Population 21,756,000
people· 2025
Published observation Provider footnote Preliminary.
Over time Full published history Sri Lanka 2025 · 21.76M
0 5.55M 11.09M 16.64M 22.18M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 9,661,389 1961: 9,899,372 1962: 10,143,754 1963: 10,395,040 1964: 10,653,397 1965: 10,916,965 1966: 11,183,928 1967: 11,457,328 1968: 11,736,088 1969: 12,013,858 1970: 12,287,110 1971: 12,551,910 1972: 12,809,205 1973: 13,060,916 1974: 13,305,693 1975: 13,548,984 1976: 13,796,770 1977: 14,049,371 1978: 14,310,128 1979: 14,579,614 1980: 14,847,974 1981: 15,099,414 1982: 15,286,567 1983: 15,388,794 1984: 15,441,860 1985: 15,544,154 1986: 15,731,256 1987: 15,916,576 1988: 16,078,621 1989: 16,248,557 1990: 16,352,458 1991: 16,475,354 1992: 16,739,284 1993: 17,025,918 1994: 17,275,773 1995: 17,564,068 1996: 17,905,018 1997: 18,248,200 1998: 18,596,003 1999: 18,944,731 2000: 19,293,054 2001: 19,600,362 2002: 19,805,752 2003: 19,951,521 2004: 20,087,605 2005: 20,216,524 2006: 20,352,411 2007: 20,492,545 2008: 20,629,378 2009: 20,756,435 2010: 20,879,089 2011: 21,009,048 2012: 21,169,458 2013: 20,585,000 — Break in series. Data up to the year before this year are from UN World Population Prospects, and data from this year onwards are from national statistical office. 2014: 20,778,000 2015: 20,970,000 2016: 21,209,000 2017: 21,453,000 2018: 21,670,000 — Preliminary. 2019: 21,803,000 — Preliminary. 2020: 21,919,000 — Preliminary. 2021: 22,156,000 — Preliminary. 2022: 22,181,000 — Preliminary. 2023: 22,037,000 — Preliminary. 2024: 21,916,000 — Preliminary. 2025: 21,756,000 — Preliminary. 2025 · Source notes Provider footnote Preliminary.
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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