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World Development Indicators

Population, total: Sri Lanka

Most recent
2.1756e+07 (2025)
Earliest
9.66139e+06 (1960)
Highest
2.2181e+07 (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
20252.1756e+07
20242.1916e+07
20232.2037e+07
20222.2181e+07
20212.2156e+07
20202.1919e+07
20192.1803e+07
20182.167e+07
20172.1453e+07
20162.1209e+07
20152.097e+07
20142.0778e+07
20132.0585e+07
20122.11695e+07
20112.1009e+07
20102.08791e+07
20092.07564e+07
20082.06294e+07
20072.04925e+07
20062.03524e+07
20052.02165e+07
20042.00876e+07
20031.99515e+07
20021.98058e+07
20011.96004e+07
20001.92931e+07
19991.89447e+07
19981.8596e+07
19971.82482e+07
19961.7905e+07
19951.75641e+07
19941.72758e+07
19931.70259e+07
19921.67393e+07
19911.64754e+07
19901.63525e+07
19891.62486e+07
19881.60786e+07
19871.59166e+07
19861.57313e+07
19851.55442e+07
19841.54419e+07
19831.53888e+07
19821.52866e+07
19811.50994e+07
19801.4848e+07
19791.45796e+07
19781.43101e+07
19771.40494e+07
19761.37968e+07
19751.3549e+07
19741.33057e+07
19731.30609e+07
19721.28092e+07
19711.25519e+07
19701.22871e+07
19691.20139e+07
19681.17361e+07
19671.14573e+07
19661.11839e+07
19651.0917e+07
19641.06534e+07
19631.0395e+07
19621.01438e+07
19619.89937e+06
19609.66139e+06

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