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Population in Sri Lanka

Latest: 21,756,000
Previous: 21,916,000
Change: -160,000 (-0.7%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Persons

Population over time

Annual, Persons, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank

Observations for Population in Sri Lanka
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	11,183,928
Dec 31, 1967	11,457,328
Dec 31, 1968	11,736,088
Dec 31, 1969	12,013,858
Dec 31, 1970	12,287,110
Dec 31, 1971	12,551,910
Dec 31, 1972	12,809,205
Dec 31, 1973	13,060,916
Dec 31, 1974	13,305,693
Dec 31, 1975	13,548,984
Dec 31, 1976	13,796,770
Dec 31, 1977	14,049,371
Dec 31, 1978	14,310,128
Dec 31, 1979	14,579,614
Dec 31, 1980	14,847,974
Dec 31, 1981	15,099,414
Dec 31, 1982	15,286,567
Dec 31, 1983	15,388,794
Dec 31, 1984	15,441,860
Dec 31, 1985	15,544,154
Dec 31, 1986	15,731,256
Dec 31, 1987	15,916,576
Dec 31, 1988	16,078,621
Dec 31, 1989	16,248,557
Dec 31, 1990	16,352,458
Dec 31, 1991	16,475,354
Dec 31, 1992	16,739,284
Dec 31, 1993	17,025,918
Dec 31, 1994	17,275,773
Dec 31, 1995	17,564,068
Dec 31, 1996	17,905,018
Dec 31, 1997	18,248,200
Dec 31, 1998	18,596,003
Dec 31, 1999	18,944,731
Dec 31, 2000	19,293,054
Dec 31, 2001	19,600,362
Dec 31, 2002	19,805,752
Dec 31, 2003	19,951,521
Dec 31, 2004	20,087,605
Dec 31, 2005	20,216,524
Dec 31, 2006	20,352,411
Dec 31, 2007	20,492,545
Dec 31, 2008	20,629,378
Dec 31, 2009	20,756,435
Dec 31, 2010	20,879,089
Dec 31, 2011	21,009,048
Dec 31, 2012	21,169,458
Dec 31, 2013	20,585,000
Dec 31, 2014	20,778,000
Dec 31, 2015	20,970,000
Dec 31, 2016	21,209,000
Dec 31, 2017	21,453,000
Dec 31, 2018	21,670,000
Dec 31, 2019	21,803,000
Dec 31, 2020	21,919,000
Dec 31, 2021	22,156,000
Dec 31, 2022	22,181,000
Dec 31, 2023	22,037,000
Dec 31, 2024	21,916,000
Dec 31, 2025	21,756,000

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