Sri Lanka vs Tanzania statistics compared

Sri Lanka has a population of 21.9M (ranked 61/197), compared with 68.6M in Tanzania (ranked 22/197). Sri Lanka's land area is 23,884 sq mi versus 342,009 sq mi for Tanzania (ranked 122nd vs. 31st).

By GDP, Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B) and Tanzania ranks 82/197 ($78.8B). By GDP per capita, Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516), while Tanzania ranks 170/197 ($1,149).

Sri Lanka and Tanzania: Comparison Charts

Sri Lanka and Tanzania economies compared

GDP

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP
	Sri Lanka	Tanzania
1960	$1,409,873,950	$2,651,729,807
1961	$1,444,327,731	$2,826,179,031
1962	$1,434,156,379	$3,101,589,993
1963	$1,240,672,269	$3,456,579,293
1964	$1,309,747,899	$3,748,840,925
1965	$1,698,319,328	$3,817,226,546
1966	$1,751,470,588	$4,377,998,825
1967	$1,859,465,021	$4,565,132,048
1968	$1,801,344,538	$4,895,251,824
1969	$1,965,546,218	$5,142,066,811
1970	$2,296,470,588	$2,851,419,386
1971	$2,369,308,600	$3,050,673,517
1972	$2,553,936,348	$3,472,787,266
1973	$2,875,625,000	$4,144,104,535
1974	$3,574,586,466	$4,977,337,978
1975	$3,791,298,146	$5,729,917,840
1976	$3,591,319,857	$6,472,511,988
1977	$4,104,509,583	$7,732,598,995
1978	$2,733,183,857	$9,261,675,710
1979	$3,364,611,432	$9,804,637,491
1980	$4,024,621,900	$11,409,228,087
1981	$4,415,844,156	$13,161,540,378
1982	$4,768,765,017	$13,927,383,240
1983	$5,167,913,302	$14,049,883,809
1984	$6,043,474,843	$12,906,635,133
1985	$5,978,460,972	$15,328,295,175
1986	$6,405,210,564	$10,840,864,521
1987	$6,682,167,120	$7,824,193,222
1988	$6,978,371,581	$7,406,614,407
1989	$6,987,267,684	$6,418,799,007
1990	$8,032,551,173	$6,184,384,225
1991	$9,000,362,582	$7,197,768,159
1992	$9,703,011,636	$6,681,997,469
1993	$10,338,679,636	$6,182,872,708
1994	$11,717,604,209	$6,550,480,484
1995	$13,029,697,561	$7,631,431,840
1996	$13,897,738,375	$9,433,528,150
1997	$15,091,913,884	$11,158,197,942
1998	$15,794,972,847	$12,172,790,056
1999	$15,656,327,860	$12,704,334,196
2000	$16,330,814,180	$13,371,767,082
2001	$15,749,753,805	$13,563,990,022
2002	$16,536,535,647	$14,129,651,896
2003	$18,881,765,437	$15,211,487,709
2004	$20,662,525,941	$16,673,062,473
2005	$24,405,791,045	$18,395,383,647
2006	$28,279,802,406	$18,619,859,795
2007	$32,350,238,760	$21,860,434,823
2008	$40,713,826,215	$27,947,821,398
2009	$42,066,224,093	$29,400,573,554
2010	$58,636,161,082	$32,012,892,919
2011	$67,753,284,044	$34,657,140,096
2012	$70,447,216,891	$39,650,394,363
2013	$77,000,578,167	$45,648,857,242
2014	$82,528,535,714	$49,986,726,461
2015	$85,090,301,052	$47,413,919,817
2016	$88,000,211,172	$49,774,409,374
2017	$94,369,350,286	$53,274,884,533
2018	$94,450,015,983	$57,003,712,892
2019	$88,998,706,297	$61,026,731,926
2020	$84,335,574,582	$66,068,737,786
2021	$88,556,698,938	$70,655,628,148
2022	$74,143,020,263	$75,769,974,505
2023	$83,716,142,582	$79,062,403,837
2024	$98,963,185,510	$78,779,864,877

