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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	China	Sri Lanka	China	Sri Lanka
1960	667,070,000	9,661,389	-	-
1961	660,330,000	9,899,372	-1.01%	2.46%
1962	665,770,000	10,143,754	0.82%	2.47%
1963	682,335,000	10,395,040	2.49%	2.48%
1964	698,355,000	10,653,397	2.35%	2.49%
1965	715,185,000	10,916,965	2.41%	2.47%
1966	735,400,000	11,183,928	2.83%	2.45%
1967	754,550,000	11,457,328	2.6%	2.44%
1968	774,510,000	11,736,088	2.65%	2.43%
1969	796,025,000	12,013,858	2.78%	2.37%
1970	818,315,000	12,287,110	2.8%	2.27%
1971	841,105,000	12,551,910	2.78%	2.16%
1972	862,030,000	12,809,205	2.49%	2.05%
1973	881,940,000	13,060,916	2.31%	1.97%
1974	900,350,000	13,305,693	2.09%	1.87%
1975	916,395,000	13,548,984	1.78%	1.83%
1976	930,685,000	13,796,770	1.56%	1.83%
1977	943,455,000	14,049,371	1.37%	1.83%
1978	956,165,000	14,310,128	1.35%	1.86%
1979	969,005,000	14,579,614	1.34%	1.88%
1980	981,235,000	14,847,974	1.26%	1.84%
1981	993,885,000	15,099,414	1.29%	1.69%
1982	1,008,630,000	15,286,567	1.48%	1.24%
1983	1,023,310,000	15,388,794	1.46%	0.67%
1984	1,036,825,000	15,441,860	1.32%	0.34%
1985	1,051,040,000	15,544,154	1.37%	0.66%
1986	1,066,790,000	15,731,256	1.5%	1.2%
1987	1,084,035,000	15,916,576	1.62%	1.18%
1988	1,101,630,000	16,078,621	1.62%	1.02%
1989	1,118,650,000	16,248,557	1.54%	1.06%
1990	1,135,185,000	16,352,458	1.48%	0.64%
1991	1,150,780,000	16,475,354	1.37%	0.75%
1992	1,164,970,000	16,739,284	1.23%	1.6%
1993	1,178,440,000	17,025,918	1.16%	1.71%
1994	1,191,835,000	17,275,773	1.14%	1.47%
1995	1,204,855,000	17,564,068	1.09%	1.67%
1996	1,217,550,000	17,905,018	1.05%	1.94%
1997	1,230,075,000	18,248,200	1.03%	1.92%
1998	1,241,935,000	18,596,003	0.96%	1.91%
1999	1,252,735,000	18,944,731	0.87%	1.88%
2000	1,262,645,000	19,293,054	0.79%	1.84%
2001	1,271,850,000	19,600,362	0.73%	1.59%
2002	1,280,400,000	19,805,752	0.67%	1.05%
2003	1,288,400,000	19,951,521	0.62%	0.74%
2004	1,296,075,000	20,087,605	0.6%	0.68%
2005	1,303,720,000	20,216,524	0.59%	0.64%
2006	1,311,020,000	20,352,411	0.56%	0.67%
2007	1,317,885,000	20,492,545	0.52%	0.69%
2008	1,324,655,000	20,629,378	0.51%	0.67%
2009	1,331,260,000	20,756,435	0.5%	0.62%
2010	1,337,705,000	20,879,089	0.48%	0.59%
2011	1,345,035,000	21,009,048	0.55%	0.62%
2012	1,354,190,000	21,169,458	0.68%	0.76%
2013	1,363,240,000	20,585,000	0.67%	-2.76%
2014	1,371,860,000	20,778,000	0.63%	0.94%
2015	1,379,860,000	20,970,000	0.58%	0.92%
2016	1,387,790,000	21,209,000	0.57%	1.14%
2017	1,396,215,000	21,453,000	0.61%	1.15%
2018	1,402,760,000	21,670,000	0.47%	1.01%
2019	1,407,745,000	21,803,000	0.36%	0.61%
2020	1,411,100,000	21,919,000	0.24%	0.53%
2021	1,412,360,000	22,156,000	0.09%	1.08%
2022	1,412,175,000	22,181,000	-0.01%	0.11%
2023	1,410,710,000	22,037,000	-0.1%	-0.65%
2024	1,408,975,000	21,916,000	-0.12%	-0.55%
2025	1,405,773,318	22,035,440	-0.23%	0.54%
2026	1,402,614,510	22,148,172	-0.22%	0.51%
2027	1,399,403,406	22,255,601	-0.23%	0.49%
2028	1,395,886,569	22,357,682	-0.25%	0.46%
2029	1,392,060,666	22,453,922	-0.27%	0.43%
2030	1,387,961,846	22,546,245	-0.29%	0.41%
2031	1,383,588,794	22,635,106	-0.32%	0.39%
2032	1,378,934,346	22,720,118	-0.34%	0.38%
2033	1,374,007,012	22,802,043	-0.36%	0.36%
2034	1,368,825,481	22,879,527	-0.38%	0.34%
2035	1,363,415,793	22,952,739	-0.4%	0.32%
2036	1,357,772,486	23,022,027	-0.41%	0.3%
2037	1,351,902,859	23,088,877	-0.43%	0.29%
2038	1,345,840,038	23,152,480	-0.45%	0.28%
2039	1,339,558,174	23,211,633	-0.47%	0.26%
2040	1,333,028,062	23,265,986	-0.49%	0.23%
2041	1,326,251,398	23,315,260	-0.51%	0.21%
2042	1,319,222,019	23,359,578	-0.53%	0.19%
2043	1,311,956,934	23,398,752	-0.55%	0.17%
2044	1,304,437,340	23,433,096	-0.57%	0.15%
2045	1,296,592,737	23,464,943	-0.6%	0.14%
2046	1,288,357,014	23,492,738	-0.64%	0.12%
2047	1,279,723,262	23,512,629	-0.67%	0.08%
2048	1,270,661,954	23,525,953	-0.71%	0.06%
2049	1,261,120,581	23,533,940	-0.75%	0.03%
2050	1,251,102,086	23,538,230	-0.79%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of China increased by 76,140,000 people (a 5.84% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, China gained 25,913,318 (a 1.88% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

China was ranked 1st most populous country in 2005 and is 2nd 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) China's population will shrink by 11% to 1,251,102,086 people and will still be ranked 2nd. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.