Sri Lanka has a population density of 918 people per square mile compared to 1,675 people in Taiwan. Sri Lanka has 32,224 sq ft of land per person vs 16,641 sq ft in Taiwan. In the list of countries ranked from the most to the least densely populated, Sri Lanka and Taiwan are ranked 25th and 10th, respectively.
Population density is calculated as the ratio of population to land area. Sri Lanka has 0.27% of the world's population and 0.04% of the land area of all countries, compared to 0.29% of the population and 0.02% of the land area for Taiwan, hence the population density in Sri Lanka is 45.2% lower than in Taiwan.
Population density comparison
Sri Lanka
|
Taiwan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Population density | 918 ppl/mi² | 1,675 ppl/mi² |
| Population density rank | 25/197 | 10/197 |
| Population |
22125995
|
23308308
|
| Land area | 23,884 sq mi | 13,976 sq mi |
| Land area per capita | 30,382 sq ft | 16,643 sq ft |
| Rural population | 80.6% | n/a |
| Urban population | 19.4% | n/a |
| Living in agglomerations of 1M+ people | 0% | 71% |
Sri Lanka vs Taiwan:
Population density chart by year
From 2004 to 2024, population density in Sri Lanka increased by 10.6%, compared to a 3.37% growth in Taiwan.
In 2004, Sri Lanka ranked 24th for population density and is in 25th place now. Taiwan was 8th in 2004 and ranks 10th out of 197 currently.
people per square mile
| Year | Population density | |
|---|---|---|
|
Sri Lanka
|
Taiwan
|
|
| 2024 | 918 | 1,675 |
| 2023 | 923 | 1,670 |
| 2022 | 929 | 1,669 |
| 2021 | 928 | 1,679 |
| 2020 | 918 | 1,687 |
| 2019 | 913 | 1,688 |
| 2018 | 907 | 1,687 |
| 2017 | 898 | 1,685 |
| 2016 | 888 | 1,683 |
| 2015 | 878 | 1,679 |
| 2014 | 858 | 1,675 |
| 2013 | 850 | 1,670 |
| 2012 | 874 | 1,665 |
| 2011 | 868 | 1,660 |
| 2010 | 862 | 1,656 |
| 2009 | 857 | 1,651 |
| 2008 | 852 | 1,646 |
| 2007 | 846 | 1,640 |
| 2006 | 841 | 1,633 |
| 2005 | 835 | 1,626 |
| 2004 | 830 | 1,620 |
| 2003 | 824 | 1,614 |
| 2002 | 818 | 1,607 |
| 2001 | 810 | 1,599 |
| 2000 | 797 | 1,587 |
| 1999 | 782 | 1,575 |
| 1998 | 768 | 1,562 |
| 1997 | 754 | 1,548 |
| 1996 | 739 | 1,534 |
| 1995 | 725 | 1,522 |
| 1994 | 714 | 1,509 |
| 1993 | 703 | 1,495 |
| 1992 | 691 | 1,481 |
| 1991 | 680 | 1,467 |
| 1990 | 675 | 1,451 |
| 1989 | 671 | 1,435 |
| 1988 | 664 | 1,420 |
| 1987 | 657 | 1,404 |
| 1986 | 650 | 1,389 |
| 1985 | 642 | 1,373 |
| 1984 | 638 | 1,354 |
| 1983 | 636 | 1,335 |
| 1982 | 631 | 1,313 |
| 1981 | 624 | 1,290 |
| 1980 | 613 | 1,267 |
| 1979 | 602 | 1,243 |
| 1978 | 591 | 1,219 |
| 1977 | 580 | 1,197 |
| 1976 | 570 | 1,174 |
| 1975 | 560 | 1,150 |
| 1974 | 550 | 1,129 |
| 1973 | 539 | 1,109 |
| 1972 | 529 | 1,089 |
| 1971 | 518 | 1,067 |
| 1970 | 507 | 1,043 |
| 1969 | 496 | 1,007 |
| 1968 | 485 | 969 |
| 1967 | 473 | 945 |
| 1966 | 462 | 921 |
| 1965 | 451 | 895 |
| 1964 | 440 | 868 |
| 1963 | 429 | 842 |
| 1962 | 419 | 815 |
| 1961 | 409 | 789 |
Densely populated cities
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Colombo | 753K |
| Gampaha | 191K |
| Beruwala | 165K |
| Negombo | 142K |
| Kandy | 120K |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 116K |
| Trincomalee | 99.1K |
| Galle | 93.1K |
| Matara | 68.2K |
| Anuradhapura | 63.2K |
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