Population in Algeria compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Sri Lanka	Algeria	Sri Lanka
1960	11,424,922	9,661,389	-	-
1961	11,628,883	9,899,372	1.79%	2.46%
1962	11,800,771	10,143,754	1.48%	2.47%
1963	11,982,118	10,395,040	1.54%	2.48%
1964	12,179,813	10,653,397	1.65%	2.49%
1965	12,365,976	10,916,965	1.53%	2.47%
1966	12,590,069	11,183,928	1.81%	2.45%
1967	12,876,118	11,457,328	2.27%	2.44%
1968	13,172,614	11,736,088	2.3%	2.43%
1969	13,475,960	12,013,858	2.3%	2.37%
1970	13,783,719	12,287,110	2.28%	2.27%
1971	14,098,936	12,551,910	2.29%	2.16%
1972	14,427,072	12,809,205	2.33%	2.05%
1973	14,771,147	13,060,916	2.38%	1.97%
1974	15,133,502	13,305,693	2.45%	1.87%
1975	15,678,596	13,548,984	3.6%	1.83%
1976	16,409,170	13,796,770	4.66%	1.83%
1977	17,015,994	14,049,371	3.7%	1.83%
1978	17,506,974	14,310,128	2.89%	1.86%
1979	18,036,655	14,579,614	3.03%	1.88%
1980	18,607,174	14,847,974	3.16%	1.84%
1981	19,220,704	15,099,414	3.3%	1.69%
1982	19,872,348	15,286,567	3.39%	1.24%
1983	20,558,115	15,388,794	3.45%	0.67%
1984	21,271,969	15,441,860	3.47%	0.34%
1985	22,008,544	15,544,154	3.46%	0.66%
1986	22,745,499	15,731,256	3.35%	1.2%
1987	23,443,624	15,916,576	3.07%	1.18%
1988	24,109,536	16,078,621	2.84%	1.02%
1989	24,754,485	16,248,557	2.68%	1.06%
1990	25,375,810	16,352,458	2.51%	0.64%
1991	25,987,928	16,475,354	2.41%	0.75%
1992	26,628,568	16,739,284	2.47%	1.6%
1993	27,277,048	17,025,918	2.44%	1.71%
1994	27,887,279	17,275,773	2.24%	1.47%
1995	28,470,191	17,564,068	2.09%	1.67%
1996	29,033,044	17,905,018	1.98%	1.94%
1997	29,579,301	18,248,200	1.88%	1.92%
1998	30,054,133	18,596,003	1.61%	1.91%
1999	30,474,354	18,944,731	1.4%	1.88%
2000	30,903,893	19,293,054	1.41%	1.84%
2001	31,331,221	19,600,362	1.38%	1.59%
2002	31,750,835	19,805,752	1.34%	1.05%
2003	32,175,818	19,951,521	1.34%	0.74%
2004	32,628,286	20,087,605	1.41%	0.68%
2005	33,109,249	20,216,524	1.47%	0.64%
2006	33,623,506	20,352,411	1.55%	0.67%
2007	34,189,416	20,492,545	1.68%	0.69%
2008	34,816,961	20,629,378	1.84%	0.67%
2009	35,490,445	20,756,435	1.93%	0.62%
2010	36,188,236	20,879,089	1.97%	0.59%
2011	36,903,376	21,009,048	1.98%	0.62%
2012	37,646,166	21,169,458	2.01%	0.76%
2013	38,414,171	20,585,000	2.04%	-2.76%
2014	39,205,031	20,778,000	2.06%	0.94%
2015	40,019,529	20,970,000	2.08%	0.92%
2016	40,850,721	21,209,000	2.08%	1.14%
2017	41,689,299	21,453,000	2.05%	1.15%
2018	42,505,035	21,670,000	1.96%	1.01%
2019	43,294,546	21,803,000	1.86%	0.61%
2020	44,042,091	21,919,000	1.73%	0.53%
2021	44,761,099	22,156,000	1.63%	1.08%
2022	45,477,389	22,181,000	1.6%	0.11%
2023	46,164,219	22,037,000	1.51%	-0.65%
2024	46,814,308	21,916,000	1.41%	-0.55%
2025	47,435,316	22,035,440	1.33%	0.54%
2026	48,028,344	22,148,172	1.25%	0.51%
2027	48,593,419	22,255,601	1.18%	0.49%
2028	49,135,532	22,357,682	1.12%	0.46%
2029	49,655,386	22,453,922	1.06%	0.43%
2030	50,154,168	22,546,245	1%	0.41%
2031	50,637,369	22,635,106	0.96%	0.39%
2032	51,113,505	22,720,118	0.94%	0.38%
2033	51,584,249	22,802,043	0.92%	0.36%
2034	52,048,009	22,879,527	0.9%	0.34%
2035	52,516,794	22,952,739	0.9%	0.32%
2036	52,986,277	23,022,027	0.89%	0.3%
2037	53,452,788	23,088,877	0.88%	0.29%
2038	53,921,847	23,152,480	0.88%	0.28%
2039	54,396,263	23,211,633	0.88%	0.26%
2040	54,873,482	23,265,986	0.88%	0.23%
2041	55,351,998	23,315,260	0.87%	0.21%
2042	55,834,554	23,359,578	0.87%	0.19%
2043	56,319,606	23,398,752	0.87%	0.17%
2044	56,806,185	23,433,096	0.86%	0.15%
2045	57,290,162	23,464,943	0.85%	0.14%
2046	57,767,681	23,492,738	0.83%	0.12%
2047	58,234,183	23,512,629	0.81%	0.08%
2048	58,690,893	23,525,953	0.78%	0.06%
2049	59,136,165	23,533,940	0.76%	0.03%
2050	59,565,558	23,538,230	0.73%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.