Nepal vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Nepal has a population of 29.7M (ranked 51/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). Nepal's land area is 55,348 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 92nd vs. 122nd).

By GDP, Nepal ranks 101/197 ($42.9B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, Nepal ranks 164/197 ($1,447), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Nepal and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Nepal and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	Nepal	Sri Lanka
1960	$508,334,414	$1,409,873,950
1961	$531,959,562	$1,444,327,731
1962	$574,091,101	$1,434,156,379
1963	$496,947,904	$1,240,672,269
1964	$496,098,775	$1,309,747,899
1965	$735,267,082	$1,698,319,328
1966	$906,811,944	$1,751,470,588
1967	$841,974,025	$1,859,465,021
1968	$772,231,387	$1,801,344,538
1969	$788,641,965	$1,965,546,218
1970	$865,975,309	$2,296,470,588
1971	$882,765,472	$2,369,308,600
1972	$1,024,098,400	$2,553,936,348
1973	$972,101,725	$2,875,625,000
1974	$1,217,953,547	$3,574,586,466
1975	$1,575,789,254	$3,791,298,146
1976	$1,452,788,985	$3,591,319,857
1977	$1,382,400,000	$4,104,509,583
1978	$1,604,162,497	$2,733,183,857
1979	$1,851,250,008	$3,364,611,432
1980	$1,945,916,583	$4,024,621,900
1981	$2,275,583,317	$4,415,844,156
1982	$2,395,423,742	$4,768,765,017
1983	$2,447,174,803	$5,167,913,302
1984	$2,581,207,388	$6,043,474,843
1985	$2,619,913,956	$5,978,460,972
1986	$2,850,782,044	$6,405,210,564
1987	$2,957,255,380	$6,682,167,120
1988	$3,487,009,748	$6,978,371,581
1989	$3,525,225,787	$6,987,267,684
1990	$3,627,560,239	$8,032,551,173
1991	$3,921,476,085	$9,000,362,582
1992	$3,401,211,581	$9,703,011,636
1993	$3,660,041,667	$10,338,679,636
1994	$4,066,775,510	$11,717,604,209
1995	$4,401,104,418	$13,029,697,561
1996	$4,521,580,381	$13,897,738,375
1997	$4,918,691,917	$15,091,913,884
1998	$4,856,255,044	$15,794,972,847
1999	$5,033,642,384	$15,656,327,860
2000	$5,494,252,208	$16,330,814,180
2001	$6,007,055,042	$15,749,753,805
2002	$6,050,875,807	$16,536,535,647
2003	$6,330,473,097	$18,881,765,437
2004	$7,273,938,315	$20,662,525,941
2005	$8,130,258,378	$24,405,791,045
2006	$9,043,715,356	$28,279,802,406
2007	$10,325,618,017	$32,350,238,760
2008	$12,545,438,605	$40,713,826,215
2009	$12,854,985,464	$42,066,224,093
2010	$16,002,656,434	$58,636,161,082
2011	$21,573,872,421	$67,753,284,044
2012	$21,703,100,877	$70,447,216,891
2013	$22,162,204,925	$77,000,578,167
2014	$22,731,612,922	$82,528,535,714
2015	$24,360,801,287	$85,090,301,052
2016	$24,524,109,484	$88,000,211,172
2017	$28,971,588,940	$94,369,350,286
2018	$33,111,525,237	$94,450,015,983
2019	$34,186,180,699	$88,998,706,297
2020	$33,433,659,301	$84,335,574,582
2021	$36,924,841,394	$88,556,698,938
2022	$41,182,939,601	$74,143,020,263
2023	$41,047,772,331	$83,716,142,582
2024	$42,914,268,287	$98,963,185,510

