.26 %	8,185,613,757	63
2030	21,474,701	0.12 %	24,952	-75,000	37.1	1.91	342	22.7 %	4,867,530	0.25 %	8,551,198,644	66
2035	21,491,895	0.02 %	3,439	-75,000	38.4	1.86	343	24.9 %	5,352,803	0.24 %	8,892,701,940	68
2040	21,397,716	-0.09 %	-18,836	-75,000	39.6	1.83	341	27.8 %	5,943,636	0.23 %	9,210,337,004	71
2045	21,165,080	-0.22 %	-46,527	-75,000	41.0	1.81	338	31.0 %	6,564,628	0.22 %	9,504,209,572	75
2050	20,792,352	-0.35 %	-74,546	-75,000	42.6	1.80	332	34.6 %	7,190,065	0.21 %	9,771,822,753	76