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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	Sri Lanka	Belarus	Sri Lanka
1960	8,198,000	9,661,389	-	-
1961	8,271,216	9,899,372	0.89%	2.46%
1962	8,351,928	10,143,754	0.98%	2.47%
1963	8,437,232	10,395,040	1.02%	2.48%
1964	8,524,224	10,653,397	1.03%	2.49%
1965	8,610,000	10,916,965	1.01%	2.47%
1966	8,696,496	11,183,928	1%	2.45%
1967	8,785,648	11,457,328	1.03%	2.44%
1968	8,874,552	11,736,088	1.01%	2.43%
1969	8,960,304	12,013,858	0.97%	2.37%
1970	9,040,000	12,287,110	0.89%	2.27%
1971	9,115,576	12,551,910	0.84%	2.16%
1972	9,188,968	12,809,205	0.81%	2.05%
1973	9,257,272	13,060,916	0.74%	1.97%
1974	9,317,584	13,305,693	0.65%	1.87%
1975	9,367,000	13,548,984	0.53%	1.83%
1976	9,411,000	13,796,770	0.47%	1.83%
1977	9,463,000	14,049,371	0.55%	1.83%
1978	9,525,000	14,310,128	0.66%	1.86%
1979	9,584,000	14,579,614	0.62%	1.88%
1980	9,643,000	14,847,974	0.62%	1.84%
1981	9,710,000	15,099,414	0.69%	1.69%
1982	9,776,000	15,286,567	0.68%	1.24%
1983	9,843,000	15,388,794	0.69%	0.67%
1984	9,910,000	15,441,860	0.68%	0.34%
1985	9,975,000	15,544,154	0.66%	0.66%
1986	10,043,000	15,731,256	0.68%	1.2%
1987	10,111,000	15,916,576	0.68%	1.18%
1988	10,140,000	16,078,621	0.29%	1.02%
1989	10,170,000	16,248,557	0.3%	1.06%
1990	10,189,348	16,352,458	0.19%	0.64%
1991	10,194,050	16,475,354	0.05%	0.75%
1992	10,216,470	16,739,284	0.22%	1.6%
1993	10,239,050	17,025,918	0.22%	1.71%
1994	10,226,955	17,275,773	-0.12%	1.47%
1995	10,193,831	17,564,068	-0.32%	1.67%
1996	10,159,569	17,905,018	-0.34%	1.94%
1997	10,117,433	18,248,200	-0.41%	1.92%
1998	10,071,963	18,596,003	-0.45%	1.91%
1999	10,026,738	18,944,731	-0.45%	1.88%
2000	9,979,610	19,293,054	-0.47%	1.84%
2001	9,928,549	19,600,362	-0.51%	1.59%
2002	9,865,548	19,805,752	-0.63%	1.05%
2003	9,796,749	19,951,521	-0.7%	0.74%
2004	9,730,146	20,087,605	-0.68%	0.68%
2005	9,663,915	20,216,524	-0.68%	0.64%
2006	9,604,924	20,352,411	-0.61%	0.67%
2007	9,560,953	20,492,545	-0.46%	0.69%
2008	9,527,985	20,629,378	-0.34%	0.67%
2009	9,504,583	20,756,435	-0.25%	0.62%
2010	9,483,836	20,879,089	-0.22%	0.59%
2011	9,461,643	21,009,048	-0.23%	0.62%
2012	9,446,836	21,169,458	-0.16%	0.76%
2013	9,443,211	20,585,000	-0.04%	-2.76%
2014	9,448,515	20,778,000	0.06%	0.94%
2015	9,461,076	20,970,000	0.13%	0.92%
2016	9,469,379	21,209,000	0.09%	1.14%
2017	9,458,989	21,453,000	-0.11%	1.15%
2018	9,438,785	21,670,000	-0.21%	1.01%
2019	9,419,758	21,803,000	-0.2%	0.61%
2020	9,379,952	21,919,000	-0.42%	0.53%
2021	9,302,585	22,156,000	-0.82%	1.08%
2022	9,228,071	22,181,000	-0.8%	0.11%
2023	9,178,298	22,037,000	-0.54%	-0.65%
2024	9,132,629	21,916,000	-0.5%	-0.55%
2025	9,073,036	22,035,440	-0.65%	0.54%
2026	9,011,944	22,148,172	-0.67%	0.51%
2027	8,950,041	22,255,601	-0.69%	0.49%
2028	8,887,762	22,357,682	-0.7%	0.46%
2029	8,824,424	22,453,922	-0.71%	0.43%
2030	8,760,466	22,546,245	-0.72%	0.41%
2031	8,696,768	22,635,106	-0.73%	0.39%
2032	8,633,068	22,720,118	-0.73%	0.38%
2033	8,569,172	22,802,043	-0.74%	0.36%
2034	8,505,555	22,879,527	-0.74%	0.34%
2035	8,442,461	22,952,739	-0.74%	0.32%
2036	8,379,897	23,022,027	-0.74%	0.3%
2037	8,317,831	23,088,877	-0.74%	0.29%
2038	8,255,917	23,152,480	-0.74%	0.28%
2039	8,193,893	23,211,633	-0.75%	0.26%
2040	8,132,083	23,265,986	-0.75%	0.23%
2041	8,070,545	23,315,260	-0.76%	0.21%
2042	8,009,602	23,359,578	-0.76%	0.19%
2043	7,949,312	23,398,752	-0.75%	0.17%
2044	7,889,014	23,433,096	-0.76%	0.15%
2045	7,828,555	23,464,943	-0.77%	0.14%
2046	7,767,902	23,492,738	-0.77%	0.12%
2047	7,706,676	23,512,629	-0.79%	0.08%
2048	7,644,179	23,525,953	-0.81%	0.06%
2049	7,580,508	23,533,940	-0.83%	0.03%
2050	7,516,034	23,538,230	-0.85%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belarus decreased by 135,545 people (a 1.41% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belarus lost -457,435 (a 4.83% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2006 and is 101st 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) Belarus' population will shrink by 16.6% to 7,516,034 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.