The latest officially reported population of Angola was 37,885,849 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Angola's population is 39,983,997 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.
Population statistics:
- Angola's population is 1.81 times bigger than Sri Lanka's.
- Angola is ranked the 39th most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
- The countries together account for 0.75% of the world: 0.48% for Angola vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
- For the last 10 years, Angola has had an average growth rate of +3.42% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
- Since 2005, the population of Angola has increased from 19.3M people to 40M (107.3% growth), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
- Angola is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 150M people compared to the peak of 23.5M people in 2051 for Sri Lanka.
Angola vs Sri Lanka: live population counter
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| Current population |
39983997
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22125995
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| Population rank | 39/197 | 63/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.48% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
27.8 seconds
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4.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
22.8 seconds
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2.13 minutes
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| One death every |
2.07 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.33 hours
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| Annual migration change | -2,629 | -27,245 |
| Daily growth/decline | +3,112 | -332 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,135,943 | -121,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.09% | -0.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 13/197 | 187/197 |
Angola and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,231,654 | 9,661,389 | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,301,583 | 9,899,372 | 1.34% | 2.46% |
| 1962 | 5,354,310 | 10,143,754 | 0.99% | 2.47% |
| 1963 | 5,408,320 | 10,395,040 | 1.01% | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 5,464,187 | 10,653,397 | 1.03% | 2.49% |
| 1965 | 5,521,981 | 10,916,965 | 1.06% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 5,581,386 | 11,183,928 | 1.08% | 2.45% |
| 1967 | 5,641,807 | 11,457,328 | 1.08% | 2.44% |
| 1968 | 5,702,699 | 11,736,088 | 1.08% | 2.43% |
| 1969 | 5,763,685 | 12,013,858 | 1.07% | 2.37% |
| 1970 | 5,852,788 | 12,287,110 | 1.55% | 2.27% |
| 1971 | 5,991,102 | 12,551,910 | 2.36% | 2.16% |
| 1972 | 6,174,262 | 12,809,205 | 3.06% | 2.05% |
| 1973 | 6,388,528 | 13,060,916 | 3.47% | 1.97% |
| 1974 | 6,613,367 | 13,305,693 | 3.52% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 6,842,947 | 13,548,984 | 3.47% | 1.83% |
| 1976 | 7,074,664 | 13,796,770 | 3.39% | 1.83% |
| 1977 | 7,317,829 | 14,049,371 | 3.44% | 1.83% |
| 1978 | 7,576,734 | 14,310,128 | 3.54% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 7,847,207 | 14,579,614 | 3.57% | 1.88% |
| 1980 | 8,133,872 | 14,847,974 | 3.65% | 1.84% |
| 1981 | 8,435,607 | 15,099,414 | 3.71% | 1.69% |
| 1982 | 8,751,648 | 15,286,567 | 3.75% | 1.24% |
| 1983 | 9,082,983 | 15,388,794 | 3.79% | 0.67% |
| 1984 | 9,425,917 | 15,441,860 | 3.78% | 0.34% |
| 1985 | 9,779,120 | 15,544,154 | 3.75% | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 10,139,450 | 15,731,256 | 3.68% | 1.2% |
| 1987 | 10,497,858 | 15,916,576 | 3.53% | 1.18% |
| 1988 | 10,861,291 | 16,078,621 | 3.46% | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 11,238,562 | 16,248,557 | 3.47% | 1.06% |
| 1990 | 11,626,360 | 16,352,458 | 3.45% | 0.64% |
| 1991 | 12,023,529 | 16,475,354 | 3.42% | 0.75% |
| 1992 | 12,423,712 | 16,739,284 | 3.33% | 1.6% |
| 1993 | 12,827,135 | 17,025,918 | 3.25% | 1.71% |
| 1994 | 13,249,764 | 17,275,773 | 3.29% | 1.47% |
| 1995 | 13,699,778 | 17,564,068 | 3.4% | 1.67% |
| 1996 | 14,170,973 | 17,905,018 | 3.44% | 1.94% |
