The latest officially reported population of Luxembourg was 677,717 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Luxembourg's population is 690,832 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.
Population statistics:
- Sri Lanka's population is 32 times bigger than Luxembourg's.
- Luxembourg is ranked the 164th most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
- The countries together account for 0.28% of the world: 0.008% for Luxembourg vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
- For the last 10 years, Luxembourg has had an average growth rate of +2.03% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
- Since 2005, the population of Luxembourg has increased from 465K people to 691K (48.5% growth), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
- Luxembourg is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 806K people compared to the peak of 23.5M people in 2051 for Sri Lanka.
Luxembourg vs Sri Lanka: live population counter
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| Current population |
690832
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22125995
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| Population rank | 164/197 | 63/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.008% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
46.6 minutes
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4.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.38 hours
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2.13 minutes
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| One death every |
1.99 hours
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2.91 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.54 hours
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19.3 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +5,677 | -27,245 |
| Daily growth/decline | +31 | -332 |
| Annual growth/decline | +11,287 | -121,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.69% | -0.55% |
| Population growth rate rank | 68/197 | 187/197 |
Luxembourg and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 313,970 | 9,661,389 | - | - |
| 1961 | 316,845 | 9,899,372 | 0.92% | 2.46% |
| 1962 | 320,750 | 10,143,754 | 1.23% | 2.47% |
| 1963 | 324,100 | 10,395,040 | 1.04% | 2.48% |
| 1964 | 327,750 | 10,653,397 | 1.13% | 2.49% |
| 1965 | 331,500 | 10,916,965 | 1.14% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 333,895 | 11,183,928 | 0.72% | 2.45% |
| 1967 | 334,995 | 11,457,328 | 0.33% | 2.44% |
| 1968 | 335,850 | 11,736,088 | 0.26% | 2.43% |
| 1969 | 337,500 | 12,013,858 | 0.49% | 2.37% |
| 1970 | 339,171 | 12,287,110 | 0.5% | 2.27% |
| 1971 | 342,421 | 12,551,910 | 0.96% | 2.16% |
| 1972 | 346,600 | 12,809,205 | 1.22% | 2.05% |
| 1973 | 350,450 | 13,060,916 | 1.11% | 1.97% |
| 1974 | 355,050 | 13,305,693 | 1.31% | 1.87% |
| 1975 | 358,950 | 13,548,984 | 1.1% | 1.83% |
| 1976 | 360,731 | 13,796,770 | 0.5% | 1.83% |
| 1977 | 361,358 | 14,049,371 | 0.17% | 1.83% |
| 1978 | 362,007 | 14,310,128 | 0.18% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 362,856 | 14,579,614 | 0.23% | 1.88% |
| 1980 | 364,150 | 14,847,974 | 0.36% | 1.84% |
| 1981 | 365,225 | 15,099,414 | 0.3% | 1.69% |
| 1982 | 365,525 | 15,286,567 | 0.08% | 1.24% |
| 1983 | 365,622 | 15,388,794 | 0.03% | 0.67% |
| 1984 | 365,998 | 15,441,860 | 0.1% | 0.34% |
| 1985 | 366,706 | 15,544,154 | 0.19% | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 368,355 | 15,731,256 | 0.45% | 1.2% |
| 1987 | 370,750 | 15,916,576 | 0.65% | 1.18% |
| 1988 | 373,450 | 16,078,621 | 0.73% | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 377,100 | 16,248,557 | 0.98% | 1.06% |
| 1990 | 381,850 | 16,352,458 | 1.26% | 0.64% |
| 1991 | 387,000 | 16,475,354 | 1.35% | 0.75% |
| 1992 | 392,175 | 16,739,284 | 1.34% | 1.6% |
| 1993 | 397,475 | 17,025,918 | 1.35% | 1.71% |
