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World Development Indicators

Population, total: Sri Lanka

Most recent
21,756,000 (2025)
Earliest
9,661,389 (1960)
Highest
22,181,000 (2022)
Years reported
66
Member state
Sri Lanka at the United Nations
012,500,00025,000,0001960: 9,661,3891961: 9,899,3721962: 10,143,7541963: 10,395,0401964: 10,653,3971965: 10,916,9651966: 11,183,9281967: 11,457,3281968: 11,736,0881969: 12,013,8581970: 12,287,1101971: 12,551,9101972: 12,809,2051973: 13,060,9161974: 13,305,6931975: 13,548,9841976: 13,796,7701977: 14,049,3711978: 14,310,1281979: 14,579,6141980: 14,847,9741981: 15,099,4141982: 15,286,5671983: 15,388,7941984: 15,441,8601985: 15,544,1541986: 15,731,2561987: 15,916,5761988: 16,078,6211989: 16,248,5571990: 16,352,4581991: 16,475,3541992: 16,739,2841993: 17,025,9181994: 17,275,7731995: 17,564,0681996: 17,905,0181997: 18,248,2001998: 18,596,0031999: 18,944,7312000: 19,293,0542001: 19,600,3622002: 19,805,7522003: 19,951,5212004: 20,087,6052005: 20,216,5242006: 20,352,4112007: 20,492,5452008: 20,629,3782009: 20,756,4352010: 20,879,0892011: 21,009,0482012: 21,169,4582013: 20,585,0002014: 20,778,0002015: 20,970,0002016: 21,209,0002017: 21,453,0002018: 21,670,0002019: 21,803,0002020: 21,919,0002021: 22,156,0002022: 22,181,0002023: 22,037,0002024: 21,916,0002025: 21,756,00019602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
202521,756,000
202421,916,000
202322,037,000
202222,181,000
202122,156,000
202021,919,000
201921,803,000
201821,670,000
201721,453,000
201621,209,000
201520,970,000
201420,778,000
201320,585,000
201221,169,458
201121,009,048
201020,879,089
200920,756,435
200820,629,378
200720,492,545
200620,352,411
200520,216,524
200420,087,605
200319,951,521
200219,805,752
200119,600,362
200019,293,054
199918,944,731
199818,596,003
199718,248,200
199617,905,018
199517,564,068
199417,275,773
199317,025,918
199216,739,284
199116,475,354
199016,352,458
198916,248,557
198816,078,621
198715,916,576
198615,731,256
198515,544,154
198415,441,860
198315,388,794
198215,286,567
198115,099,414
198014,847,974
197914,579,614
197814,310,128
197714,049,371
197613,796,770
197513,548,984
197413,305,693
197313,060,916
197212,809,205
197112,551,910
197012,287,110
196912,013,858
196811,736,088
196711,457,328
196611,183,928
196510,916,965
196410,653,397
196310,395,040
196210,143,754
19619,899,372
19609,661,389

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