Nepal and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Nepal	Sri Lanka
1960	$50.2	$145.9
1961	$51.6	$145.9
1962	$54.6	$141.4
1963	$46.3	$119.4
1964	$45.3	$122.9
1965	$65.8	$155.6
1966	$79.5	$156.6
1967	$72.3	$162.3
1968	$64.9	$153.5
1969	$64.8	$163.6
1970	$69.6	$186.9
1971	$69.5	$188.8
1972	$78.8	$199.4
1973	$73.2	$220.2
1974	$89.8	$268.7
1975	$113.6	$279.8
1976	$102.5	$260.3
1977	$95.3	$292.1
1978	$108.1	$191
1979	$121.9	$230.8
1980	$125.1	$271.1
1981	$142.9	$292.5
1982	$147	$312
1983	$146.6	$336
1984	$151.1	$391
1985	$149.9	$385
1986	$159.5	$407
1987	$162	$420
1988	$187.1	$434
1989	$185	$430
1990	$185.8	$491
1991	$195.7	$546
1992	$165	$580
1993	$172.8	$607
1994	$187.3	$678
1995	$197.8	$742
1996	$198.8	$776
1997	$211.8	$827
1998	$205.1	$849
1999	$208.6	$826
2000	$223.8	$846
2001	$240.8	$804
2002	$238.9	$835
2003	$246.4	$946
2004	$279.6	$1,029
2005	$309	$1,207
2006	$340	$1,390
2007	$385	$1,579
2008	$465	$1,974
2009	$473	$2,027
2010	$585	$2,808
2011	$786	$3,225
2012	$788	$3,328
2013	$803	$3,741
2014	$821	$3,972
2015	$876	$4,058
2016	$877	$4,149
2017	$1,034	$4,399
2018	$1,179	$4,359
2019	$1,203	$4,082
2020	$1,154	$3,848
2021	$1,253	$3,997
2022	$1,386	$3,343
2023	$1,382	$3,799
2024	$1,447	$4,516

Nepal vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Nepal	Sri Lanka
1950	37.6	53.2
1951	37.6	54
1952	37.7	54.9
1953	37.7	55.6
1954	37.8	56.4
1955	37.9	57.2
1956	37.9	57.9
1957	38	58.5
1958	38.1	59.3
1959	38.4	60
1960	38.7	60.6
1961	39	61.2
1962	39.3	61.6
1963	39.6	62
1964	40.2	62.4
1965	40.7	62.8
1966	41.2	63.2
1967	41.7	63.6
1968	42.2	63.9
1969	42.7	64.1
1970	43.2	64.4
1971	43.6	64.2
1972	44.1	64.6
1973	44.5	64.8
1974	44.9	65
1975	45.5	65.4
1976	46	65.8
1977	46.6	66.4
1978	47.2	66.8
1979	47.8	67.5
1980	48.3	68
1981	48.7	68.4
1982	49.2	68.7
1983	49.7	68.7
1984	50.2	68.8
1985	50.9	68.9
1986	51.6	69
1987	52.4	69
1988	53.1	69
1989	54	67.3
1990	54.8	69.2
1991	55.6	69.1
1992	56.7	69.6
1993	57.6	70
1994	58.6	70.2
1995	59.3	69.7
1996	60	69.8
1997	60.8	69.9
1998	61.5	70.1
1999	62	70.4
2000	62.6	71.2
2001	63.3	71.8
2002	63.5	72.3
2003	64.2	72.4
2004	64.7	68
2005	65.3	73.1
2006	65.9	72.8
2007	66.2	73
2008	66.4	72.6
2009	66.6	70.3
2010	66.8	74.5
2011	67.1	74.7
2012	67.4	75.2
2013	67.6	75.5
2014	67.8	75.8
2015	67.4	76
2016	68.4	76.1
2017	68.7	76.2
2018	69	76.5
2019	69.3	76.7
2020	69.1	76.9
2021	68.4	76.3
2022	70.1	77.3
2023	70.4	77.5
2024	70.6	77.7
2025	70.9	77.9

Nepal and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	Nepal	Sri Lanka
1960	10,123,658	9,661,389
1961	10,318,396	9,899,372
1962	10,521,116	10,143,754
1963	10,729,818	10,395,040
1964	10,946,392	10,653,397
1965	11,173,411	10,916,965
1966	11,408,710	11,183,928
1967	11,652,716	11,457,328
1968	11,906,266	11,736,088
1969	12,167,036	12,013,858
1970	12,436,190	12,287,110
1971	12,710,061	12,551,910
1972	12,989,099	12,809,205
1973	13,275,239	13,060,916
1974	13,568,435	13,305,693
1975	13,870,695	13,548,984
1976	14,177,649	13,796,770
1977	14,499,175	14,049,371
1978	14,839,695	14,310,128
1979	15,190,590	14,579,614
1980	15,553,105	14,847,974
1981	15,922,423	15,099,414
1982	16,297,987	15,286,567
1983	16,689,119	15,388,794
1984	17,085,242	15,441,860
1985	17,477,692	15,544,154
1986	17,868,124	15,731,256
1987	18,250,505	15,916,576
1988	18,638,661	16,078,621
1989	19,057,807	16,248,557
1990	19,524,573	16,352,458
1991	20,036,500	16,475,354
1992	20,609,707	16,739,284
1993	21,180,159	17,025,918
1994	21,717,479	17,275,773
1995	22,245,439	17,564,068
1996	22,741,862	17,905,018
1997	23,219,463	18,248,200
1998	23,680,357	18,596,003
1999	24,125,199	18,944,731
2000	24,546,509	19,293,054
2001	24,946,748	19,600,362
2002	25,328,981	19,805,752
2003	25,688,758	19,951,521
2004	26,016,656	20,087,605
2005	26,309,458	20,216,524
2006	26,565,425	20,352,411
2007	26,788,492	20,492,545
2008	26,990,037	20,629,378
2009	27,173,035	20,756,435
2010	27,341,952	20,879,089
2011	27,464,494	21,009,048
2012	27,534,915	21,169,458
2013	27,589,996	20,585,000
2014	27,672,370	20,778,000
2015	27,823,629	20,970,000
2016	27,955,462	21,209,000
2017	28,011,258	21,453,000
2018	28,079,689	21,670,000
2019	28,414,064	21,803,000
2020	28,966,574	21,919,000
2021	29,475,010	22,156,000
2022	29,715,436	22,181,000
2023	29,694,614	22,037,000
2024	29,651,054	21,916,000

