Sri Lanka vs Thailand statistics compared

Sri Lanka has a population of 21.9M (ranked 61/197), compared with 71.7M in Thailand (ranked 20/197). Sri Lanka's land area is 23,884 sq mi versus 197,256 sq mi for Thailand (ranked 122nd vs. 50th).

By GDP, Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B) and Thailand ranks 30/197 ($526B). By GDP per capita, Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516), while Thailand ranks 102/197 ($7,345).

Sri Lanka and Thailand: Comparison Charts

Sri Lanka and Thailand economies compared

GDP

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP
	Sri Lanka	Thailand
1960	$1,409,873,950	$2,760,750,861
1961	$1,444,327,731	$3,034,037,811
1962	$1,434,156,379	$3,308,912,797
1963	$1,240,672,269	$3,540,403,457
1964	$1,309,747,899	$3,889,129,942
1965	$1,698,319,328	$4,388,937,649
1966	$1,751,470,588	$5,279,230,817
1967	$1,859,465,021	$5,638,461,442
1968	$1,801,344,538	$6,081,009,428
1969	$1,965,546,218	$6,695,336,567
1970	$2,296,470,588	$7,086,538,438
1971	$2,369,308,600	$7,375,000,024
1972	$2,553,936,348	$8,177,873,151
1973	$2,875,625,000	$10,838,587,358
1974	$3,574,586,466	$13,702,998,512
1975	$3,791,298,146	$14,882,770,594
1976	$3,591,319,857	$16,985,208,648
1977	$4,104,509,583	$19,779,312,261
1978	$2,733,183,857	$24,006,566,637
1979	$3,364,611,432	$27,371,650,825
1980	$4,024,621,900	$32,353,514,989
1981	$4,415,844,156	$34,846,039,194
1982	$4,768,765,017	$36,589,772,404
1983	$5,167,913,302	$40,042,798,388
1984	$6,043,474,843	$41,797,647,776
1985	$5,978,460,972	$38,900,711,333
1986	$6,405,210,564	$43,096,773,981
1987	$6,682,167,120	$50,535,446,555
1988	$6,978,371,581	$61,667,253,471
1989	$6,987,267,684	$72,250,748,100
1990	$8,032,551,173	$85,343,190,719
1991	$9,000,362,582	$98,234,714,971
1992	$9,703,011,636	$111,452,746,518
1993	$10,338,679,636	$128,889,262,951
1994	$11,717,604,209	$146,683,778,959
1995	$13,029,697,561	$169,278,916,593
1996	$13,897,738,375	$183,035,237,429
1997	$15,091,913,884	$150,180,456,566
1998	$15,794,972,847	$113,675,596,788
1999	$15,656,327,860	$126,669,211,779
2000	$16,330,814,180	$126,392,224,254
2001	$15,749,753,805	$120,296,476,180
2002	$16,536,535,647	$134,300,904,400
2003	$18,881,765,437	$152,280,615,246
2004	$20,662,525,941	$172,895,685,155
2005	$24,405,791,045	$189,318,408,469
2006	$28,279,802,406	$221,758,296,022
2007	$32,350,238,760	$262,942,621,455
2008	$40,713,826,215	$291,382,982,431
2009	$42,066,224,093	$281,710,630,187
2010	$58,636,161,082	$341,104,766,329
2011	$67,753,284,044	$370,818,739,624
2012	$70,447,216,891	$397,558,325,279
2013	$77,000,578,167	$420,333,654,593
2014	$82,528,535,714	$407,339,040,198
2015	$85,090,301,052	$401,296,238,228
2016	$88,000,211,172	$413,366,349,748
2017	$94,369,350,286	$456,356,813,537
2018	$94,450,015,983	$506,754,208,404
2019	$88,998,706,297	$543,976,691,794
2020	$84,335,574,582	$500,461,898,480
2021	$88,556,698,938	$506,194,668,790
2022	$74,143,020,263	$495,644,697,588
2023	$83,716,142,582	$515,906,283,941
2024	$98,963,185,510	$526,411,265,428

