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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Sri Lanka	Colombia	Sri Lanka
1960	15,606,209	9,661,389	-	-
1961	16,095,203	9,899,372	3.13%	2.46%
1962	16,599,029	10,143,754	3.13%	2.47%
1963	17,113,823	10,395,040	3.1%	2.48%
1964	17,637,411	10,653,397	3.06%	2.49%
1965	18,169,050	10,916,965	3.01%	2.47%
1966	18,702,688	11,183,928	2.94%	2.45%
1967	19,235,618	11,457,328	2.85%	2.44%
1968	19,766,796	11,736,088	2.76%	2.43%
1969	20,291,942	12,013,858	2.66%	2.37%
1970	20,811,782	12,287,110	2.56%	2.27%
1971	21,319,096	12,551,910	2.44%	2.16%
1972	21,819,563	12,809,205	2.35%	2.05%
1973	22,325,374	13,060,916	2.32%	1.97%
1974	22,833,469	13,305,693	2.28%	1.87%
1975	23,344,644	13,548,984	2.24%	1.83%
1976	23,858,810	13,796,770	2.2%	1.83%
1977	24,393,494	14,049,371	2.24%	1.83%
1978	24,950,337	14,310,128	2.28%	1.86%
1979	25,515,626	14,579,614	2.27%	1.88%
1980	26,104,498	14,847,974	2.31%	1.84%
1981	26,713,267	15,099,414	2.33%	1.69%
1982	27,338,331	15,286,567	2.34%	1.24%
1983	27,988,173	15,388,794	2.38%	0.67%
1984	28,642,690	15,441,860	2.34%	0.34%
1985	29,268,470	15,544,154	2.18%	0.66%
1986	29,879,112	15,731,256	2.09%	1.2%
1987	30,499,467	15,916,576	2.08%	1.18%
1988	31,130,524	16,078,621	2.07%	1.02%
1989	31,776,279	16,248,557	2.07%	1.06%
1990	32,440,069	16,352,458	2.09%	0.64%
1991	33,098,372	16,475,354	2.03%	0.75%
1992	33,760,571	16,739,284	2%	1.6%
1993	34,441,473	17,025,918	2.02%	1.71%
1994	35,127,410	17,275,773	1.99%	1.47%
1995	35,804,662	17,564,068	1.93%	1.67%
1996	36,462,745	17,905,018	1.84%	1.94%
1997	37,121,149	18,248,200	1.81%	1.92%
1998	37,792,165	18,596,003	1.81%	1.91%
1999	38,454,863	18,944,731	1.75%	1.88%
2000	39,089,934	19,293,054	1.65%	1.84%
2001	39,709,262	19,600,362	1.58%	1.59%
2002	40,324,680	19,805,752	1.55%	1.05%
2003	40,937,429	19,951,521	1.52%	0.74%
2004	41,543,171	20,087,605	1.48%	0.68%
2005	42,128,977	20,216,524	1.41%	0.64%
2006	42,691,084	20,352,411	1.33%	0.67%
2007	43,235,374	20,492,545	1.27%	0.69%
2008	43,758,808	20,629,378	1.21%	0.67%
2009	44,271,541	20,756,435	1.17%	0.62%
2010	44,777,319	20,879,089	1.14%	0.59%
2011	45,259,614	21,009,048	1.08%	0.62%
2012	45,715,810	21,169,458	1.01%	0.76%
2013	46,151,584	20,585,000	0.95%	-2.76%
2014	46,565,429	20,778,000	0.9%	0.94%
2015	46,969,940	20,970,000	0.87%	0.92%
2016	47,437,512	21,209,000	1%	1.14%
2017	48,131,078	21,453,000	1.46%	1.15%
2018	49,024,465	21,670,000	1.86%	1.01%
2019	49,907,985	21,803,000	1.8%	0.61%
2020	50,629,997	21,919,000	1.45%	0.53%
2021	51,188,173	22,156,000	1.1%	1.08%
2022	51,737,944	22,181,000	1.07%	0.11%
2023	52,321,152	22,037,000	1.13%	-0.65%
2024	52,886,363	21,916,000	1.08%	-0.55%
2025	53,425,632	22,035,440	1.02%	0.54%
2026	53,936,234	22,148,172	0.96%	0.51%
2027	54,422,275	22,255,601	0.9%	0.49%
2028	54,885,123	22,357,682	0.85%	0.46%
2029	55,322,627	22,453,922	0.8%	0.43%
2030	55,736,477	22,546,245	0.75%	0.41%
2031	56,125,966	22,635,106	0.7%	0.39%
2032	56,490,496	22,720,118	0.65%	0.38%
2033	56,832,264	22,802,043	0.61%	0.36%
2034	57,151,619	22,879,527	0.56%	0.34%
2035	57,445,755	22,952,739	0.51%	0.32%
2036	57,716,869	23,022,027	0.47%	0.3%
2037	57,965,300	23,088,877	0.43%	0.29%
2038	58,190,082	23,152,480	0.39%	0.28%
2039	58,394,310	23,211,633	0.35%	0.26%
2040	58,576,452	23,265,986	0.31%	0.23%
2041	58,736,886	23,315,260	0.27%	0.21%
2042	58,878,126	23,359,578	0.24%	0.19%
2043	59,000,362	23,398,752	0.21%	0.17%
2044	59,104,592	23,433,096	0.18%	0.15%
2045	59,190,826	23,464,943	0.15%	0.14%
2046	59,259,758	23,492,738	0.12%	0.12%
2047	59,313,132	23,512,629	0.09%	0.08%
2048	59,351,262	23,525,953	0.06%	0.06%
2049	59,375,012	23,533,940	0.04%	0.03%
2050	59,385,355	23,538,230	0.02%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.