Sri Lanka vs Zambia statistics compared

Sri Lanka has a population of 21.9M (ranked 61/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Sri Lanka's land area is 23,884 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 122nd vs. 37th).

By GDP, Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Sri Lanka and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Sri Lanka and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Sri Lanka

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Sri Lanka	Zambia
1960	$1,409,873,950	$698,739,721
1961	$1,444,327,731	$682,359,727
1962	$1,434,156,379	$679,279,729
1963	$1,240,672,269	$704,339,719
1964	$1,309,747,899	$822,639,671
1965	$1,698,319,328	$1,061,199,576
1966	$1,751,470,588	$1,238,999,505
1967	$1,859,465,021	$1,340,639,464
1968	$1,801,344,538	$1,573,739,371
1969	$1,965,546,218	$1,926,399,230
1970	$2,296,470,588	$1,788,779,285
1971	$2,369,308,600	$1,653,259,341
1972	$2,553,936,348	$1,872,416,680
1973	$2,875,625,000	$2,434,255,237
1974	$3,574,586,466	$2,910,981,262
1975	$3,791,298,146	$2,442,672,141
1976	$3,591,319,857	$2,742,859,263
1977	$4,104,509,583	$2,515,296,940
1978	$2,733,183,857	$2,811,032,473
1979	$3,364,611,432	$3,353,445,378
1980	$4,024,621,900	$3,884,530,854
1981	$4,415,844,156	$4,008,126,497
1982	$4,768,765,017	$3,871,117,093
1983	$5,167,913,302	$3,321,048,451
1984	$6,043,474,843	$2,719,518,933
1985	$5,978,460,972	$2,252,454,500
1986	$6,405,210,564	$1,664,413,508
1987	$6,682,167,120	$2,265,250,972
1988	$6,978,371,581	$3,728,878,149
1989	$6,987,267,684	$3,994,673,161
1990	$8,032,551,173	$3,288,381,797
1991	$9,000,362,582	$3,376,806,697
1992	$9,703,011,636	$3,182,810,841
1993	$10,338,679,636	$3,273,505,344
1994	$11,717,604,209	$3,656,806,166
1995	$13,029,697,561	$3,806,983,413
1996	$13,897,738,375	$3,597,220,962
1997	$15,091,913,884	$4,303,288,480
1998	$15,794,972,847	$3,537,741,942
1999	$15,656,327,860	$3,404,284,891
2000	$16,330,814,180	$3,600,632,111
2001	$15,749,753,805	$4,094,441,301
2002	$16,536,535,647	$4,193,850,445
2003	$18,881,765,437	$4,901,869,764
2004	$20,662,525,941	$6,221,110,219
2005	$24,405,791,045	$8,331,870,169
2006	$28,279,802,406	$12,756,858,899
2007	$32,350,238,760	$14,056,957,976
2008	$40,713,826,215	$17,910,858,638
2009	$42,066,224,093	$15,328,342,304
2010	$58,636,161,082	$20,265,559,484
2011	$67,753,284,044	$23,459,515,276
2012	$70,447,216,891	$25,503,060,420
2013	$77,000,578,167	$28,037,239,463
2014	$82,528,535,714	$27,141,023,558
2015	$85,090,301,052	$21,251,216,799
2016	$88,000,211,172	$20,958,412,538
2017	$94,369,350,286	$25,873,601,261
2018	$94,450,015,983	$26,311,507,274
2019	$88,998,706,297	$23,308,667,781
2020	$84,335,574,582	$18,137,764,931
2021	$88,556,698,938	$22,096,416,932
2022	$74,143,020,263	$29,163,782,140
2023	$83,716,142,582	$27,577,956,471
2024	$98,963,185,510	$26,325,775,287