Sri Lanka and Thailand economies compared

GDP per capita

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sri Lanka	Thailand
1960	$145.9	$102.8
1961	$145.9	$109.7
1962	$141.4	$116.2
1963	$119.4	$120.7
1964	$122.9	$128.6
1965	$155.6	$140.9
1966	$156.6	$164.5
1967	$162.3	$170.7
1968	$153.5	$178.8
1969	$163.6	$191.4
1970	$186.9	$197.1
1971	$188.8	$199.7
1972	$199.4	$215.6
1973	$220.2	$278.3
1974	$268.7	$343
1975	$279.8	$364
1976	$260.3	$405
1977	$292.1	$462
1978	$191	$548
1979	$230.8	$612
1980	$271.1	$709
1981	$292.5	$748
1982	$312	$770
1983	$336	$827
1984	$391	$847
1985	$385	$774
1986	$407	$842
1987	$420	$970
1988	$434	$1,164
1989	$430	$1,342
1990	$491	$1,559
1991	$546	$1,766
1992	$580	$1,972
1993	$607	$2,245
1994	$678	$2,518
1995	$742	$2,864
1996	$776	$3,055
1997	$827	$2,473
1998	$849	$1,848
1999	$826	$2,033
2000	$846	$2,006
2001	$804	$1,890
2002	$835	$2,090
2003	$946	$2,348
2004	$1,029	$2,642
2005	$1,207	$2,868
2006	$1,390	$3,331
2007	$1,579	$3,919
2008	$1,974	$4,309
2009	$2,027	$4,135
2010	$2,808	$4,974
2011	$3,225	$5,374
2012	$3,328	$5,726
2013	$3,741	$6,018
2014	$3,972	$5,801
2015	$4,058	$5,689
2016	$4,149	$5,834
2017	$4,399	$6,413
2018	$4,359	$7,100
2019	$4,082	$7,606
2020	$3,848	$6,986
2021	$3,997	$7,057
2022	$3,343	$6,909
2023	$3,799	$7,195
2024	$4,516	$7,345

Sri Lanka vs. Thailand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sri Lanka	Thailand
1950	53.2	45.2
1951	54	45.9
1952	54.9	46.5
1953	55.6	47.1
1954	56.4	47.6
1955	57.2	48.1
1956	57.9	48.6
1957	58.5	49.1
1958	59.3	49.5
1959	60	50.1
1960	60.6	50.6
1961	61.2	51.1
1962	61.6	51.4
1963	62	52
1964	62.4	52.5
1965	62.8	53.1
1966	63.2	53.7
1967	63.6	54.3
1968	63.9	55
1969	64.1	55.7
1970	64.4	56.5
1971	64.2	57.1
1972	64.6	57.7
1973	64.8	58.3
1974	65	59
1975	65.4	59.7
1976	65.8	60.4
1977	66.4	60.9
1978	66.8	61.3
1979	67.5	61.7
1980	68	62.2
1981	68.4	62.9
1982	68.7	63.6
1983	68.7	64.5
1984	68.8	65.5
1985	68.9	66.5
1986	69	67.3
1987	69	67.8
1988	69	68.2
1989	67.3	68.6
1990	69.2	68.9
1991	69.1	69.1
1992	69.6	69.4
1993	70	69.6
1994	70.2	69.7
1995	69.7	69.8
1996	69.8	69.9
1997	69.9	70.4
1998	70.1	70.7
1999	70.4	71
2000	71.2	71.2
2001	71.8	71.5
2002	72.3	71.8
2003	72.4	72.1
2004	68	72.1
2005	73.1	72.9
2006	72.8	73.3
2007	73	73.8
2008	72.6	74.2
2009	70.3	74.7
2010	74.5	75
2011	74.7	75.3
2012	75.2	75.6
2013	75.5	76
2014	75.8	76.3
2015	76	76.6
2016	76.1	76.8
2017	76.2	77
2018	76.5	77.2
2019	76.7	77.2
2020	76.9	77.3
2021	76.3	77.6
2022	77.3	75.3
2023	77.5	76.4
2024	77.7	76.6
2025	77.9	76.8

Sri Lanka and Thailand population clocks and comparison

Population

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Table

Year	Population
	Sri Lanka	Thailand
1960	9,661,389	26,851,747
1961	9,899,372	27,650,334
1962	10,143,754	28,481,040
1963	10,395,040	29,342,322
1964	10,653,397	30,232,141
1965	10,916,965	31,149,337
1966	11,183,928	32,086,071
1967	11,457,328	33,037,801
1968	11,736,088	34,002,560
1969	12,013,858	34,973,782
1970	12,287,110	35,954,408
1971	12,551,910	36,937,387
1972	12,809,205	37,933,929
1973	13,060,916	38,947,787
1974	13,305,693	39,952,891
1975	13,548,984	40,940,005
1976	13,796,770	41,896,504
1977	14,049,371	42,843,974
1978	14,310,128	43,788,976
1979	14,579,614	44,718,434
1980	14,847,974	45,650,022
1981	15,099,414	46,575,855
1982	15,286,567	47,494,577
1983	15,388,794	48,423,309
1984	15,441,860	49,351,708
1985	15,544,154	50,270,753
1986	15,731,256	51,177,834
1987	15,916,576	52,074,105
1988	16,078,621	52,969,595
1989	16,248,557	53,848,956
1990	16,352,458	54,738,329
1991	16,475,354	55,637,434
1992	16,739,284	56,528,834
1993	17,025,918	57,408,198
1994	17,275,773	58,260,854
1995	17,564,068	59,098,232
1996	17,905,018	59,920,064
1997	18,248,200	60,724,584
1998	18,596,003	61,522,630
1999	18,944,731	62,299,043
2000	19,293,054	63,007,815
2001	19,600,362	63,651,141
2002	19,805,752	64,266,437
2003	19,951,521	64,868,166
2004	20,087,605	65,452,047
2005	20,216,524	66,017,420
2006	20,352,411	66,567,687
2007	20,492,545	67,102,394
2008	20,629,378	67,619,830
2009	20,756,435	68,121,080
2010	20,879,089	68,579,447
2011	21,009,048	69,007,208
2012	21,169,458	69,436,098
2013	20,585,000	69,845,114
2014	20,778,000	70,216,367
2015	20,970,000	70,540,795
2016	21,209,000	70,859,841
2017	21,453,000	71,160,187
2018	21,670,000	71,376,079
2019	21,803,000	71,522,271
2020	21,919,000	71,641,484
2021	22,156,000	71,727,332
2022	22,181,000	71,735,329
2023	22,037,000	71,702,435
2024	21,916,000	71,668,011