Sri Lanka and Tanzania economies compared

GDP per capita

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sri Lanka	Tanzania
1960	$145.9	$267.8
1961	$145.9	$277.4
1962	$141.4	$295.7
1963	$119.4	$320
1964	$122.9	$337
1965	$155.6	$333
1966	$156.6	$370
1967	$162.3	$374
1968	$153.5	$388
1969	$163.6	$394
1970	$186.9	$211.3
1971	$188.8	$218.4
1972	$199.4	$239.8
1973	$220.2	$276.1
1974	$268.7	$320
1975	$279.8	$355
1976	$260.3	$387
1977	$292.1	$446
1978	$191	$515
1979	$230.8	$527
1980	$271.1	$595
1981	$292.5	$665
1982	$312	$683
1983	$336	$667
1984	$391	$593
1985	$385	$681
1986	$407	$466
1987	$420	$326
1988	$434	$299
1989	$430	$252.3
1990	$491	$236.9
1991	$546	$268.8
1992	$580	$243.4
1993	$607	$218.2
1994	$678	$222.5
1995	$742	$251.2
1996	$776	$305
1997	$827	$353
1998	$849	$375
1999	$826	$382
2000	$846	$390
2001	$804	$385
2002	$835	$391
2003	$946	$410
2004	$1,029	$438
2005	$1,207	$469
2006	$1,390	$462
2007	$1,579	$528
2008	$1,974	$657
2009	$2,027	$674
2010	$2,808	$715
2011	$3,225	$753
2012	$3,328	$837
2013	$3,741	$935
2014	$3,972	$993
2015	$4,058	$911
2016	$4,149	$925
2017	$4,399	$957
2018	$4,359	$992
2019	$4,082	$1,031
2020	$3,848	$1,084
2021	$3,997	$1,125
2022	$3,343	$1,171
2023	$3,799	$1,187
2024	$4,516	$1,149

Sri Lanka vs. Tanzania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sri Lanka	Tanzania
1950	53.2	41
1951	54	41.2
1952	54.9	41.4
1953	55.6	41.5
1954	56.4	41.7
1955	57.2	41.8
1956	57.9	42
1957	58.5	42.1
1958	59.3	42.3
1959	60	42.5
1960	60.6	42.6
1961	61.2	42.8
1962	61.6	43.2
1963	62	43.6
1964	62.4	44.1
1965	62.8	44.5
1966	63.2	44.9
1967	63.6	45.2
1968	63.9	45.6
1969	64.1	46
1970	64.4	46.5
1971	64.2	47
1972	64.6	47.4
1973	64.8	47.9
1974	65	48.4
1975	65.4	48.9
1976	65.8	49.5
1977	66.4	50
1978	66.8	50.4
1979	67.5	50.8
1980	68	51.3
1981	68.4	51.7
1982	68.7	52
1983	68.7	52.2
1984	68.8	52.2
1985	68.9	52.2
1986	69	52.2
1987	69	52.2
1988	69	52.2
1989	67.3	52.1
1990	69.2	52
1991	69.1	51.8
1992	69.6	51.4
1993	70	51.2
1994	70.2	51.1
1995	69.7	51
1996	69.8	51.1
1997	69.9	51.2
1998	70.1	51.8
1999	70.4	52.4
2000	71.2	53.2
2001	71.8	54.1
2002	72.3	54.9
2003	72.4	55.9
2004	68	56.8
2005	73.1	57.7
2006	72.8	58.5
2007	73	59.3
2008	72.6	59.9
2009	70.3	60.5
2010	74.5	61.1
2011	74.7	61.6
2012	75.2	62.3
2013	75.5	62.8
2014	75.8	63.4
2015	76	63.9
2016	76.1	64.4
2017	76.2	65
2018	76.5	65.5
2019	76.7	66
2020	76.9	66.8
2021	76.3	66.1
2022	77.3	66.9
2023	77.5	67
2024	77.7	67.2
2025	77.9	67.4

Sri Lanka and Tanzania population clocks and comparison

Population

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Table

Year	Population
	Sri Lanka	Tanzania
1960	9,661,389	9,901,419
1961	9,899,372	10,187,886
1962	10,143,754	10,487,756
1963	10,395,040	10,799,528
1964	10,653,397	11,127,826
1965	10,916,965	11,470,728
1966	11,183,928	11,827,459
1967	11,457,328	12,200,109
1968	11,736,088	12,602,076
1969	12,013,858	13,036,700
1970	12,287,110	13,492,677
1971	12,551,910	13,971,451
1972	12,809,205	14,479,308
1973	13,060,916	15,010,101
1974	13,305,693	15,561,630
1975	13,548,984	16,138,361
1976	13,796,770	16,736,211
1977	14,049,371	17,352,929
1978	14,310,128	17,976,566
1979	14,579,614	18,592,038
1980	14,847,974	19,189,769
1981	15,099,414	19,784,703
1982	15,286,567	20,398,571
1983	15,388,794	21,079,874
1984	15,441,860	21,779,066
1985	15,544,154	22,501,693
1986	15,731,256	23,258,959
1987	15,916,576	24,030,378
1988	16,078,621	24,769,686
1989	16,248,557	25,438,759
1990	16,352,458	26,110,207
1991	16,475,354	26,780,436
1992	16,739,284	27,457,588
1993	17,025,918	28,332,692
1994	17,275,773	29,442,356
1995	17,564,068	30,383,497
1996	17,905,018	30,945,762
1997	18,248,200	31,578,089
1998	18,596,003	32,420,458
1999	18,944,731	33,300,330
2000	19,293,054	34,260,139
2001	19,600,362	35,198,299
2002	19,805,752	36,121,304
2003	19,951,521	37,089,555
2004	20,087,605	38,109,668
2005	20,216,524	39,182,076
2006	20,352,411	40,294,902
2007	20,492,545	41,435,512
2008	20,629,378	42,570,728
2009	20,756,435	43,633,982
2010	20,879,089	44,758,488
2011	21,009,048	46,029,367
2012	21,169,458	47,374,260
2013	20,585,000	48,824,128
2014	20,778,000	50,351,512
2015	20,970,000	52,020,962
2016	21,209,000	53,824,013
2017	21,453,000	55,652,890
2018	21,670,000	57,437,145
2019	21,803,000	59,174,891
2020	21,919,000	60,972,798
2021	22,156,000	62,830,412
2022	22,181,000	64,711,821
2023	22,037,000	66,617,606
2024	21,916,000	68,560,157

