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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Germany	Sri Lanka	Germany	Sri Lanka
1960	72,814,900	9,661,389	-	-
1961	73,377,632	9,899,372	0.77%	2.46%
1962	74,025,784	10,143,754	0.88%	2.47%
1963	74,714,353	10,395,040	0.93%	2.48%
1964	75,318,337	10,653,397	0.81%	2.49%
1965	75,963,695	10,916,965	0.86%	2.47%
1966	76,600,311	11,183,928	0.84%	2.45%
1967	76,951,336	11,457,328	0.46%	2.44%
1968	77,294,314	11,736,088	0.45%	2.43%
1969	77,909,682	12,013,858	0.8%	2.37%
1970	78,169,289	12,287,110	0.33%	2.27%
1971	78,312,842	12,551,910	0.18%	2.16%
1972	78,688,452	12,809,205	0.48%	2.05%
1973	78,936,666	13,060,916	0.32%	1.97%
1974	78,967,433	13,305,693	0.04%	1.87%
1975	78,673,554	13,548,984	-0.37%	1.83%
1976	78,336,950	13,796,770	-0.43%	1.83%
1977	78,159,814	14,049,371	-0.23%	1.83%
1978	78,091,820	14,310,128	-0.09%	1.86%
1979	78,126,350	14,579,614	0.04%	1.88%
1980	78,288,576	14,847,974	0.21%	1.84%
1981	78,407,907	15,099,414	0.15%	1.69%
1982	78,333,366	15,286,567	-0.1%	1.24%
1983	78,128,282	15,388,794	-0.26%	0.67%
1984	77,858,685	15,441,860	-0.35%	0.34%
1985	77,684,873	15,544,154	-0.22%	0.66%
1986	77,720,436	15,731,256	0.05%	1.2%
1987	77,839,920	15,916,576	0.15%	1.18%
1988	78,144,619	16,078,621	0.39%	1.02%
1989	78,751,283	16,248,557	0.78%	1.06%
1990	79,433,029	16,352,458	0.87%	0.64%
1991	80,013,896	16,475,354	0.73%	0.75%
1992	80,624,598	16,739,284	0.76%	1.6%
1993	81,156,363	17,025,918	0.66%	1.71%
1994	81,438,348	17,275,773	0.35%	1.47%
1995	81,678,051	17,564,068	0.29%	1.67%
1996	81,914,831	17,905,018	0.29%	1.94%
1997	82,034,771	18,248,200	0.15%	1.92%
1998	82,047,195	18,596,003	0.02%	1.91%
1999	82,100,243	18,944,731	0.06%	1.88%
2000	82,211,508	19,293,054	0.14%	1.84%
2001	82,349,925	19,600,362	0.17%	1.59%
2002	82,488,495	19,805,752	0.17%	1.05%
2003	82,534,176	19,951,521	0.06%	0.74%
2004	82,516,260	20,087,605	-0.02%	0.68%
2005	82,469,422	20,216,524	-0.06%	0.64%
2006	82,376,451	20,352,411	-0.11%	0.67%
2007	82,266,372	20,492,545	-0.13%	0.69%
2008	82,110,097	20,629,378	-0.19%	0.67%
2009	81,902,307	20,756,435	-0.25%	0.62%
2010	81,776,930	20,879,089	-0.15%	0.59%
2011	80,274,983	21,009,048	-1.84%	0.62%
2012	80,425,823	21,169,458	0.19%	0.76%
2013	80,645,605	20,585,000	0.27%	-2.76%
2014	80,982,500	20,778,000	0.42%	0.94%
2015	81,686,611	20,970,000	0.87%	0.92%
2016	82,348,669	21,209,000	0.81%	1.14%
2017	82,657,002	21,453,000	0.37%	1.15%
2018	82,905,782	21,670,000	0.3%	1.01%
2019	83,092,962	21,803,000	0.23%	0.61%
2020	83,160,871	21,919,000	0.08%	0.53%
2021	83,196,078	22,156,000	0.04%	1.08%
2022	83,797,985	22,181,000	0.72%	0.11%
2023	83,901,923	22,037,000	0.12%	-0.65%
2024	83,510,950	21,916,000	-0.47%	-0.55%
2025	83,039,665	22,035,440	-0.56%	0.54%
2026	82,614,154	22,148,172	-0.51%	0.51%
2027	82,415,087	22,255,601	-0.24%	0.49%
2028	82,204,095	22,357,682	-0.26%	0.46%
2029	81,983,207	22,453,922	-0.27%	0.43%
2030	81,761,486	22,546,245	-0.27%	0.41%
2031	81,535,782	22,635,106	-0.28%	0.39%
2032	81,309,833	22,720,118	-0.28%	0.38%
2033	81,088,671	22,802,043	-0.27%	0.36%
2034	80,874,239	22,879,527	-0.26%	0.34%
2035	80,664,119	22,952,739	-0.26%	0.32%
2036	80,440,400	23,022,027	-0.28%	0.3%
2037	80,216,687	23,088,877	-0.28%	0.29%
2038	79,996,530	23,152,480	-0.27%	0.28%
2039	79,775,309	23,211,633	-0.28%	0.26%
2040	79,559,716	23,265,986	-0.27%	0.23%
2041	79,356,179	23,315,260	-0.26%	0.21%
2042	79,162,051	23,359,578	-0.24%	0.19%
2043	78,957,628	23,398,752	-0.26%	0.17%
2044	78,737,840	23,433,096	-0.28%	0.15%
2045	78,512,825	23,464,943	-0.29%	0.14%
2046	78,288,289	23,492,738	-0.29%	0.12%
2047	78,060,952	23,512,629	-0.29%	0.08%
2048	77,820,753	23,525,953	-0.31%	0.06%
2049	77,573,634	23,533,940	-0.32%	0.03%
2050	77,330,385	23,538,230	-0.31%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Germany decreased by 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Germany gained 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Germany was ranked 13th most populous country in 2005 and is 19th 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) Germany's population will shrink by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people with a rank change from 19th to 24th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.