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Sri Lanka: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2030 · pop

2025
21.8 millionpeople
Change on 2024
−0.7%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+0.4%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
203022.3Forecast
202922.2Forecast
202822.1Forecast
202722.0Forecast
202621.8Forecast
202521.8
202421.9
202322.0
202222.2
202122.2
202021.9
201921.8
201821.7
201721.5
201621.2

Sources

  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Maddison Project Database1870–2022
  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Bordo1970–1997
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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