Fertility rates in Sri Lanka and Tanzania

Fertility rate

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sri Lanka	Tanzania
1960	5.35	6.54
1961	5.24	6.56
1962	5.18	6.61
1963	5.12	6.65
1964	5.06	6.68
1965	4.93	6.73
1966	4.83	6.8
1967	4.79	6.86
1968	4.66	6.9
1969	4.5	6.95
1970	4.39	7
1971	4.27	7.04
1972	4.16	7.05
1973	4	7.06
1974	3.86	7.12
1975	3.82	7.1
1976	3.78	7.09
1977	3.74	7.07
1978	3.81	7.06
1979	3.82	7.04
1980	3.73	6.99
1981	3.65	6.93
1982	3.32	6.87
1983	3.11	6.81
1984	3.01	6.72
1985	2.9	6.6
1986	2.74	6.49
1987	2.64	6.41
1988	2.57	6.38
1989	2.58	6.3
1990	2.54	6.2
1991	2.51	6.14
1992	2.49	6.08
1993	2.44	6
1994	2.4	5.89
1995	2.35	5.82
1996	2.29	5.83
1997	2.22	5.84
1998	2.14	5.81
1999	2.14	5.75
2000	2.21	5.67
2001	2.28	5.62
2002	2.31	5.57
2003	2.3	5.58
2004	2.27	5.6
2005	2.26	5.58
2006	2.29	5.51
2007	2.3	5.4
2008	2.23	5.32
2009	2.18	5.26
2010	2.13	5.23
2011	2.14	5.14
2012	2.17	5.14
2013	2.18	5.16
2014	2.13	5.12
2015	2.09	5.03
2016	2.06	5.01
2017	2.04	4.99
2018	2.03	4.93
2019	2.02	4.87
2020	2.01	4.8
2021	2	4.73
2022	1.98	4.67
2023	1.97	4.61

Sri Lanka and Tanzania demographics compared

Median age

Sri Lanka

Tanzania

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sri Lanka	Tanzania
1960	19.5	17.4
1961	19.5	17.4
1962	19.5	17.4
1963	19.5	17.4
1964	19.5	17.4
1965	19.5	17.3
1966	19.6	17.2
1967	19.7	17.2
1968	19.8	17.1
1969	19.9	17.1
1970	20	17.1
1971	20.1	17
1972	20.2	17
1973	20.4	17
1974	20.6	16.9
1975	20.7	16.9
1976	20.9	16.8
1977	21	16.8
1978	21.2	16.7
1979	21.3	16.6
1980	21.5	16.5
1981	21.6	16.4
1982	21.7	16.3
1983	21.9	16.2
1984	22	16.2
1985	22.2	16.3
1986	22.5	16.4
1987	22.8	16.5
1988	23.1	16.6
1989	23.4	16.6
1990	23.6	16.7
1991	23.9	16.7
1992	24.3	16.8
1993	24.6	17
1994	24.9	17.3
1995	25.3	17.4
1996	25.8	17.4
1997	26.2	17.3
1998	26.5	17.3
1999	26.9	17.4
2000	27.2	17.4
2001	27.6	17.5
2002	27.9	17.5
2003	28.2	17.4
2004	28.5	17.4
2005	28.8	17.4
2006	29	17.4
2007	29.3	17.3
2008	29.6	17.3
2009	29.9	17.2
2010	30.2	17.2
2011	30.5	17.2
2012	30.8	17.3
2013	31.1	17.3
2014	31.4	17.4
2015	31.7	17.5
2016	32	17.6
2017	32.3	17.8
2018	32.5	17.9
2019	32.8	17.9
2020	33.1	18
2021	33.3	18.1
2022	33.6	18.2
2023	33.8	18.3
2024	34.1	18.4

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