The latest officially reported population of Armenia was 3,033,500 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Armenia's population is 2,989,711 people compared to 22,149,346 in Sri Lanka.
Population statistics:
- Sri Lanka's population is 7.41 times bigger than Armenia's.
- Armenia is ranked the 136th most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
- The countries together account for 0.3% of the world: 0.04% for Armenia vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
- For the last 10 years, Armenia has had an average growth rate of +0.04% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
- Since 2006, the population of Armenia has decreased from 3.13M people to 2.99M (4.39% decline), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.4M to 22.1M (8.83% growth).
- Sri Lanka is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 23.5M people, while Armenia's population already peaked in 1991 at 3.61M people and is projected to decrease to 1.73M people by 2100.
Armenia vs Sri Lanka: live population counter
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| Current population |
2989711
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22149346
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| Population rank | 136/197 | 63/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
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4.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
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2.13 minutes
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| One death every |
21.6 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | -29,966 | -27,245 |
| Daily growth/decline | +190 | -332 |
| Annual growth/decline | +69,200 | -121,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.33% | -0.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 36/197 | 188/197 |
Armenia and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,863,705 | 9,661,389 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,927,484 | 9,899,372 | 3.42% | 2.46% |
| 1962 | 1,991,689 | 10,143,754 | 3.33% | 2.47% |
| 1963 | 2,056,023 | 10,395,040 | 3.23% | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 2,120,135 | 10,653,397 | 3.12% | 2.49% |
| 1965 | 2,183,635 | 10,916,965 | 3% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 2,246,159 | 11,183,928 | 2.86% | 2.45% |
| 1967 | 2,307,492 | 11,457,328 | 2.73% | 2.44% |
| 1968 | 2,367,319 | 11,736,088 | 2.59% | 2.43% |
| 1969 | 2,424,030 | 12,013,858 | 2.4% | 2.37% |
| 1970 | 2,475,633 | 12,287,110 | 2.13% | 2.27% |
| 1971 | 2,525,345 | 12,551,910 | 2.01% | 2.16% |
| 1972 | 2,577,079 | 12,809,205 | 2.05% | 2.05% |
| 1973 | 2,630,860 | 13,060,916 | 2.09% | 1.97% |
| 1974 | 2,686,445 | 13,305,693 | 2.11% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 2,743,660 | 13,548,984 | 2.13% | 1.83% |
| 1976 | 2,818,165 | 13,796,770 | 2.72% | 1.83% |
| 1977 | 2,912,827 | 14,049,371 | 3.36% | 1.83% |
| 1978 | 3,012,807 | 14,310,128 | 3.43% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 3,078,501 | 14,579,614 | 2.18% | 1.88% |
| 1980 | 3,107,415 | 14,847,974 | 0.94% | 1.84% |
| 1981 | 3,135,349 | 15,099,414 | 0.9% | 1.69% |
| 1982 | 3,163,144 | 15,286,567 | 0.89% | 1.24% |
| 1983 | 3,191,539 | 15,388,794 | 0.9% | 0.67% |
| 1984 | 3,224,547 | 15,441,860 | 1.03% | 0.34% |
| 1985 | 3,260,432 | 15,544,154 | 1.11% | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 3,294,847 | 15,731,256 | 1.06% | 1.2% |
| 1987 | 3,328,520 | 15,916,576 | 1.02% | 1.18% |
| 1988 | 3,355,125 | 16,078,621 | 0.8% | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 3,443,100 | 16,248,557 | 2.62% | 1.06% |
| 1990 | 3,552,128 | 16,352,458 | 3.17% | 0.64% |
| 1991 | 3,613,977 | 16,475,354 | 1.74% | 0.75% |
| 1992 | 3,571,861 | 16,739,284 | -1.17% | 1.6% |
| 1993 | 3,453,332 | 17,025,918 | -3.32% | 1.71% |
| 1994 | 3,364,610 | 17,275,773 | -2.57% | 1.47% |
| 1995 | 3,307,581 | 17,564,068 | -1.69% | 1.67% |
| 1996 | 3,278,735 | 17,905,018 | -0.87% | 1.94% |
| 1997 | 3,246,289 | 18,248,200 | -0.99% | 1.92% |