Sri Lanka and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Sri Lanka

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sri Lanka	Zambia
1960	$145.9	$221.6
1961	$145.9	$209.7
1962	$141.4	$202.3
1963	$119.4	$203.2
1964	$122.9	$230
1965	$155.6	$287.4
1966	$156.6	$325
1967	$162.3	$341
1968	$153.5	$387
1969	$163.6	$459
1970	$186.9	$414
1971	$188.8	$372
1972	$199.4	$410
1973	$220.2	$518
1974	$268.7	$601
1975	$279.8	$490
1976	$260.3	$533
1977	$292.1	$474
1978	$191	$514
1979	$230.8	$595
1980	$271.1	$669
1981	$292.5	$670
1982	$312	$627
1983	$336	$520
1984	$391	$413
1985	$385	$332
1986	$407	$238.2
1987	$420	$315
1988	$434	$504
1989	$430	$526
1990	$491	$422
1991	$546	$423
1992	$580	$389
1993	$607	$391
1994	$678	$426
1995	$742	$433
1996	$776	$400
1997	$827	$466
1998	$849	$373
1999	$826	$350
2000	$846	$359
2001	$804	$397
2002	$835	$394
2003	$946	$446
2004	$1,029	$549
2005	$1,207	$711
2006	$1,390	$1,052
2007	$1,579	$1,119
2008	$1,974	$1,376
2009	$2,027	$1,136
2010	$2,808	$1,451
2011	$3,225	$1,625
2012	$3,328	$1,710
2013	$3,741	$1,821
2014	$3,972	$1,707
2015	$4,058	$1,296
2016	$4,149	$1,239
2017	$4,399	$1,483
2018	$4,359	$1,464
2019	$4,082	$1,259
2020	$3,848	$952
2021	$3,997	$1,127
2022	$3,343	$1,447
2023	$3,799	$1,331
2024	$4,516	$1,235

Sri Lanka vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sri Lanka

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sri Lanka	Zambia
1950	53.2	46.8
1951	54	47.2
1952	54.9	47.6
1953	55.6	48
1954	56.4	48.4
1955	57.2	48.8
1956	57.9	49.1
1957	58.5	49.5
1958	59.3	49.9
1959	60	50.3
1960	60.6	50.6
1961	61.2	51
1962	61.6	51.3
1963	62	51.6
1964	62.4	51.2
1965	62.8	52.1
1966	63.2	52.3
1967	63.6	52.5
1968	63.9	52.7
1969	64.1	53
1970	64.4	53.4
1971	64.2	53.9
1972	64.6	54.4
1973	64.8	54.9
1974	65	55.4
1975	65.4	55.7
1976	65.8	56.1
1977	66.4	56.3
1978	66.8	56.3
1979	67.5	56
1980	68	55.5
1981	68.4	55
1982	68.7	54.4
1983	68.7	53.7
1984	68.8	52.9
1985	68.9	52
1986	69	51.1
1987	69	50.4
1988	69	49.7
1989	67.3	48.9
1990	69.2	48.2
1991	69.1	47.4
1992	69.6	47
1993	70	46.7
1994	70.2	46.3
1995	69.7	46.1
1996	69.8	45.8
1997	69.9	45.7
1998	70.1	45.7
1999	70.4	45.9
2000	71.2	46.6
2001	71.8	47.4
2002	72.3	48.5
2003	72.4	49.6
2004	68	50.5
2005	73.1	51.6
2006	72.8	52.7
2007	73	53.7
2008	72.6	54.8
2009	70.3	55.9
2010	74.5	56.9
2011	74.7	57.8
2012	75.2	58.7
2013	75.5	59.4
2014	75.8	60.1
2015	76	60.7
2016	76.1	61.1
2017	76.2	61.6
2018	76.5	62.1
2019	76.7	62.9
2020	76.9	63.4
2021	76.3	62.4
2022	77.3	65.3
2023	77.5	66.3
2024	77.7	66.5
2025	77.9	66.7

Sri Lanka and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Sri Lanka

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Sri Lanka	Zambia
1960	9,661,389	3,153,729
1961	9,899,372	3,254,086
1962	10,143,754	3,358,099
1963	10,395,040	3,465,907
1964	10,653,397	3,577,017
1965	10,916,965	3,692,086
1966	11,183,928	3,812,003
1967	11,457,328	3,936,343
1968	11,736,088	4,065,593
1969	12,013,858	4,197,116
1970	12,287,110	4,321,718
1971	12,551,910	4,442,525
1972	12,809,205	4,569,309
1973	13,060,916	4,702,693
1974	13,305,693	4,842,746
1975	13,548,984	4,990,086
1976	13,796,770	5,143,842
1977	14,049,371	5,302,480
1978	14,310,128	5,465,374
1979	14,579,614	5,631,728
1980	14,847,974	5,802,833
1981	15,099,414	5,983,289
1982	15,286,567	6,178,637
1983	15,388,794	6,381,038
1984	15,441,860	6,580,490
1985	15,544,154	6,780,953
1986	15,731,256	6,986,471
1987	15,916,576	7,191,282
1988	16,078,621	7,391,440
1989	16,248,557	7,589,216
1990	16,352,458	7,786,169
1991	16,475,354	7,981,650
1992	16,739,284	8,176,680
1993	17,025,918	8,373,921
1994	17,275,773	8,576,269
1995	17,564,068	8,785,763
1996	17,905,018	9,004,053
1997	18,248,200	9,237,063
1998	18,596,003	9,482,408
1999	18,944,731	9,740,005
2000	19,293,054	10,017,631
2001	19,600,362	10,325,185
2002	19,805,752	10,647,949
2003	19,951,521	10,983,595
2004	20,087,605	11,338,198
2005	20,216,524	11,718,819
2006	20,352,411	12,129,553
2007	20,492,545	12,565,085
2008	20,629,378	13,021,324
2009	20,756,435	13,490,389
2010	20,879,089	13,965,594
2011	21,009,048	14,437,796
2012	21,169,458	14,913,629
2013	20,585,000	15,398,997
2014	20,778,000	15,895,315
2015	20,970,000	16,399,089
2016	21,209,000	16,914,423
2017	21,453,000	17,441,320
2018	21,670,000	17,973,569
2019	21,803,000	18,513,839
2020	21,919,000	19,059,395
2021	22,156,000	19,603,607
2022	22,181,000	20,152,938
2023	22,037,000	20,723,965
2024	21,916,000	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Sri Lanka and Zambia

