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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kiribati	Sri Lanka	Kiribati	Sri Lanka
1960	47,157	9,661,389	-	-
1961	48,323	9,899,372	2.47%	2.46%
1962	49,538	10,143,754	2.51%	2.47%
1963	50,791	10,395,040	2.53%	2.48%
1964	52,088	10,653,397	2.55%	2.49%
1965	53,439	10,916,965	2.59%	2.47%
1966	54,425	11,183,928	1.85%	2.45%
1967	54,996	11,457,328	1.05%	2.44%
1968	55,529	11,736,088	0.97%	2.43%
1969	56,360	12,013,858	1.5%	2.37%
1970	57,510	12,287,110	2.04%	2.27%
1971	58,652	12,551,910	1.99%	2.16%
1972	59,778	12,809,205	1.92%	2.05%
1973	60,824	13,060,916	1.75%	1.97%
1974	61,219	13,305,693	0.65%	1.87%
1975	60,987	13,548,984	-0.38%	1.83%
1976	60,661	13,796,770	-0.53%	1.83%
1977	60,267	14,049,371	-0.65%	1.83%
1978	59,864	14,310,128	-0.67%	1.86%
1979	60,172	14,579,614	0.51%	1.88%
1980	61,148	14,847,974	1.62%	1.84%
1981	62,121	15,099,414	1.59%	1.69%
1982	63,134	15,286,567	1.63%	1.24%
1983	64,169	15,388,794	1.64%	0.67%
1984	65,228	15,441,860	1.65%	0.34%
1985	66,496	15,544,154	1.94%	0.66%
1986	68,059	15,731,256	2.35%	1.2%
1987	69,733	15,916,576	2.46%	1.18%
1988	71,427	16,078,621	2.43%	1.02%
1989	73,147	16,248,557	2.41%	1.06%
1990	74,855	16,352,458	2.34%	0.64%
1991	76,367	16,475,354	2.02%	0.75%
1992	77,641	16,739,284	1.67%	1.6%
1993	78,841	17,025,918	1.55%	1.71%
1994	80,021	17,275,773	1.5%	1.47%
1995	81,234	17,564,068	1.52%	1.67%
1996	82,623	17,905,018	1.71%	1.94%
1997	84,147	18,248,200	1.84%	1.92%
1998	85,657	18,596,003	1.79%	1.91%
1999	87,126	18,944,731	1.71%	1.88%
2000	88,613	19,293,054	1.71%	1.84%
2001	90,335	19,600,362	1.94%	1.59%
2002	92,264	19,805,752	2.14%	1.05%
2003	94,175	19,951,521	2.07%	0.74%
2004	96,085	20,087,605	2.03%	0.68%
2005	98,035	20,216,524	2.03%	0.64%
2006	100,017	20,352,411	2.02%	0.67%
2007	102,068	20,492,545	2.05%	0.69%
2008	104,222	20,629,378	2.11%	0.67%
2009	106,467	20,756,435	2.15%	0.62%
2010	108,704	20,879,089	2.1%	0.59%
2011	110,647	21,009,048	1.79%	0.62%
2012	112,284	21,169,458	1.48%	0.76%
2013	113,838	20,585,000	1.38%	-2.76%
2014	115,326	20,778,000	1.31%	0.94%
2015	116,815	20,970,000	1.29%	0.92%
2016	118,478	21,209,000	1.42%	1.14%
2017	120,275	21,453,000	1.52%	1.15%
2018	122,084	21,670,000	1.5%	1.01%
2019	123,921	21,803,000	1.5%	0.61%
2020	126,099	21,919,000	1.76%	0.53%
2021	128,377	22,156,000	1.81%	1.08%
2022	130,469	22,181,000	1.63%	0.11%
2023	132,530	22,037,000	1.58%	-0.65%
2024	134,518	21,916,000	1.5%	-0.55%
2025	136,501	22,035,440	1.47%	0.54%
2026	138,451	22,148,172	1.43%	0.51%
2027	140,405	22,255,601	1.41%	0.49%
2028	142,335	22,357,682	1.37%	0.46%
2029	144,231	22,453,922	1.33%	0.43%
2030	146,130	22,546,245	1.32%	0.41%
2031	148,028	22,635,106	1.3%	0.39%
2032	149,915	22,720,118	1.27%	0.38%
2033	151,768	22,802,043	1.24%	0.36%
2034	153,602	22,879,527	1.21%	0.34%
2035	155,447	22,952,739	1.2%	0.32%
2036	157,316	23,022,027	1.2%	0.3%
2037	159,188	23,088,877	1.19%	0.29%
2038	161,050	23,152,480	1.17%	0.28%
2039	162,895	23,211,633	1.15%	0.26%
2040	164,711	23,265,986	1.11%	0.23%
2041	166,508	23,315,260	1.09%	0.21%
2042	168,325	23,359,578	1.09%	0.19%
2043	170,182	23,398,752	1.1%	0.17%
2044	172,012	23,433,096	1.08%	0.15%
2045	173,818	23,464,943	1.05%	0.14%
2046	175,629	23,492,738	1.04%	0.12%
2047	177,392	23,512,629	1%	0.08%
2048	179,152	23,525,953	0.99%	0.06%
2049	180,915	23,533,940	0.98%	0.03%
2050	182,629	23,538,230	0.95%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Kiribati increased by 18,461 people (a 18.5% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Kiribati gained 19,994 (a 16.9% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Kiribati was ranked 183rd most populous country in 2006 and is 180th 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) Kiribati's population will grow by 31.9% to 182,629 people with a rank change from 180th to 178th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.