Sri Lanka has a population density of 918 people per square mile compared to 5,886 people in the Vatican. Sri Lanka has 32,224 sq ft of land per person vs 5,274 sq ft in the Vatican. In the list of countries ranked from the most to the least densely populated, Sri Lanka and the Vatican are ranked 25th and 3rd, 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 0.00001% of the population and 0.0000003% of the land area for the Vatican, hence the population density in Sri Lanka is 84.4% lower than in the Vatican.
Population density comparison
Sri Lanka
|
Vatican
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Population density | 918 ppl/mi² | 5,886 ppl/mi² |
| Population density rank | 25/197 | 3/197 |
| Population |
22125995
|
949
|
| Land area | 23,884 sq mi | 0.17 sq mi |
| Land area per capita | 30,382 sq ft | 4,736 sq ft |
| Rural population | 80.6% | n/a |
| Urban population | 19.4% | n/a |
| Living in agglomerations of 1M+ people | 0% | 0% |
Sri Lanka vs the Vatican:
Population density chart by year
From 2000 to 2019, population density in Sri Lanka increased by 14.6%, compared to a 13.6% growth in the Vatican.
In 2000, Sri Lanka ranked 23rd for population density and is in 27th place now. The Vatican was 3rd in 2000 and still ranks 3rd out of 197 currently.
people per square mile
| Year | Population density | |
|---|---|---|
|
Sri Lanka
|
Vatican
|
|
| 2024 | 918 | - |
| 2023 | 923 | - |
| 2022 | 929 | - |
| 2021 | 928 | - |
| 2020 | 918 | - |
| 2019 | 913 | 5,886 |
| 2018 | 907 | 5,886 |
| 2017 | 898 | 5,886 |
| 2016 | 888 | 5,886 |
| 2015 | 878 | 5,886 |
| 2014 | 858 | 4,956 |
| 2013 | 850 | 4,939 |
| 2012 | 874 | 4,921 |
| 2011 | 868 | 4,897 |
| 2010 | 862 | 4,880 |
| 2009 | 857 | 4,862 |
| 2008 | 852 | 4,850 |
| 2007 | 846 | 4,833 |
| 2006 | 841 | 5,486 |
| 2005 | 835 | 5,421 |
| 2004 | 830 | 5,421 |
| 2003 | 824 | 5,362 |
| 2002 | 818 | 5,298 |
| 2001 | 810 | 5,239 |
| 2000 | 797 | 5,180 |
| 1999 | 782 | - |
| 1998 | 768 | - |
| 1997 | 754 | - |
| 1996 | 739 | - |
| 1995 | 725 | - |
| 1994 | 714 | - |
| 1993 | 703 | - |
| 1992 | 691 | - |
| 1991 | 680 | - |
| 1990 | 675 | - |
| 1989 | 671 | - |
| 1988 | 664 | - |
| 1987 | 657 | - |
| 1986 | 650 | - |
| 1985 | 642 | - |
| 1984 | 638 | - |
| 1983 | 636 | - |
| 1982 | 631 | - |
| 1981 | 624 | - |
| 1980 | 613 | - |
| 1979 | 602 | - |
| 1978 | 591 | - |
| 1977 | 580 | - |
| 1976 | 570 | - |
| 1975 | 560 | - |
| 1974 | 550 | - |
| 1973 | 539 | - |
| 1972 | 529 | - |
| 1971 | 518 | - |
| 1970 | 507 | - |
| 1969 | 496 | - |
| 1968 | 485 | - |
| 1967 | 473 | - |
| 1966 | 462 | - |
| 1965 | 451 | - |
| 1964 | 440 | - |
| 1963 | 429 | - |
| 1962 | 419 | - |
| 1961 | 409 | - |
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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