Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Sri Lanka	Guinea-Bissau	Sri Lanka
1960	577,633	9,661,389	-	-
1961	582,532	9,899,372	0.85%	2.46%
1962	589,474	10,143,754	1.19%	2.47%
1963	594,418	10,395,040	0.84%	2.48%
1964	588,543	10,653,397	-0.99%	2.49%
1965	575,005	10,916,965	-2.3%	2.47%
1966	566,908	11,183,928	-1.41%	2.45%
1967	569,011	11,457,328	0.37%	2.44%
1968	578,170	11,736,088	1.61%	2.43%
1969	581,610	12,013,858	0.59%	2.37%
1970	584,403	12,287,110	0.48%	2.27%
1971	586,221	12,551,910	0.31%	2.16%
1972	586,620	12,809,205	0.07%	2.05%
1973	592,808	13,060,916	1.05%	1.97%
1974	613,338	13,305,693	3.46%	1.87%
1975	650,966	13,548,984	6.13%	1.83%
1976	694,191	13,796,770	6.64%	1.83%
1977	741,789	14,049,371	6.86%	1.83%
1978	791,694	14,310,128	6.73%	1.86%
1979	819,867	14,579,614	3.56%	1.88%
1980	829,303	14,847,974	1.15%	1.84%
1981	842,432	15,099,414	1.58%	1.69%
1982	855,891	15,286,567	1.6%	1.24%
1983	869,592	15,388,794	1.6%	0.67%
1984	883,519	15,441,860	1.6%	0.34%
1985	897,697	15,544,154	1.6%	0.66%
1986	912,126	15,731,256	1.61%	1.2%
1987	926,862	15,916,576	1.62%	1.18%
1988	942,061	16,078,621	1.64%	1.02%
1989	957,789	16,248,557	1.67%	1.06%
1990	973,669	16,352,458	1.66%	0.64%
1991	994,639	16,475,354	2.15%	0.75%
1992	1,024,356	16,739,284	2.99%	1.6%
1993	1,058,745	17,025,918	3.36%	1.71%
1994	1,092,031	17,275,773	3.14%	1.47%
1995	1,119,949	17,564,068	2.56%	1.67%
1996	1,143,535	17,905,018	2.11%	1.94%
1997	1,165,545	18,248,200	1.92%	1.92%
1998	1,187,473	18,596,003	1.88%	1.91%
1999	1,210,206	18,944,731	1.91%	1.88%
2000	1,234,741	19,293,054	2.03%	1.84%
2001	1,261,273	19,600,362	2.15%	1.59%
2002	1,289,307	19,805,752	2.22%	1.05%
2003	1,318,806	19,951,521	2.29%	0.74%
2004	1,349,563	20,087,605	2.33%	0.68%
2005	1,381,585	20,216,524	2.37%	0.64%
2006	1,415,303	20,352,411	2.44%	0.67%
2007	1,450,986	20,492,545	2.52%	0.69%
2008	1,488,054	20,629,378	2.55%	0.67%
2009	1,526,377	20,756,435	2.58%	0.62%
2010	1,566,347	20,879,089	2.62%	0.59%
2011	1,608,076	21,009,048	2.66%	0.62%
2012	1,651,417	21,169,458	2.7%	0.76%
2013	1,695,973	20,585,000	2.7%	-2.76%
2014	1,741,122	20,778,000	2.66%	0.94%
2015	1,786,457	20,970,000	2.6%	0.92%
2016	1,831,893	21,209,000	2.54%	1.14%
2017	1,877,072	21,453,000	2.47%	1.15%
2018	1,922,168	21,670,000	2.4%	1.01%
2019	1,967,696	21,803,000	2.37%	0.61%
2020	2,013,255	21,919,000	2.32%	0.53%
2021	2,058,841	22,156,000	2.26%	1.08%
2022	2,105,529	22,181,000	2.27%	0.11%
2023	2,153,339	22,037,000	2.27%	-0.65%
2024	2,201,352	21,916,000	2.23%	-0.55%
2025	2,249,512	22,035,440	2.19%	0.54%
2026	2,297,807	22,148,172	2.15%	0.51%
2027	2,346,190	22,255,601	2.11%	0.49%
2028	2,394,226	22,357,682	2.05%	0.46%
2029	2,441,574	22,453,922	1.98%	0.43%
2030	2,488,931	22,546,245	1.94%	0.41%
2031	2,536,893	22,635,106	1.93%	0.39%
2032	2,585,565	22,720,118	1.92%	0.38%
2033	2,634,701	22,802,043	1.9%	0.36%
2034	2,683,078	22,879,527	1.84%	0.34%
2035	2,730,136	22,952,739	1.75%	0.32%
2036	2,777,887	23,022,027	1.75%	0.3%
2037	2,826,159	23,088,877	1.74%	0.29%
2038	2,873,929	23,152,480	1.69%	0.28%
2039	2,921,973	23,211,633	1.67%	0.26%
2040	2,969,699	23,265,986	1.63%	0.23%
2041	3,016,537	23,315,260	1.58%	0.21%
2042	3,063,161	23,359,578	1.55%	0.19%
2043	3,109,927	23,398,752	1.53%	0.17%
2044	3,156,704	23,433,096	1.5%	0.15%
2045	3,204,242	23,464,943	1.51%	0.14%
2046	3,251,465	23,492,738	1.47%	0.12%
2047	3,298,563	23,512,629	1.45%	0.08%
2048	3,345,853	23,525,953	1.43%	0.06%
2049	3,392,557	23,533,940	1.4%	0.03%
2050	3,438,597	23,538,230	1.36%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.