| 1998 | 3,208,401 | 18,596,003 | -1.17% | 1.91% |
| 1999 | 3,167,286 | 18,944,731 | -1.28% | 1.88% |
| 2000 | 3,221,100 | 19,293,054 | 1.7% | 1.84% |
| 2001 | 3,211,800 | 19,600,362 | -0.29% | 1.59% |
| 2002 | 3,199,800 | 19,805,752 | -0.37% | 1.05% |
| 2003 | 3,182,500 | 19,951,521 | -0.54% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 3,164,900 | 20,087,605 | -0.55% | 0.68% |
| 2005 | 3,146,400 | 20,216,524 | -0.58% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 3,127,100 | 20,352,411 | -0.61% | 0.67% |
| 2007 | 3,107,400 | 20,492,545 | -0.63% | 0.69% |
| 2008 | 3,087,100 | 20,629,378 | -0.65% | 0.67% |
| 2009 | 3,066,000 | 20,756,435 | -0.68% | 0.62% |
| 2010 | 3,044,800 | 20,879,089 | -0.69% | 0.59% |
| 2011 | 3,027,900 | 21,009,048 | -0.56% | 0.62% |
| 2012 | 3,024,100 | 21,169,458 | -0.13% | 0.76% |
| 2013 | 3,022,000 | 20,585,000 | -0.07% | -2.76% |
| 2014 | 3,013,800 | 20,778,000 | -0.27% | 0.94% |
| 2015 | 3,004,600 | 20,970,000 | -0.31% | 0.92% |
| 2016 | 2,992,300 | 21,209,000 | -0.41% | 1.14% |
| 2017 | 2,979,400 | 21,453,000 | -0.43% | 1.15% |
| 2018 | 2,969,000 | 21,670,000 | -0.35% | 1.01% |
| 2019 | 2,962,500 | 21,803,000 | -0.22% | 0.61% |
| 2020 | 2,961,500 | 21,919,000 | -0.03% | 0.53% |
| 2021 | 2,962,300 | 22,156,000 | 0.03% | 1.08% |
| 2022 | 2,969,200 | 22,181,000 | 0.23% | 0.11% |
| 2023 | 2,964,300 | 22,037,000 | -0.17% | -0.65% |
| 2024 | 3,033,500 | 21,916,000 | 2.33% | -0.55% |
| 2025 | 3,011,581 | 22,035,440 | -0.72% | 0.54% |
| 2026 | 2,989,711 | 22,148,172 | -0.73% | 0.51% |
| 2027 | 2,968,880 | 22,255,601 | -0.7% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 2,948,800 | 22,357,682 | -0.68% | 0.46% |
| 2029 | 2,928,602 | 22,453,922 | -0.68% | 0.43% |
| 2030 | 2,908,489 | 22,546,245 | -0.69% | 0.41% |
| 2031 | 2,888,640 | 22,635,106 | -0.68% | 0.39% |
| 2032 | 2,869,219 | 22,720,118 | -0.67% | 0.38% |
| 2033 | 2,850,085 | 22,802,043 | -0.67% | 0.36% |
| 2034 | 2,831,031 | 22,879,527 | -0.67% | 0.34% |
| 2035 | 2,812,033 | 22,952,739 | -0.67% | 0.32% |
| 2036 | 2,793,100 | 23,022,027 | -0.67% | 0.3% |
| 2037 | 2,774,500 | 23,088,877 | -0.67% | 0.29% |
| 2038 | 2,756,170 | 23,152,480 | -0.66% | 0.28% |
| 2039 | 2,737,660 | 23,211,633 | -0.67% | 0.26% |
| 2040 | 2,718,999 | 23,265,986 | -0.68% | 0.23% |
| 2041 | 2,700,831 | 23,315,260 | -0.67% | 0.21% |
| 2042 | 2,682,880 | 23,359,578 | -0.66% | 0.19% |
| 2043 | 2,665,115 | 23,398,752 | -0.66% | 0.17% |
| 2044 | 2,647,900 | 23,433,096 | -0.65% | 0.15% |
| 2045 | 2,630,963 | 23,464,943 | -0.64% | 0.14% |
| 2046 | 2,613,917 | 23,492,738 | -0.65% | 0.12% |
| 2047 | 2,596,764 | 23,512,629 | -0.66% | 0.08% |
| 2048 | 2,579,572 | 23,525,953 | -0.66% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 2,562,377 | 23,533,940 | -0.67% | 0.03% |
| 2050 | 2,545,255 | 23,538,230 | -0.67% | 0.02% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Armenia decreased by 134,800 people (a 4.31% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Armenia lost -2,589 (a 0.09% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).
Armenia was ranked 131st most populous country in 2006 and is 136th 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) Armenia's population will shrink by 14.9% to 2,545,255 people with a rank change from 136th to 142nd. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Yerevan | 1.11M |
| Gyumri | 122K |
| Vanadzor | 90.5K |
| Abovyan | 44.4K |
| Kapan | 43.2K |
| Armavir | 38.6K |
| Ashtarak | 21.6K |
| Masis | 21.4K |
| Goris | 20.6K |
| Spitak | 15K |
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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 Armenia and Sri Lanka
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| Life expectancy | 76.2 years | 78 years |
| Average age | 38 years | 35.8 years |
| Median age | 37.1 years | 34.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.4:53.6 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.9 births per woman | 1.97 births per woman |
| Population density | 278.6 ppl/mi² | 918 ppl/mi² |
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