Fertility rates in Nepal and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nepal	Sri Lanka
1960	6.07	5.35
1961	6.09	5.24
1962	6.08	5.18
1963	6.06	5.12
1964	6.04	5.06
1965	6.01	4.93
1966	5.98	4.83
1967	5.95	4.79
1968	5.94	4.66
1969	5.89	4.5
1970	5.87	4.39
1971	5.85	4.27
1972	5.8	4.16
1973	5.7	4
1974	5.75	3.86
1975	5.73	3.82
1976	5.72	3.78
1977	5.69	3.74
1978	5.68	3.81
1979	5.64	3.82
1980	5.6	3.73
1981	5.58	3.65
1982	5.55	3.32
1983	5.54	3.11
1984	5.51	3.01
1985	5.46	2.9
1986	5.4	2.74
1987	5.35	2.64
1988	5.31	2.57
1989	5.26	2.58
1990	5.21	2.54
1991	5.15	2.51
1992	5.07	2.49
1993	5.04	2.44
1994	4.96	2.4
1995	4.87	2.35
1996	4.67	2.29
1997	4.44	2.22
1998	4.28	2.14
1999	4.13	2.14
2000	3.98	2.21
2001	3.79	2.28
2002	3.6	2.31
2003	3.44	2.3
2004	3.28	2.27
2005	3.12	2.26
2006	2.97	2.29
2007	2.86	2.3
2008	2.74	2.23
2009	2.63	2.18
2010	2.54	2.13
2011	2.46	2.14
2012	2.42	2.17
2013	2.36	2.18
2014	2.32	2.13
2015	2.27	2.09
2016	2.23	2.06
2017	2.17	2.04
2018	2.12	2.03
2019	2.08	2.02
2020	2.05	2.01
2021	2.03	2
2022	2	1.98
2023	1.98	1.97

Nepal and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Nepal	Sri Lanka
1960	19.5	19.5
1961	19.5	19.5
1962	19.6	19.5
1963	19.6	19.5
1964	19.6	19.5
1965	19.6	19.5
1966	19.6	19.6
1967	19.7	19.7
1968	19.7	19.8
1969	19.7	19.9
1970	19.7	20
1971	19.7	20.1
1972	19.7	20.2
1973	19.7	20.4
1974	19.7	20.6
1975	19.7	20.7
1976	19.7	20.9
1977	19.7	21
1978	19.6	21.2
1979	19.6	21.3
1980	19.6	21.5
1981	19.5	21.6
1982	19.5	21.7
1983	19.5	21.9
1984	19.5	22
1985	19.4	22.2
1986	19.4	22.5
1987	19.3	22.8
1988	19.2	23.1
1989	19.2	23.4
1990	19.2	23.6
1991	19.2	23.9
1992	19.2	24.3
1993	19.2	24.6
1994	19.2	24.9
1995	19.2	25.3
1996	19.2	25.8
1997	19.2	26.2
1998	19.2	26.5
1999	19.3	26.9
2000	19.3	27.2
2001	19.4	27.6
2002	19.5	27.9
2003	19.7	28.2
2004	19.8	28.5
2005	20	28.8
2006	20.3	29
2007	20.5	29.3
2008	20.8	29.6
2009	21	29.9
2010	21.3	30.2
2011	21.6	30.5
2012	21.8	30.8
2013	22	31.1
2014	22.2	31.4
2015	22.4	31.7
2016	22.7	32
2017	22.9	32.3
2018	23.2	32.5
2019	23.7	32.8
2020	24.5	33.1
2021	25	33.3
2022	25.4	33.6
2023	25.7	33.8
2024	26	34.1

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