Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe statistics compared

Sri Lanka has a population of 21.9M (ranked 61/197), compared with 16.6M in Zimbabwe (ranked 74/197). Sri Lanka's land area is 23,884 sq mi versus 149,364 sq mi for Zimbabwe (ranked 122nd vs. 60th).

By GDP, Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B) and Zimbabwe ranks 99/197 ($44.2B). By GDP per capita, Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516), while Zimbabwe ranks 144/197 ($2,656).

Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe: Comparison Charts

Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP

Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP
	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
1960	$1,409,873,950	$1,052,990,485
1961	$1,444,327,731	$1,096,646,688
1962	$1,434,156,379	$1,117,601,690
1963	$1,240,672,269	$1,159,511,793
1964	$1,309,747,899	$1,217,138,098
1965	$1,698,319,328	$1,311,435,906
1966	$1,751,470,588	$1,281,749,603
1967	$1,859,465,021	$1,397,002,112
1968	$1,801,344,538	$1,479,600,019
1969	$1,965,546,218	$1,747,998,941
1970	$2,296,470,588	$1,884,206,452
1971	$2,369,308,600	$2,178,716,475
1972	$2,553,936,348	$2,677,729,616
1973	$2,875,625,000	$3,309,353,866
1974	$3,574,586,466	$3,982,161,721
1975	$3,791,298,146	$4,371,301,052
1976	$3,591,319,857	$4,318,372,348
1977	$4,104,509,583	$4,364,382,451
1978	$2,733,183,857	$4,351,600,850
1979	$3,364,611,432	$5,177,459,817
1980	$4,024,621,900	$6,678,868,738
1981	$4,415,844,156	$8,011,374,445
1982	$4,768,765,017	$8,539,701,388
1983	$5,167,913,302	$7,764,067,625
1984	$6,043,474,843	$6,352,126,411
1985	$5,978,460,972	$5,637,259,754
1986	$6,405,210,564	$6,217,524,201
1987	$6,682,167,120	$6,741,215,643
1988	$6,978,371,581	$7,814,784,729
1989	$6,987,267,684	$8,286,323,367
1990	$8,032,551,173	$8,783,817,407
1991	$9,000,362,582	$8,641,482,396
1992	$9,703,011,636	$6,751,472,744
1993	$10,338,679,636	$6,563,813,829
1994	$11,717,604,209	$6,890,675,555
1995	$13,029,697,561	$7,111,271,273
1996	$13,897,738,375	$8,553,147,289
1997	$15,091,913,884	$8,529,572,287
1998	$15,794,972,847	$6,401,968,715
1999	$15,656,327,860	$6,858,013,652
2000	$16,330,814,180	$6,689,958,139
2001	$15,749,753,805	$6,777,385,246
2002	$16,536,535,647	$6,342,116,911
2003	$18,881,765,437	$5,727,592,261
2004	$20,662,525,941	$5,805,598,867
2005	$24,405,791,045	$5,755,215,663
2006	$28,279,802,406	$5,443,896,938
2007	$32,350,238,760	$5,291,950,526
2008	$40,713,826,215	$4,415,703,156
2009	$42,066,224,093	$9,665,815,601
2010	$58,636,161,082	$12,041,602,762
2011	$67,753,284,044	$14,101,801,031
2012	$70,447,216,891	$17,114,762,914
2013	$77,000,578,167	$19,091,004,042
2014	$82,528,535,714	$19,495,547,523
2015	$85,090,301,052	$19,963,058,858
2016	$88,000,211,172	$20,548,759,858
2017	$94,369,350,286	$51,074,726,484
2018	$94,450,015,983	$34,156,057,417
2019	$88,998,706,297	$25,715,657,177
2020	$84,335,574,582	$26,868,564,055
2021	$88,556,698,938	$27,240,507,842
2022	$74,143,020,263	$32,789,657,378
2023	$83,716,142,582	$35,231,369,343
2024	$98,963,185,510	$44,187,704,410

Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe economies compared

GDP per capita

Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
1960	$145.9	$276.4
1961	$145.9	$279
1962	$141.4	$275.5
1963	$119.4	$277
1964	$122.9	$281.7
1965	$155.6	$294.1
1966	$156.6	$278.6
1967	$162.3	$294.2
1968	$153.5	$302
1969	$163.6	$346
1970	$186.9	$361
1971	$188.8	$405
1972	$199.4	$483
1973	$220.2	$579
1974	$268.7	$674
1975	$279.8	$717
1976	$260.3	$687
1977	$292.1	$677
1978	$191	$665
1979	$230.8	$779
1980	$271.1	$949
1981	$292.5	$1,068
1982	$312	$1,095
1983	$336	$959
1984	$391	$757
1985	$385	$649
1986	$407	$692
1987	$420	$726
1988	$434	$815
1989	$430	$840
1990	$491	$866
1991	$546	$831
1992	$580	$631
1993	$607	$604
1994	$678	$634
1995	$742	$648
1996	$776	$767
1997	$827	$750
1998	$849	$552
1999	$826	$582
2000	$846	$563
2001	$804	$566
2002	$835	$525
2003	$946	$468
2004	$1,029	$469
2005	$1,207	$461
2006	$1,390	$431
2007	$1,579	$413
2008	$1,974	$341
2009	$2,027	$735
2010	$2,808	$902
2011	$3,225	$1,037
2012	$3,328	$1,239
2013	$3,741	$1,362
2014	$3,972	$1,372
2015	$4,058	$1,386
2016	$4,149	$1,407
2017	$4,399	$3,448
2018	$4,359	$2,272
2019	$4,082	$1,684
2020	$3,848	$1,730
2021	$3,997	$1,724
2022	$3,343	$2,041
2023	$3,799	$2,156
2024	$4,516	$2,656

Sri Lanka vs. Zimbabwe life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
1950	53.2	49.4
1951	54	49.8
1952	54.9	50.2
1953	55.6	50.6
1954	56.4	51
1955	57.2	51.4
1956	57.9	51.8
1957	58.5	52.2
1958	59.3	52.6
1959	60	53
1960	60.6	53.5
1961	61.2	54
1962	61.6	54.5
1963	62	54.9
1964	62.4	55.4
1965	62.8	55.9
1966	63.2	56.4
1967	63.6	56.8
1968	63.9	57.1
1969	64.1	57.5
1970	64.4	57.8
1971	64.2	58
1972	64.6	58.2
1973	64.8	58.1
1974	65	58.2
1975	65.4	58.2
1976	65.8	57.6
1977	66.4	57
1978	66.8	54.7
1979	67.5	54.9
1980	68	59.1
1981	68.4	59.4
1982	68.7	59.9
1983	68.7	60
1984	68.8	60.6
1985	68.9	60.9
1986	69	61
1987	69	60.7
1988	69	60.2
1989	67.3	59.4
1990	69.2	58.3
1991	69.1	57
1992	69.6	55.6
1993	70	54
1994	70.2	52.5
1995	69.7	51.1
1996	69.8	49
1997	69.9	48.5
1998	70.1	47.6
1999	70.4	46.4
2000	71.2	46
2001	71.8	44.5
2002	72.3	45.9
2003	72.4	45.4
2004	68	46
2005	73.1	46.6
2006	72.8	47.1
2007	73	47.6
2008	72.6	48.5
2009	70.3	49.7
2010	74.5	51.9
2011	74.7	53.9
2012	75.2	55.4
2013	75.5	56.8
2014	75.8	58.1
2015	76	59
2016	76.1	59.8
2017	76.2	60.3
2018	76.5	60.9
2019	76.7	61.1
2020	76.9	61.5
2021	76.3	60.1
2022	77.3	62.4
2023	77.5	62.8
2024	77.7	63.1
2025	77.9	63.3

Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe population clocks and comparison

Population

Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Population
	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
1960	9,661,389	3,809,389
1961	9,899,372	3,930,401
1962	10,143,754	4,055,959
1963	10,395,040	4,185,877
1964	10,653,397	4,320,006
1965	10,916,965	4,458,462
1966	11,183,928	4,601,217
1967	11,457,328	4,748,307
1968	11,736,088	4,900,440
1969	12,013,858	5,058,181
1970	12,287,110	5,215,918
1971	12,551,910	5,374,712
1972	12,809,205	5,542,445
1973	13,060,916	5,720,404
1974	13,305,693	5,908,328
1975	13,548,984	6,098,658
1976	13,796,770	6,287,105
1977	14,049,371	6,449,512
1978	14,310,128	6,543,575
1979	14,579,614	6,647,556
1980	14,847,974	7,041,303
1981	15,099,414	7,498,635
1982	15,286,567	7,796,496
1983	15,388,794	8,098,404
1984	15,441,860	8,391,488
1985	15,544,154	8,686,813
1986	15,731,256	8,982,578
1987	15,916,576	9,284,644
1988	16,078,621	9,583,094
1989	16,248,557	9,864,798
1990	16,352,458	10,137,281
1991	16,475,354	10,404,816
1992	16,739,284	10,702,700
1993	17,025,918	10,860,288
1994	17,275,773	10,873,148
1995	17,564,068	10,974,599
1996	17,905,018	11,158,360
1997	18,248,200	11,369,827
1998	18,596,003	11,594,297
1999	18,944,731	11,783,458
2000	19,293,054	11,892,055
2001	19,600,362	11,971,901
2002	19,805,752	12,087,653
2003	19,951,521	12,232,323
2004	20,087,605	12,365,896
2005	20,216,524	12,483,432
2006	20,352,411	12,636,445
2007	20,492,545	12,804,058
2008	20,629,378	12,959,149
2009	20,756,435	13,142,790
2010	20,879,089	13,356,548
2011	21,009,048	13,595,424
2012	21,169,458	13,817,887
2013	20,585,000	14,013,808
2014	20,778,000	14,207,359
2015	20,970,000	14,399,013
2016	21,209,000	14,600,294
2017	21,453,000	14,812,482
2018	21,670,000	15,034,452
2019	21,803,000	15,271,368
2020	21,919,000	15,526,888
2021	22,156,000	15,797,210
2022	22,181,000	16,069,056
2023	22,037,000	16,340,822
2024	21,916,000	16,634,373