| 1997 | 14,660,413 | 18,248,200 | 3.45% | 1.92% |
| 1998 | 15,159,370 | 18,596,003 | 3.4% | 1.91% |
| 1999 | 15,667,235 | 18,944,731 | 3.35% | 1.88% |
| 2000 | 16,194,869 | 19,293,054 | 3.37% | 1.84% |
| 2001 | 16,747,208 | 19,600,362 | 3.41% | 1.59% |
| 2002 | 17,327,699 | 19,805,752 | 3.47% | 1.05% |
| 2003 | 17,943,712 | 19,951,521 | 3.56% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 18,600,423 | 20,087,605 | 3.66% | 0.68% |
| 2005 | 19,291,161 | 20,216,524 | 3.71% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 20,015,279 | 20,352,411 | 3.75% | 0.67% |
| 2007 | 20,778,561 | 20,492,545 | 3.81% | 0.69% |
| 2008 | 21,578,655 | 20,629,378 | 3.85% | 0.67% |
| 2009 | 22,414,773 | 20,756,435 | 3.87% | 0.62% |
| 2010 | 23,294,825 | 20,879,089 | 3.93% | 0.59% |
| 2011 | 24,218,352 | 21,009,048 | 3.96% | 0.62% |
| 2012 | 25,177,394 | 21,169,458 | 3.96% | 0.76% |
| 2013 | 26,165,620 | 20,585,000 | 3.93% | -2.76% |
| 2014 | 27,160,769 | 20,778,000 | 3.8% | 0.94% |
| 2015 | 28,157,798 | 20,970,000 | 3.67% | 0.92% |
| 2016 | 29,183,070 | 21,209,000 | 3.64% | 1.14% |
| 2017 | 30,234,839 | 21,453,000 | 3.6% | 1.15% |
| 2018 | 31,297,155 | 21,670,000 | 3.51% | 1.01% |
| 2019 | 32,375,632 | 21,803,000 | 3.45% | 0.61% |
| 2020 | 33,451,132 | 21,919,000 | 3.32% | 0.53% |
| 2021 | 34,532,429 | 22,156,000 | 3.23% | 1.08% |
| 2022 | 35,635,029 | 22,181,000 | 3.19% | 0.11% |
| 2023 | 36,749,906 | 22,037,000 | 3.13% | -0.65% |
| 2024 | 37,885,849 | 21,916,000 | 3.09% | -0.55% |
| 2025 | 39,040,029 | 22,035,440 | 3.05% | 0.54% |
| 2026 | 40,215,174 | 22,148,172 | 3.01% | 0.51% |
| 2027 | 41,415,119 | 22,255,601 | 2.98% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 42,641,677 | 22,357,682 | 2.96% | 0.46% |
| 2029 | 43,891,847 | 22,453,922 | 2.93% | 0.43% |
| 2030 | 45,160,453 | 22,546,245 | 2.89% | 0.41% |
| 2031 | 46,449,962 | 22,635,106 | 2.86% | 0.39% |
| 2032 | 47,759,505 | 22,720,118 | 2.82% | 0.38% |
| 2033 | 49,091,470 | 22,802,043 | 2.79% | 0.36% |
| 2034 | 50,447,449 | 22,879,527 | 2.76% | 0.34% |
| 2035 | 51,821,711 | 22,952,739 | 2.72% | 0.32% |
| 2036 | 53,215,935 | 23,022,027 | 2.69% | 0.3% |
| 2037 | 54,625,858 | 23,088,877 | 2.65% | 0.29% |
| 2038 | 56,053,776 | 23,152,480 | 2.61% | 0.28% |
| 2039 | 57,501,906 | 23,211,633 | 2.58% | 0.26% |
| 2040 | 58,965,319 | 23,265,986 | 2.54% | 0.23% |
| 2041 | 60,441,178 | 23,315,260 | 2.5% | 0.21% |
| 2042 | 61,927,899 | 23,359,578 | 2.46% | 0.19% |
| 2043 | 63,430,872 | 23,398,752 | 2.43% | 0.17% |
| 2044 | 64,945,294 | 23,433,096 | 2.39% | 0.15% |
| 2045 | 66,464,320 | 23,464,943 | 2.34% | 0.14% |
| 2046 | 68,000,587 | 23,492,738 | 2.31% | 0.12% |
| 2047 | 69,554,157 | 23,512,629 | 2.28% | 0.08% |
| 2048 | 71,118,776 | 23,525,953 | 2.25% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 72,701,379 | 23,533,940 | 2.23% | 0.03% |
| 2050 | 74,295,387 | 23,538,230 | 2.19% | 0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Angola increased by 8,866,637 people (a 46% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Angola gained 11,826,199 (a 42% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).
Angola was ranked 56th most populous country in 2005 and is 39th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Angola's population will grow by 85.8% to 74,295,387 people with a rank change from 39th to 27th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Luanda | 2.49M |
| Huambo | 844K |
| Cabinda | 739K |
| Benguela | 562K |
| Lobito | 436K |
| Luena | 357K |
| N'zeto | 47.8K |
| Ambriz | 22.7K |
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| 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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Population differences between Angola and Sri Lanka
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| Life expectancy | 65 years | 77.9 years |
| Average age | 22.5 years | 35.8 years |
| Median age | 17.7 years | 34.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.5:50.5 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 5.12 births per woman | 1.97 births per woman |
| Population density | 78.7 ppl/mi² | 918 ppl/mi² |
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