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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Sri Lanka	Australia	Sri Lanka
1960	10,276,477	9,661,389	-	-
1961	10,483,000	9,899,372	2.01%	2.46%
1962	10,742,000	10,143,754	2.47%	2.47%
1963	10,950,000	10,395,040	1.94%	2.48%
1964	11,167,000	10,653,397	1.98%	2.49%
1965	11,388,000	10,916,965	1.98%	2.47%
1966	11,651,000	11,183,928	2.31%	2.45%
1967	11,799,000	11,457,328	1.27%	2.44%
1968	12,009,000	11,736,088	1.78%	2.43%
1969	12,263,000	12,013,858	2.12%	2.37%
1970	12,507,000	12,287,110	1.99%	2.27%
1971	12,937,000	12,551,910	3.44%	2.16%
1972	13,177,000	12,809,205	1.86%	2.05%
1973	13,380,000	13,060,916	1.54%	1.97%
1974	13,723,000	13,305,693	2.56%	1.87%
1975	13,893,000	13,548,984	1.24%	1.83%
1976	14,033,000	13,796,770	1.01%	1.83%
1977	14,192,000	14,049,371	1.13%	1.83%
1978	14,358,000	14,310,128	1.17%	1.86%
1979	14,514,000	14,579,614	1.09%	1.88%
1980	14,692,000	14,847,974	1.23%	1.84%
1981	14,923,260	15,099,414	1.57%	1.69%
1982	15,184,247	15,286,567	1.75%	1.24%
1983	15,393,472	15,388,794	1.38%	0.67%
1984	15,579,391	15,441,860	1.21%	0.34%
1985	15,788,312	15,544,154	1.34%	0.66%
1986	16,018,350	15,731,256	1.46%	1.2%
1987	16,263,874	15,916,576	1.53%	1.18%
1988	16,532,164	16,078,621	1.65%	1.02%
1989	16,814,416	16,248,557	1.71%	1.06%
1990	17,065,128	16,352,458	1.49%	0.64%
1991	17,284,036	16,475,354	1.28%	0.75%
1992	17,478,635	16,739,284	1.13%	1.6%
1993	17,634,808	17,025,918	0.89%	1.71%
1994	17,805,468	17,275,773	0.97%	1.47%
1995	18,004,882	17,564,068	1.12%	1.67%
1996	18,224,767	17,905,018	1.22%	1.94%
1997	18,423,037	18,248,200	1.09%	1.92%
1998	18,607,584	18,596,003	1%	1.91%
1999	18,812,264	18,944,731	1.1%	1.88%
2000	19,028,802	19,293,054	1.15%	1.84%
2001	19,274,701	19,600,362	1.29%	1.59%
2002	19,495,210	19,805,752	1.14%	1.05%
2003	19,720,737	19,951,521	1.16%	0.74%
2004	19,932,722	20,087,605	1.07%	0.68%
2005	20,176,844	20,216,524	1.22%	0.64%
2006	20,450,966	20,352,411	1.36%	0.67%
2007	20,827,622	20,492,545	1.84%	0.69%
2008	21,249,199	20,629,378	2.02%	0.67%
2009	21,691,653	20,756,435	2.08%	0.62%
2010	22,031,750	20,879,089	1.57%	0.59%
2011	22,340,024	21,009,048	1.4%	0.62%
2012	22,733,465	21,169,458	1.76%	0.76%
2013	23,128,129	20,585,000	1.74%	-2.76%
2014	23,475,686	20,778,000	1.5%	0.94%
2015	23,815,995	20,970,000	1.45%	0.92%
2016	24,190,907	21,209,000	1.57%	1.14%
2017	24,592,588	21,453,000	1.66%	1.15%
2018	24,963,258	21,670,000	1.51%	1.01%
2019	25,334,826	21,803,000	1.49%	0.61%
2020	25,649,248	21,919,000	1.24%	0.53%
2021	25,685,412	22,156,000	0.14%	1.08%
2022	26,018,721	22,181,000	1.3%	0.11%
2023	26,659,922	22,037,000	2.46%	-0.65%
2024	27,196,812	21,916,000	2.01%	-0.55%
2025	27,462,351	22,035,440	0.98%	0.54%
2026	27,720,006	22,148,172	0.94%	0.51%
2027	27,971,653	22,255,601	0.91%	0.49%
2028	28,220,660	22,357,682	0.89%	0.46%
2029	28,462,685	22,453,922	0.86%	0.43%
2030	28,698,853	22,546,245	0.83%	0.41%
2031	28,932,262	22,635,106	0.81%	0.39%
2032	29,160,438	22,720,118	0.79%	0.38%
2033	29,384,107	22,802,043	0.77%	0.36%
2034	29,605,432	22,879,527	0.75%	0.34%
2035	29,826,537	22,952,739	0.75%	0.32%
2036	30,047,917	23,022,027	0.74%	0.3%
2037	30,264,792	23,088,877	0.72%	0.29%
2038	30,480,032	23,152,480	0.71%	0.28%
2039	30,694,219	23,211,633	0.7%	0.26%
2040	30,907,034	23,265,986	0.69%	0.23%
2041	31,123,706	23,315,260	0.7%	0.21%
2042	31,343,677	23,359,578	0.71%	0.19%
2043	31,563,469	23,398,752	0.7%	0.17%
2044	31,781,220	23,433,096	0.69%	0.15%
2045	32,000,146	23,464,943	0.69%	0.14%
2046	32,223,471	23,492,738	0.7%	0.12%
2047	32,443,112	23,512,629	0.68%	0.08%
2048	32,662,412	23,525,953	0.68%	0.06%
2049	32,881,878	23,533,940	0.67%	0.03%
2050	33,095,459	23,538,230	0.65%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Australia increased by 3,739,941 people (a 18.3% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Australia gained 3,531,849 (a 14.6% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2006 and is 55th 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) Australia's population will grow by 19.4% to 33,095,459 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.