Fertility rates in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate

Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
1960	5.35	7.2
1961	5.24	7.21
1962	5.18	7.23
1963	5.12	7.23
1964	5.06	7.23
1965	4.93	7.23
1966	4.83	7.2
1967	4.79	7.16
1968	4.66	7.11
1969	4.5	7.04
1970	4.39	6.98
1971	4.27	6.94
1972	4.16	6.94
1973	4	6.94
1974	3.86	6.88
1975	3.82	6.83
1976	3.78	6.77
1977	3.74	6.71
1978	3.81	6.66
1979	3.82	6.59
1980	3.73	6.52
1981	3.65	6.45
1982	3.32	6.33
1983	3.11	6.2
1984	3.01	6.04
1985	2.9	5.87
1986	2.74	5.69
1987	2.64	5.5
1988	2.57	5.28
1989	2.58	5.07
1990	2.54	4.88
1991	2.51	4.72
1992	2.49	4.57
1993	2.44	4.39
1994	2.4	4.28
1995	2.35	4.15
1996	2.29	4.11
1997	2.22	4.08
1998	2.14	4.07
1999	2.14	4.06
2000	2.21	4.01
2001	2.28	3.98
2002	2.31	3.93
2003	2.3	3.86
2004	2.27	3.78
2005	2.26	3.69
2006	2.29	3.64
2007	2.3	3.68
2008	2.23	3.78
2009	2.18	3.95
2010	2.13	4.04
2011	2.14	4.13
2012	2.17	4.13
2013	2.18	4.11
2014	2.13	4.01
2015	2.09	3.91
2016	2.06	3.83
2017	2.04	3.77
2018	2.03	3.74
2019	2.02	3.75
2020	2.01	3.75
2021	2	3.77
2022	1.98	3.77
2023	1.97	3.72

Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe demographics compared

Median age

Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
1960	19.5	16.4
1961	19.5	16.2
1962	19.5	16
1963	19.5	15.8
1964	19.5	15.7
1965	19.5	15.7
1966	19.6	15.7
1967	19.7	15.7
1968	19.8	15.7
1969	19.9	15.7
1970	20	15.7
1971	20.1	15.8
1972	20.2	15.8
1973	20.4	15.8
1974	20.6	15.9
1975	20.7	15.9
1976	20.9	15.8
1977	21	15.8
1978	21.2	15.7
1979	21.3	15.6
1980	21.5	15.6
1981	21.6	15.7
1982	21.7	15.8
1983	21.9	15.8
1984	22	15.8
1985	22.2	15.9
1986	22.5	15.9
1987	22.8	15.9
1988	23.1	15.9
1989	23.4	16.1
1990	23.6	16.3
1991	23.9	16.5
1992	24.3	16.4
1993	24.6	16.3
1994	24.9	16.4
1995	25.3	16.6
1996	25.8	16.9
1997	26.2	17.2
1998	26.5	17.5
1999	26.9	17.7
2000	27.2	17.8
2001	27.6	18
2002	27.9	18.1
2003	28.2	18.2
2004	28.5	18.3
2005	28.8	18.3
2006	29	18.5
2007	29.3	18.5
2008	29.6	18.5
2009	29.9	18.4
2010	30.2	18.3
2011	30.5	18.2
2012	30.8	18.1
2013	31.1	18
2014	31.4	18
2015	31.7	18
2016	32	18
2017	32.3	18.1
2018	32.5	18.2
2019	32.8	18.3
2020	33.1	18.5
2021	33.3	18.6
2022	33.6	18.7
2023	33.8	18.9
2024	34.1	19

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