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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Sri Lanka	Fiji	Sri Lanka
1960	404,887	9,661,389	-	-
1961	417,406	9,899,372	3.09%	2.46%
1962	430,536	10,143,754	3.15%	2.47%
1963	444,276	10,395,040	3.19%	2.48%
1964	458,324	10,653,397	3.16%	2.49%
1965	472,575	10,916,965	3.11%	2.47%
1966	486,487	11,183,928	2.94%	2.45%
1967	498,873	11,457,328	2.55%	2.44%
1968	510,002	11,736,088	2.23%	2.43%
1969	520,797	12,013,858	2.12%	2.37%
1970	531,188	12,287,110	2%	2.27%
1971	541,121	12,551,910	1.87%	2.16%
1972	550,499	12,809,205	1.73%	2.05%
1973	559,222	13,060,916	1.58%	1.97%
1974	567,489	13,305,693	1.48%	1.87%
1975	575,906	13,548,984	1.48%	1.83%
1976	585,534	13,796,770	1.67%	1.83%
1977	597,805	14,049,371	2.1%	1.83%
1978	612,091	14,310,128	2.39%	1.86%
1979	626,862	14,579,614	2.41%	1.88%
1980	641,975	14,847,974	2.41%	1.84%
1981	657,471	15,099,414	2.41%	1.69%
1982	673,414	15,286,567	2.42%	1.24%
1983	689,835	15,388,794	2.44%	0.67%
1984	706,716	15,441,860	2.45%	0.34%
1985	723,761	15,544,154	2.41%	0.66%
1986	739,306	15,731,256	2.15%	1.2%
1987	750,540	15,916,576	1.52%	1.18%
1988	758,697	16,078,621	1.09%	1.02%
1989	766,321	16,248,557	1%	1.06%
1990	773,316	16,352,458	0.91%	0.64%
1991	779,656	16,475,354	0.82%	0.75%
1992	785,346	16,739,284	0.73%	1.6%
1993	790,369	17,025,918	0.64%	1.71%
1994	794,771	17,275,773	0.56%	1.47%
1995	798,746	17,564,068	0.5%	1.67%
1996	803,789	17,905,018	0.63%	1.94%
1997	812,139	18,248,200	1.04%	1.92%
1998	822,258	18,596,003	1.25%	1.91%
1999	831,828	18,944,731	1.16%	1.88%
2000	840,909	19,293,054	1.09%	1.84%
2001	849,596	19,600,362	1.03%	1.59%
2002	858,049	19,805,752	0.99%	1.05%
2003	866,286	19,951,521	0.96%	0.74%
2004	874,366	20,087,605	0.93%	0.68%
2005	882,379	20,216,524	0.92%	0.64%
2006	890,365	20,352,411	0.91%	0.67%
2007	897,832	20,492,545	0.84%	0.69%
2008	903,399	20,629,378	0.62%	0.67%
2009	907,239	20,756,435	0.43%	0.62%
2010	910,419	20,879,089	0.35%	0.59%
2011	912,989	21,009,048	0.28%	0.62%
2012	914,918	21,169,458	0.21%	0.76%
2013	916,352	20,585,000	0.16%	-2.76%
2014	917,585	20,778,000	0.13%	0.94%
2015	918,578	20,970,000	0.11%	0.92%
2016	919,166	21,209,000	0.06%	1.14%
2017	918,759	21,453,000	-0.04%	1.15%
2018	917,180	21,670,000	-0.17%	1.01%
2019	914,899	21,803,000	-0.25%	0.61%
2020	914,963	21,919,000	0.007%	0.53%
2021	916,711	22,156,000	0.19%	1.08%
2022	919,422	22,181,000	0.3%	0.11%
2023	924,145	22,037,000	0.51%	-0.65%
2024	928,784	21,916,000	0.5%	-0.55%
2025	933,141	22,035,440	0.47%	0.54%
2026	937,268	22,148,172	0.44%	0.51%
2027	941,304	22,255,601	0.43%	0.49%
2028	945,347	22,357,682	0.43%	0.46%
2029	949,269	22,453,922	0.41%	0.43%
2030	953,095	22,546,245	0.4%	0.41%
2031	956,685	22,635,106	0.38%	0.39%
2032	960,056	22,720,118	0.35%	0.38%
2033	963,339	22,802,043	0.34%	0.36%
2034	966,516	22,879,527	0.33%	0.34%
2035	969,613	22,952,739	0.32%	0.32%
2036	972,641	23,022,027	0.31%	0.3%
2037	975,643	23,088,877	0.31%	0.29%
2038	978,533	23,152,480	0.3%	0.28%
2039	981,270	23,211,633	0.28%	0.26%
2040	983,842	23,265,986	0.26%	0.23%
2041	986,409	23,315,260	0.26%	0.21%
2042	988,810	23,359,578	0.24%	0.19%
2043	990,851	23,398,752	0.21%	0.17%
2044	992,731	23,433,096	0.19%	0.15%
2045	994,437	23,464,943	0.17%	0.14%
2046	995,957	23,492,738	0.15%	0.12%
2047	997,319	23,512,629	0.14%	0.08%
2048	998,544	23,525,953	0.12%	0.06%
2049	999,530	23,533,940	0.1%	0.03%
2050	1,000,244	23,538,230	0.07%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Fiji increased by 28,801 people (a 3.23% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Fiji gained 18,146 (a 1.97% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Fiji was ranked 158th most populous country in 2006 and is 159th 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) Fiji's population will grow by 6.71% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.