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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Sri Lanka	Greece	Sri Lanka
1960	8,331,725	9,661,389	-	-
1961	8,398,050	9,899,372	0.8%	2.46%
1962	8,448,233	10,143,754	0.6%	2.47%
1963	8,479,625	10,395,040	0.37%	2.48%
1964	8,510,429	10,653,397	0.36%	2.49%
1965	8,550,333	10,916,965	0.47%	2.47%
1966	8,613,651	11,183,928	0.74%	2.45%
1967	8,684,088	11,457,328	0.82%	2.44%
1968	8,740,765	11,736,088	0.65%	2.43%
1969	8,772,764	12,013,858	0.37%	2.37%
1970	8,792,806	12,287,110	0.23%	2.27%
1971	8,831,036	12,551,910	0.43%	2.16%
1972	8,888,628	12,809,205	0.65%	2.05%
1973	8,929,086	13,060,916	0.46%	1.97%
1974	8,962,022	13,305,693	0.37%	1.87%
1975	9,046,541	13,548,984	0.94%	1.83%
1976	9,188,150	13,796,770	1.57%	1.83%
1977	9,308,479	14,049,371	1.31%	1.83%
1978	9,429,959	14,310,128	1.31%	1.86%
1979	9,548,258	14,579,614	1.25%	1.88%
1980	9,642,505	14,847,974	0.99%	1.84%
1981	9,729,350	15,099,414	0.9%	1.69%
1982	9,789,513	15,286,567	0.62%	1.24%
1983	9,846,627	15,388,794	0.58%	0.67%
1984	9,895,801	15,441,860	0.5%	0.34%
1985	9,934,300	15,544,154	0.39%	0.66%
1986	9,967,213	15,731,256	0.33%	1.2%
1987	10,000,595	15,916,576	0.33%	1.18%
1988	10,036,983	16,078,621	0.36%	1.02%
1989	10,089,498	16,248,557	0.52%	1.06%
1990	10,196,792	16,352,458	1.06%	0.64%
1991	10,319,927	16,475,354	1.21%	0.75%
1992	10,399,061	16,739,284	0.77%	1.6%
1993	10,460,415	17,025,918	0.59%	1.71%
1994	10,512,922	17,275,773	0.5%	1.47%
1995	10,562,153	17,564,068	0.47%	1.67%
1996	10,608,800	17,905,018	0.44%	1.94%
1997	10,661,259	18,248,200	0.49%	1.92%
1998	10,720,509	18,596,003	0.56%	1.91%
1999	10,761,698	18,944,731	0.38%	1.88%
2000	10,805,808	19,293,054	0.41%	1.84%
2001	10,862,132	19,600,362	0.52%	1.59%
2002	10,902,022	19,805,752	0.37%	1.05%
2003	10,928,070	19,951,521	0.24%	0.74%
2004	10,955,141	20,087,605	0.25%	0.68%
2005	10,987,314	20,216,524	0.29%	0.64%
2006	11,020,362	20,352,411	0.3%	0.67%
2007	11,048,473	20,492,545	0.26%	0.69%
2008	11,077,841	20,629,378	0.27%	0.67%
2009	11,107,017	20,756,435	0.26%	0.62%
2010	11,121,341	20,879,089	0.13%	0.59%
2011	11,104,899	21,009,048	-0.15%	0.62%
2012	11,045,011	21,169,458	-0.54%	0.76%
2013	10,965,211	20,585,000	-0.72%	-2.76%
2014	10,892,413	20,778,000	-0.66%	0.94%
2015	10,820,883	20,970,000	-0.66%	0.92%
2016	10,775,971	21,209,000	-0.42%	1.14%
2017	10,754,679	21,453,000	-0.2%	1.15%
2018	10,732,882	21,670,000	-0.2%	1.01%
2019	10,721,582	21,803,000	-0.11%	0.61%
2020	10,698,599	21,919,000	-0.21%	0.53%
2021	10,569,207	22,156,000	-1.21%	1.08%
2022	10,436,882	22,181,000	-1.25%	0.11%
2023	10,405,588	22,037,000	-0.3%	-0.65%
2024	10,388,805	21,916,000	-0.16%	-0.55%
2025	10,276,140	22,035,440	-1.08%	0.54%
2026	10,232,997	22,148,172	-0.42%	0.51%
2027	10,188,386	22,255,601	-0.44%	0.49%
2028	10,143,203	22,357,682	-0.44%	0.46%
2029	10,097,603	22,453,922	-0.45%	0.43%
2030	10,051,921	22,546,245	-0.45%	0.41%
2031	10,006,045	22,635,106	-0.46%	0.39%
2032	9,959,048	22,720,118	-0.47%	0.38%
2033	9,911,765	22,802,043	-0.47%	0.36%
2034	9,865,342	22,879,527	-0.47%	0.34%
2035	9,818,783	22,952,739	-0.47%	0.32%
2036	9,772,426	23,022,027	-0.47%	0.3%
2037	9,726,502	23,088,877	-0.47%	0.29%
2038	9,680,639	23,152,480	-0.47%	0.28%
2039	9,635,315	23,211,633	-0.47%	0.26%
2040	9,590,401	23,265,986	-0.47%	0.23%
2041	9,545,637	23,315,260	-0.47%	0.21%
2042	9,501,568	23,359,578	-0.46%	0.19%
2043	9,457,398	23,398,752	-0.46%	0.17%
2044	9,411,943	23,433,096	-0.48%	0.15%
2045	9,365,737	23,464,943	-0.49%	0.14%
2046	9,319,023	23,492,738	-0.5%	0.12%
2047	9,269,970	23,512,629	-0.53%	0.08%
2048	9,218,699	23,525,953	-0.55%	0.06%
2049	9,165,668	23,533,940	-0.58%	0.03%
2050	9,111,122	23,538,230	-0.6%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th 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) Greece's population will shrink by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people with a rank change from 95th to 106th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.