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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,371,986 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,355,535 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.

Population statistics:

  • Sri Lanka's population is 16.3 times bigger than Estonia's.
  • Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.28% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
  • For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
  • Since 2005, the population of Estonia has increased from 1.35M people to 1.36M (0.06% growth), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
  • Sri Lanka is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 23.5M people, while Estonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 1.57M people and is projected to decrease to 832K people by 2100.

Estonia vs Sri Lanka: live population counter

Estonia Sri Lanka
Current population
1355535
22125995
Population rank 155/197 63/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.27%
One net population change
5.15 hours
4.34 minutes
One birth every
47.9 minutes
2.13 minutes
One death every
32.8 minutes
2.91 minutes
One migration net change every
1.13 hours
19.3 minutes
Annual migration change -7,742 -27,245
Daily growth/decline +5 -332
Annual growth/decline +1,700 -121,000
Annual growth/decline rate +0.12% -0.55%
Population growth rate rank 157/197 187/197

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

Estonia
Population

Growth rate
Sri Lanka
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Estonia Sri Lanka Estonia Sri Lanka
1960 1,211,537 9,661,389 - -
1961 1,225,077 9,899,372 1.12% 2.46%
1962 1,241,623 10,143,754 1.35% 2.47%
1963 1,258,857 10,395,040 1.39% 2.48%
1964 1,277,086 10,653,397 1.45% 2.49%
1965 1,294,566 10,916,965 1.37% 2.47%
1966 1,308,597 11,183,928 1.08% 2.45%
1967 1,318,946 11,457,328 0.79% 2.44%
1968 1,331,214 11,736,088 0.93% 2.43%
1969 1,345,249 12,013,858 1.05% 2.37%
1970 1,360,076 12,287,110 1.1% 2.27%
1971 1,376,955 12,551,910 1.24% 2.16%
1972 1,392,518 12,809,205 1.13% 2.05%
1973 1,405,951 13,060,916 0.96% 1.97%
1974 1,418,169 13,305,693 0.87% 1.87%
1975 1,429,352 13,548,984 0.79% 1.83%
1976 1,439,576 13,796,770 0.72% 1.83%
1977 1,450,211 14,049,371 0.74% 1.83%
1978 1,460,188 14,310,128 0.69% 1.86%
1979 1,468,333 14,579,614 0.56% 1.88%
1980 1,477,219 14,847,974 0.61% 1.84%
1981 1,487,666 15,099,414 0.71% 1.69%
1982 1,498,414 15,286,567 0.72% 1.24%
1983 1,508,745 15,388,794 0.69% 0.67%
1984 1,518,617 15,441,860 0.65% 0.34%
1985 1,528,781 15,544,154 0.67% 0.66%
1986 1,540,190 15,731,256 0.75% 1.2%
1987 1,552,221 15,916,576 0.78% 1.18%
1988 1,561,900 16,078,621 0.62% 1.02%
1989 1,568,131 16,248,557 0.4% 1.06%
1990 1,569,174 16,352,458 0.07% 0.64%
1991 1,561,314 16,475,354 -0.5% 0.75%
1992 1,533,091 16,739,284 -1.81% 1.6%
1993 1,494,128 17,025,918 -2.54% 1.71%
1994 1,462,514 17,275,773 -2.12% 1.47%
1995 1,436,634 17,564,068 -1.77% 1.67%
1996 1,415,594 17,905,018 -1.46% 1.94%
1997 1,399,535 18,248,200 -1.13% 1.92%
1998 1,386,156 18,596,003 -0.96% 1.91%
1999 1,390,244 18,944,731 0.29% 1.88%
2000 1,396,985 19,293,054 0.48% 1.84%
2001 1,388,115 19,600,362 -0.63% 1.59%
2002 1,379,350 19,805,752 -0.63% 1.05%
2003 1,370,720 19,951,521 -0.63% 0.74%
2004 1,362,550 20,087,605 -0.6% 0.68%
2005 1,354,775 20,216,524 -0.57% 0.64%
2006 1,346,810 20,352,411 -0.59% 0.67%
2007 1,340,680 20,492,545 -0.46% 0.69%
2008 1,337,090 20,629,378 -0.27% 0.67%
2009 1,334,515 20,756,435 -0.19% 0.62%
2010 1,331,475 20,879,089 -0.23% 0.59%
2011 1,327,439 21,009,048 -0.3% 0.62%
2012 1,322,696 21,169,458 -0.36% 0.76%
2013 1,317,997 20,585,000 -0.36% -2.76%
2014 1,314,545 20,778,000 -0.26% 0.94%
2015 1,315,407 20,970,000 0.07% 0.92%
2016 1,315,790 21,209,000 0.03% 1.14%
2017 1,317,384 21,453,000 0.12% 1.15%
2018 1,321,977 21,670,000 0.35% 1.01%
2019 1,326,898 21,803,000 0.37% 0.61%
2020 1,329,522 21,919,000 0.2% 0.53%
2021 1,330,932 22,156,000 0.11% 1.08%
2022 1,348,840 22,181,000 1.35% 0.11%
2023 1,370,286 22,037,000 1.59% -0.65%
2024 1,371,986 21,916,000 0.12% -0.55%
2025 1,355,535 22,035,440 -1.2% 0.54%
2026 1,342,253 22,148,172 -0.98% 0.51%
2027 1,335,097 22,255,601 -0.53% 0.49%
2028 1,327,942 22,357,682 -0.54% 0.46%
2029 1,320,819 22,453,922 -0.54% 0.43%
2030 1,313,729 22,546,245 -0.54% 0.41%
2031 1,306,620 22,635,106 -0.54% 0.39%
2032 1,299,552 22,720,118 -0.54% 0.38%
2033 1,292,576 22,802,043 -0.54% 0.36%
2034 1,285,689 22,879,527 -0.53% 0.34%
2035 1,278,930 22,952,739 -0.53% 0.32%
2036 1,272,310 23,022,027 -0.52% 0.3%
2037 1,265,820 23,088,877 -0.51% 0.29%
2038 1,259,511 23,152,480 -0.5% 0.28%
2039 1,253,315 23,211,633 -0.49% 0.26%
2040 1,247,191 23,265,986 -0.49% 0.23%
2041 1,241,077 23,315,260 -0.49% 0.21%
2042 1,234,931 23,359,578 -0.5% 0.19%
2043 1,228,790 23,398,752 -0.5% 0.17%
2044 1,222,587 23,433,096 -0.5% 0.15%
2045 1,216,327 23,464,943 -0.51% 0.14%
2046 1,210,041 23,492,738 -0.52% 0.12%
2047 1,203,693 23,512,629 -0.52% 0.08%
2048 1,197,336 23,525,953 -0.53% 0.06%
2049 1,190,841 23,533,940 -0.54% 0.03%
2050 1,184,135 23,538,230 -0.56% 0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Estonia decreased by 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Estonia gained 40,128 (a 3.05% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2005 and is 155th 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) Estonia's population will shrink by 12.6% to 1,184,135 people with a rank change from 155th to 159th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.

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