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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Italy	Sri Lanka	Italy	Sri Lanka
1960	50,199,700	9,661,389	-	-
1961	50,536,350	9,899,372	0.67%	2.46%
1962	50,879,450	10,143,754	0.68%	2.47%
1963	51,252,000	10,395,040	0.73%	2.48%
1964	51,675,350	10,653,397	0.83%	2.49%
1965	52,112,350	10,916,965	0.85%	2.47%
1966	52,519,000	11,183,928	0.78%	2.45%
1967	52,900,500	11,457,328	0.73%	2.44%
1968	53,235,750	11,736,088	0.63%	2.43%
1969	53,537,950	12,013,858	0.57%	2.37%
1970	53,821,850	12,287,110	0.53%	2.27%
1971	54,073,490	12,551,910	0.47%	2.16%
1972	54,381,345	12,809,205	0.57%	2.05%
1973	54,751,406	13,060,916	0.68%	1.97%
1974	55,110,868	13,305,693	0.66%	1.87%
1975	55,441,001	13,548,984	0.6%	1.83%
1976	55,718,260	13,796,770	0.5%	1.83%
1977	55,955,411	14,049,371	0.43%	1.83%
1978	56,155,143	14,310,128	0.36%	1.86%
1979	56,317,749	14,579,614	0.29%	1.88%
1980	56,433,883	14,847,974	0.21%	1.84%
1981	56,501,675	15,099,414	0.12%	1.69%
1982	56,543,548	15,286,567	0.07%	1.24%
1983	56,564,074	15,388,794	0.04%	0.67%
1984	56,576,718	15,441,860	0.02%	0.34%
1985	56,593,071	15,544,154	0.03%	0.66%
1986	56,596,155	15,731,256	0.005%	1.2%
1987	56,601,931	15,916,576	0.01%	1.18%
1988	56,629,288	16,078,621	0.05%	1.02%
1989	56,671,781	16,248,557	0.08%	1.06%
1990	56,719,240	16,352,458	0.08%	0.64%
1991	56,758,521	16,475,354	0.07%	0.75%
1992	56,797,087	16,739,284	0.07%	1.6%
1993	56,831,821	17,025,918	0.06%	1.71%
1994	56,843,400	17,275,773	0.02%	1.47%
1995	56,844,303	17,564,068	0.002%	1.67%
1996	56,860,281	17,905,018	0.03%	1.94%
1997	56,890,372	18,248,200	0.05%	1.92%
1998	56,906,744	18,596,003	0.03%	1.91%
1999	56,916,317	18,944,731	0.02%	1.88%
2000	56,942,108	19,293,054	0.05%	1.84%
2001	56,976,981	19,600,362	0.06%	1.59%
2002	57,089,824	19,805,752	0.2%	1.05%
2003	57,399,184	19,951,521	0.54%	0.74%
2004	57,828,179	20,087,605	0.75%	0.68%
2005	58,166,682	20,216,524	0.59%	0.64%
2006	58,399,861	20,352,411	0.4%	0.67%
2007	58,756,247	20,492,545	0.61%	0.69%
2008	59,211,181	20,629,378	0.77%	0.67%
2009	59,555,454	20,756,435	0.58%	0.62%
2010	59,819,407	20,879,089	0.44%	0.59%
2011	60,026,841	21,009,048	0.35%	0.62%
2012	60,191,247	21,169,458	0.27%	0.76%
2013	60,311,613	20,585,000	0.2%	-2.76%
2014	60,320,707	20,778,000	0.02%	0.94%
2015	60,229,605	20,970,000	-0.15%	0.92%
2016	60,115,223	21,209,000	-0.19%	1.14%
2017	60,002,252	21,453,000	-0.19%	1.15%
2018	60,148,658	21,670,000	0.24%	1.01%
2019	59,729,081	21,803,000	-0.7%	0.61%
2020	59,438,851	21,919,000	-0.49%	0.53%
2021	59,133,173	22,156,000	-0.51%	1.08%
2022	59,013,667	22,181,000	-0.2%	0.11%
2023	58,984,216	22,037,000	-0.05%	-0.65%
2024	58,952,704	21,916,000	-0.05%	-0.55%
2025	58,757,388	22,035,440	-0.33%	0.54%
2026	58,538,738	22,148,172	-0.37%	0.51%
2027	58,302,912	22,255,601	-0.4%	0.49%
2028	58,061,557	22,357,682	-0.41%	0.46%
2029	57,818,364	22,453,922	-0.42%	0.43%
2030	57,565,087	22,546,245	-0.44%	0.41%
2031	57,300,892	22,635,106	-0.46%	0.39%
2032	57,038,998	22,720,118	-0.46%	0.38%
2033	56,780,656	22,802,043	-0.45%	0.36%
2034	56,516,874	22,879,527	-0.46%	0.34%
2035	56,247,746	22,952,739	-0.48%	0.32%
2036	55,978,207	23,022,027	-0.48%	0.3%
2037	55,705,993	23,088,877	-0.49%	0.29%
2038	55,429,408	23,152,480	-0.5%	0.28%
2039	55,146,340	23,211,633	-0.51%	0.26%
2040	54,858,102	23,265,986	-0.52%	0.23%
2041	54,570,785	23,315,260	-0.52%	0.21%
2042	54,276,735	23,359,578	-0.54%	0.19%
2043	53,966,605	23,398,752	-0.57%	0.17%
2044	53,649,281	23,433,096	-0.59%	0.15%
2045	53,327,530	23,464,943	-0.6%	0.14%
2046	52,995,336	23,492,738	-0.62%	0.12%
2047	52,650,393	23,512,629	-0.65%	0.08%
2048	52,294,685	23,525,953	-0.68%	0.06%
2049	51,929,700	23,533,940	-0.7%	0.03%
2050	51,549,925	23,538,230	-0.73%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Italy increased by 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Italy lost -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2006 and is 26th 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) Italy's population will shrink by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people with a rank change from 26th to 40th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.