Fertility rates in Sri Lanka and Thailand

Fertility rate

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sri Lanka	Thailand
1960	5.35	6.33
1961	5.24	6.32
1962	5.18	6.33
1963	5.12	6.34
1964	5.06	6.31
1965	4.93	6.26
1966	4.83	6.18
1967	4.79	6.08
1968	4.66	5.93
1969	4.5	5.7
1970	4.39	5.45
1971	4.27	5.25
1972	4.16	5.08
1973	4	4.85
1974	3.86	4.6
1975	3.82	4.36
1976	3.78	4.12
1977	3.74	3.87
1978	3.81	3.62
1979	3.82	3.45
1980	3.73	3.29
1981	3.65	3.13
1982	3.32	2.94
1983	3.11	2.76
1984	3.01	2.58
1985	2.9	2.45
1986	2.74	2.36
1987	2.64	2.26
1988	2.57	2.17
1989	2.58	2.14
1990	2.54	2.07
1991	2.51	2.04
1992	2.49	2.01
1993	2.44	1.97
1994	2.4	1.93
1995	2.35	1.89
1996	2.29	1.87
1997	2.22	1.85
1998	2.14	1.82
1999	2.14	1.77
2000	2.21	1.73
2001	2.28	1.71
2002	2.31	1.69
2003	2.3	1.67
2004	2.27	1.67
2005	2.26	1.64
2006	2.29	1.63
2007	2.3	1.62
2008	2.23	1.59
2009	2.18	1.57
2010	2.13	1.56
2011	2.14	1.57
2012	2.17	1.56
2013	2.18	1.53
2014	2.13	1.48
2015	2.09	1.45
2016	2.06	1.4
2017	2.04	1.36
2018	2.03	1.32
2019	2.02	1.29
2020	2.01	1.26
2021	2	1.23
2022	1.98	1.22
2023	1.97	1.21

Sri Lanka and Thailand demographics compared

Median age

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sri Lanka	Thailand
1960	19.5	18
1961	19.5	17.9
1962	19.5	17.7
1963	19.5	17.6
1964	19.5	17.5
1965	19.5	17.4
1966	19.6	17.3
1967	19.7	17.3
1968	19.8	17.3
1969	19.9	17.4
1970	20	17.5
1971	20.1	17.6
1972	20.2	17.8
1973	20.4	18
1974	20.6	18.2
1975	20.7	18.4
1976	20.9	18.7
1977	21	18.9
1978	21.2	19.2
1979	21.3	19.5
1980	21.5	19.9
1981	21.6	20.2
1982	21.7	20.6
1983	21.9	21
1984	22	21.5
1985	22.2	21.9
1986	22.5	22.4
1987	22.8	22.8
1988	23.1	23.3
1989	23.4	23.7
1990	23.6	24.3
1991	23.9	24.8
1992	24.3	25.4
1993	24.6	26
1994	24.9	26.6
1995	25.3	27.2
1996	25.8	27.7
1997	26.2	28.3
1998	26.5	28.9
1999	26.9	29.5
2000	27.2	30
2001	27.6	30.5
2002	27.9	30.9
2003	28.2	31.3
2004	28.5	31.7
2005	28.8	32.2
2006	29	32.6
2007	29.3	33.1
2008	29.6	33.6
2009	29.9	34
2010	30.2	34.5
2011	30.5	35
2012	30.8	35.4
2013	31.1	35.9
2014	31.4	36.3
2015	31.7	36.8
2016	32	37.3
2017	32.3	37.7
2018	32.5	38.2
2019	32.8	38.7
2020	33.1	39.2
2021	33.3	39.7
2022	33.6	40.2
2023	33.8	40.7
2024	34.1	41.1

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