Fertility rate

Sri Lanka

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sri Lanka	Zambia
1960	5.35	6.95
1961	5.24	6.98
1962	5.18	7.01
1963	5.12	7.06
1964	5.06	7.09
1965	4.93	7.12
1966	4.83	7.14
1967	4.79	7.15
1968	4.66	7.18
1969	4.5	7.18
1970	4.39	7.22
1971	4.27	7.26
1972	4.16	7.3
1973	4	7.34
1974	3.86	7.36
1975	3.82	7.42
1976	3.78	7.39
1977	3.74	7.35
1978	3.81	7.29
1979	3.82	7.22
1980	3.73	7.14
1981	3.65	7.07
1982	3.32	7.04
1983	3.11	7.01
1984	3.01	6.97
1985	2.9	6.93
1986	2.74	6.87
1987	2.64	6.8
1988	2.57	6.7
1989	2.58	6.64
1990	2.54	6.57
1991	2.51	6.46
1992	2.49	6.35
1993	2.44	6.3
1994	2.4	6.26
1995	2.35	6.23
1996	2.29	6.18
1997	2.22	6.12
1998	2.14	6.07
1999	2.14	6
2000	2.21	5.92
2001	2.28	5.85
2002	2.31	5.77
2003	2.3	5.71
2004	2.27	5.7
2005	2.26	5.7
2006	2.29	5.68
2007	2.3	5.61
2008	2.23	5.53
2009	2.18	5.45
2010	2.13	5.36
2011	2.14	5.26
2012	2.17	5.14
2013	2.18	5.01
2014	2.13	4.89
2015	2.09	4.78
2016	2.06	4.67
2017	2.04	4.57
2018	2.03	4.49
2019	2.02	4.42
2020	2.01	4.32
2021	2	4.25
2022	1.98	4.18
2023	1.97	4.1

Sri Lanka and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Sri Lanka

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sri Lanka	Zambia
1960	19.5	17
1961	19.5	16.9
1962	19.5	16.8
1963	19.5	16.7
1964	19.5	16.6
1965	19.5	16.6
1966	19.6	16.5
1967	19.7	16.5
1968	19.8	16.4
1969	19.9	16.4
1970	20	16.2
1971	20.1	16.1
1972	20.2	15.9
1973	20.4	15.8
1974	20.6	15.7
1975	20.7	15.5
1976	20.9	15.4
1977	21	15.4
1978	21.2	15.3
1979	21.3	15.3
1980	21.5	15.2
1981	21.6	15.3
1982	21.7	15.3
1983	21.9	15.4
1984	22	15.4
1985	22.2	15.5
1986	22.5	15.5
1987	22.8	15.6
1988	23.1	15.6
1989	23.4	15.7
1990	23.6	15.7
1991	23.9	15.7
1992	24.3	15.8
1993	24.6	15.8
1994	24.9	15.8
1995	25.3	15.8
1996	25.8	15.8
1997	26.2	15.8
1998	26.5	15.8
1999	26.9	15.8
2000	27.2	15.9
2001	27.6	15.9
2002	27.9	16
2003	28.2	16.1
2004	28.5	16.2
2005	28.8	16.3
2006	29	16.3
2007	29.3	16.4
2008	29.6	16.5
2009	29.9	16.6
2010	30.2	16.7
2011	30.5	16.8
2012	30.8	16.9
2013	31.1	17
2014	31.4	17.1
2015	31.7	17.2
2016	32	17.4
2017	32.3	17.5
2018	32.5	17.7
2019	32.8	17.9
2020	33.1	18
2021	33.3	18.2
2022	33.6	18.4
2023	33.8	18.6
2024	34.1	18.8

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