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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belize	Sri Lanka	Belize	Sri Lanka
1960	91,318	9,661,389	-	-
1961	93,632	9,899,372	2.53%	2.46%
1962	96,042	10,143,754	2.57%	2.47%
1963	98,704	10,395,040	2.77%	2.48%
1964	101,603	10,653,397	2.94%	2.49%
1965	104,675	10,916,965	3.02%	2.47%
1966	107,906	11,183,928	3.09%	2.45%
1967	111,272	11,457,328	3.12%	2.44%
1968	114,713	11,736,088	3.09%	2.43%
1969	118,040	12,013,858	2.9%	2.37%
1970	120,736	12,287,110	2.28%	2.27%
1971	122,805	12,551,910	1.71%	2.16%
1972	124,676	12,809,205	1.52%	2.05%
1973	126,445	13,060,916	1.42%	1.97%
1974	128,185	13,305,693	1.38%	1.87%
1975	130,387	13,548,984	1.72%	1.83%
1976	133,099	13,796,770	2.08%	1.83%
1977	135,887	14,049,371	2.09%	1.83%
1978	138,713	14,310,128	2.08%	1.86%
1979	141,678	14,579,614	2.14%	1.88%
1980	145,062	14,847,974	2.39%	1.84%
1981	148,786	15,099,414	2.57%	1.69%
1982	152,548	15,286,567	2.53%	1.24%
1983	156,297	15,388,794	2.46%	0.67%
1984	160,044	15,441,860	2.4%	0.34%
1985	163,796	15,544,154	2.34%	0.66%
1986	167,554	15,731,256	2.29%	1.2%
1987	171,338	15,916,576	2.26%	1.18%
1988	175,180	16,078,621	2.24%	1.02%
1989	179,107	16,248,557	2.24%	1.06%
1990	183,076	16,352,458	2.22%	0.64%
1991	187,040	16,475,354	2.17%	0.75%
1992	190,983	16,739,284	2.11%	1.6%
1993	194,902	17,025,918	2.05%	1.71%
1994	199,097	17,275,773	2.15%	1.47%
1995	204,146	17,564,068	2.54%	1.67%
1996	210,310	17,905,018	3.02%	1.94%
1997	217,446	18,248,200	3.39%	1.92%
1998	225,173	18,596,003	3.55%	1.91%
1999	233,059	18,944,731	3.5%	1.88%
2000	240,799	19,293,054	3.32%	1.84%
2001	248,379	19,600,362	3.15%	1.59%
2002	256,009	19,805,752	3.07%	1.05%
2003	263,780	19,951,521	3.04%	0.74%
2004	271,688	20,087,605	3%	0.68%
2005	279,731	20,216,524	2.96%	0.64%
2006	287,878	20,352,411	2.91%	0.67%
2007	296,100	20,492,545	2.86%	0.69%
2008	304,361	20,629,378	2.79%	0.67%
2009	312,614	20,756,435	2.71%	0.62%
2010	320,245	20,879,089	2.44%	0.59%
2011	327,298	21,009,048	2.2%	0.62%
2012	334,414	21,169,458	2.17%	0.76%
2013	341,627	20,585,000	2.16%	-2.76%
2014	348,923	20,778,000	2.14%	0.94%
2015	356,333	20,970,000	2.12%	0.92%
2016	364,705	21,209,000	2.35%	1.14%
2017	373,202	21,453,000	2.33%	1.15%
2018	380,226	21,670,000	1.88%	1.01%
2019	385,829	21,803,000	1.47%	0.61%
2020	390,812	21,919,000	1.29%	0.53%
2021	395,346	22,156,000	1.16%	1.08%
2022	402,733	22,181,000	1.87%	0.11%
2023	411,106	22,037,000	2.08%	-0.65%
2024	417,072	21,916,000	1.45%	-0.55%
2025	422,922	22,035,440	1.4%	0.54%
2026	428,651	22,148,172	1.35%	0.51%
2027	434,214	22,255,601	1.3%	0.49%
2028	439,588	22,357,682	1.24%	0.46%
2029	444,794	22,453,922	1.18%	0.43%
2030	449,845	22,546,245	1.14%	0.41%
2031	454,733	22,635,106	1.09%	0.39%
2032	459,517	22,720,118	1.05%	0.38%
2033	464,203	22,802,043	1.02%	0.36%
2034	468,777	22,879,527	0.99%	0.34%
2035	473,126	22,952,739	0.93%	0.32%
2036	477,230	23,022,027	0.87%	0.3%
2037	481,157	23,088,877	0.82%	0.29%
2038	484,877	23,152,480	0.77%	0.28%
2039	488,334	23,211,633	0.71%	0.26%
2040	491,592	23,265,986	0.67%	0.23%
2041	494,725	23,315,260	0.64%	0.21%
2042	497,695	23,359,578	0.6%	0.19%
2043	500,514	23,398,752	0.57%	0.17%
2044	503,171	23,433,096	0.53%	0.15%
2045	505,692	23,464,943	0.5%	0.14%
2046	508,116	23,492,738	0.48%	0.12%
2047	510,423	23,512,629	0.45%	0.08%
2048	512,657	23,525,953	0.44%	0.06%
2049	514,721	23,533,940	0.4%	0.03%
2050	516,621	23,538,230	0.37%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belize increased by 76,827 people (a 26.7% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belize gained 64,006 (a 17.6% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2006 and is 171st 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) Belize's population will grow by 20.5% to 516,621 people with a rank change from 171st to 172nd. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.