Population in El Salvador compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

El Salvador and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	El Salvador	Sri Lanka	El Salvador	Sri Lanka
1960	2,791,459	9,661,389	-	-
1961	2,870,016	9,899,372	2.81%	2.46%
1962	2,949,204	10,143,754	2.76%	2.47%
1963	3,028,679	10,395,040	2.69%	2.48%
1964	3,111,883	10,653,397	2.75%	2.49%
1965	3,199,466	10,916,965	2.81%	2.47%
1966	3,290,961	11,183,928	2.86%	2.45%
1967	3,385,184	11,457,328	2.86%	2.44%
1968	3,480,773	11,736,088	2.82%	2.43%
1969	3,576,485	12,013,858	2.75%	2.37%
1970	3,668,796	12,287,110	2.58%	2.27%
1971	3,757,523	12,551,910	2.42%	2.16%
1972	3,846,830	12,809,205	2.38%	2.05%
1973	3,938,068	13,060,916	2.37%	1.97%
1974	4,029,671	13,305,693	2.33%	1.87%
1975	4,120,449	13,548,984	2.25%	1.83%
1976	4,210,310	13,796,770	2.18%	1.83%
1977	4,301,256	14,049,371	2.16%	1.83%
1978	4,394,114	14,310,128	2.16%	1.86%
1979	4,480,388	14,579,614	1.96%	1.88%
1980	4,540,382	14,847,974	1.34%	1.84%
1981	4,570,599	15,099,414	0.67%	1.69%
1982	4,622,477	15,286,567	1.14%	1.24%
1983	4,707,367	15,388,794	1.84%	0.67%
1984	4,798,003	15,441,860	1.93%	0.34%
1985	4,894,706	15,544,154	2.02%	0.66%
1986	4,992,769	15,731,256	2%	1.2%
1987	5,092,441	15,916,576	2%	1.18%
1988	5,195,833	16,078,621	2.03%	1.02%
1989	5,298,979	16,248,557	1.99%	1.06%
1990	5,399,726	16,352,458	1.9%	0.64%
1991	5,495,077	16,475,354	1.77%	0.75%
1992	5,585,609	16,739,284	1.65%	1.6%
1993	5,659,957	17,025,918	1.33%	1.71%
1994	5,714,129	17,275,773	0.96%	1.47%
1995	5,762,131	17,564,068	0.84%	1.67%
1996	5,805,286	17,905,018	0.75%	1.94%
1997	5,844,578	18,248,200	0.68%	1.92%
1998	5,880,781	18,596,003	0.62%	1.91%
1999	5,913,900	18,944,731	0.56%	1.88%
2000	5,943,366	19,293,054	0.5%	1.84%
2001	5,968,060	19,600,362	0.42%	1.59%
2002	5,986,631	19,805,752	0.31%	1.05%
2003	5,998,599	19,951,521	0.2%	0.74%
2004	6,004,671	20,087,605	0.1%	0.68%
2005	6,005,578	20,216,524	0.02%	0.64%
2006	6,002,319	20,352,411	-0.05%	0.67%
2007	6,009,824	20,492,545	0.13%	0.69%
2008	6,029,297	20,629,378	0.32%	0.67%
2009	6,048,279	20,756,435	0.31%	0.62%
2010	6,068,249	20,879,089	0.33%	0.59%
2011	6,090,127	21,009,048	0.36%	0.62%
2012	6,113,975	21,169,458	0.39%	0.76%
2013	6,138,839	20,585,000	0.41%	-2.76%
2014	6,162,955	20,778,000	0.39%	0.94%
2015	6,183,676	20,970,000	0.34%	0.92%
2016	6,200,800	21,209,000	0.28%	1.14%
2017	6,213,533	21,453,000	0.21%	1.15%
2018	6,219,807	21,670,000	0.1%	1.01%
2019	6,222,318	21,803,000	0.04%	0.61%
2020	6,234,673	21,919,000	0.2%	0.53%
2021	6,255,782	22,156,000	0.34%	1.08%
2022	6,280,319	22,181,000	0.39%	0.11%
2023	6,309,624	22,037,000	0.47%	-0.65%
2024	6,338,193	21,916,000	0.45%	-0.55%
2025	6,365,499	22,035,440	0.43%	0.54%
2026	6,391,250	22,148,172	0.4%	0.51%
2027	6,416,437	22,255,601	0.39%	0.49%
2028	6,440,931	22,357,682	0.38%	0.46%
2029	6,464,413	22,453,922	0.36%	0.43%
2030	6,486,202	22,546,245	0.34%	0.41%
2031	6,506,399	22,635,106	0.31%	0.39%
2032	6,525,787	22,720,118	0.3%	0.38%
2033	6,544,657	22,802,043	0.29%	0.36%
2034	6,562,182	22,879,527	0.27%	0.34%
2035	6,578,179	22,952,739	0.24%	0.32%
2036	6,593,325	23,022,027	0.23%	0.3%
2037	6,607,014	23,088,877	0.21%	0.29%
2038	6,619,816	23,152,480	0.19%	0.28%
2039	6,631,169	23,211,633	0.17%	0.26%
2040	6,640,751	23,265,986	0.14%	0.23%
2041	6,649,288	23,315,260	0.13%	0.21%
2042	6,656,208	23,359,578	0.1%	0.19%
2043	6,661,886	23,398,752	0.09%	0.17%
2044	6,665,748	23,433,096	0.06%	0.15%
2045	6,668,028	23,464,943	0.03%	0.14%
2046	6,669,403	23,492,738	0.02%	0.12%
2047	6,669,832	23,512,629	0.006%	0.08%
2048	6,669,220	23,525,953	-0.009%	0.06%
2049	6,666,756	23,533,940	-0.04%	0.03%
2050	6,663,341	23,538,230	-0.05%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of El Salvador increased by 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, El Salvador gained 202,508 (a 3.27% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

El Salvador was ranked 102nd most populous country in 2005 and is 112th 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) El Salvador's population will grow by 4.34% to 6,663,341 people with a rank change from 112th to 116th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.