| 1994 | 402,925 | 17,275,773 | 1.37% | 1.47% |
| 1995 | 408,625 | 17,564,068 | 1.41% | 1.67% |
| 1996 | 414,225 | 17,905,018 | 1.37% | 1.94% |
| 1997 | 419,450 | 18,248,200 | 1.26% | 1.92% |
| 1998 | 424,700 | 18,596,003 | 1.25% | 1.91% |
| 1999 | 430,475 | 18,944,731 | 1.36% | 1.88% |
| 2000 | 436,300 | 19,293,054 | 1.35% | 1.84% |
| 2001 | 441,525 | 19,600,362 | 1.2% | 1.59% |
| 2002 | 446,175 | 19,805,752 | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 2003 | 451,630 | 19,951,521 | 1.22% | 0.74% |
| 2004 | 458,095 | 20,087,605 | 1.43% | 0.68% |
| 2005 | 465,158 | 20,216,524 | 1.54% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 472,637 | 20,352,411 | 1.61% | 0.67% |
| 2007 | 479,993 | 20,492,545 | 1.56% | 0.69% |
| 2008 | 488,650 | 20,629,378 | 1.8% | 0.67% |
| 2009 | 497,783 | 20,756,435 | 1.87% | 0.62% |
| 2010 | 506,953 | 20,879,089 | 1.84% | 0.59% |
| 2011 | 518,347 | 21,009,048 | 2.25% | 0.62% |
| 2012 | 530,946 | 21,169,458 | 2.43% | 0.76% |
| 2013 | 543,360 | 20,585,000 | 2.34% | -2.76% |
| 2014 | 556,319 | 20,778,000 | 2.38% | 0.94% |
| 2015 | 569,604 | 20,970,000 | 2.39% | 0.92% |
| 2016 | 582,014 | 21,209,000 | 2.18% | 1.14% |
| 2017 | 596,336 | 21,453,000 | 2.46% | 1.15% |
| 2018 | 607,950 | 21,670,000 | 1.95% | 1.01% |
| 2019 | 620,001 | 21,803,000 | 1.98% | 0.61% |
| 2020 | 630,419 | 21,919,000 | 1.68% | 0.53% |
| 2021 | 640,064 | 22,156,000 | 1.53% | 1.08% |
| 2022 | 653,103 | 22,181,000 | 2.04% | 0.11% |
| 2023 | 666,430 | 22,037,000 | 2.04% | -0.65% |
| 2024 | 677,717 | 21,916,000 | 1.69% | -0.55% |
| 2025 | 685,180 | 22,035,440 | 1.1% | 0.54% |
| 2026 | 692,217 | 22,148,172 | 1.03% | 0.51% |
| 2027 | 699,102 | 22,255,601 | 0.99% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 705,956 | 22,357,682 | 0.98% | 0.46% |
| 2029 | 712,502 | 22,453,922 | 0.93% | 0.43% |
| 2030 | 718,627 | 22,546,245 | 0.86% | 0.41% |
| 2031 | 724,433 | 22,635,106 | 0.81% | 0.39% |
| 2032 | 730,118 | 22,720,118 | 0.78% | 0.38% |
| 2033 | 735,604 | 22,802,043 | 0.75% | 0.36% |
| 2034 | 740,767 | 22,879,527 | 0.7% | 0.34% |
| 2035 | 745,776 | 22,952,739 | 0.68% | 0.32% |
| 2036 | 750,596 | 23,022,027 | 0.65% | 0.3% |
| 2037 | 755,119 | 23,088,877 | 0.6% | 0.29% |
| 2038 | 759,551 | 23,152,480 | 0.59% | 0.28% |
| 2039 | 763,923 | 23,211,633 | 0.58% | 0.26% |
| 2040 | 767,972 | 23,265,986 | 0.53% | 0.23% |
| 2041 | 771,757 | 23,315,260 | 0.49% | 0.21% |
| 2042 | 775,418 | 23,359,578 | 0.47% | 0.19% |
| 2043 | 778,811 | 23,398,752 | 0.44% | 0.17% |
| 2044 | 781,936 | 23,433,096 | 0.4% | 0.15% |
| 2045 | 784,957 | 23,464,943 | 0.39% | 0.14% |
| 2046 | 787,788 | 23,492,738 | 0.36% | 0.12% |
| 2047 | 790,356 | 23,512,629 | 0.33% | 0.08% |
| 2048 | 792,821 | 23,525,953 | 0.31% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 795,064 | 23,533,940 | 0.28% | 0.03% |
| 2050 | 796,958 | 23,538,230 | 0.24% | 0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Luxembourg increased by 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Luxembourg gained 121,228 (a 21.3% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).
Luxembourg was ranked 167th most populous country in 2005 and is 164th 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) Luxembourg's population will grow by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Luxembourg | 136K |
| Esch-sur-Alzette | 37.5K |
| Differdange | 30.4K |
| Dudelange | 22K |
| Petange | 20.9K |
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| City | Population |
| Colombo | 753K |
| Gampaha | 191K |
| Beruwala | 165K |
| Negombo | 142K |
| Kandy | 120K |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 116K |
| Trincomalee | 99.1K |
| Galle | 93.1K |
| Matara | 68.2K |
| Anuradhapura | 63.2K |
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Population differences between Luxembourg and Sri Lanka
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| Life expectancy | 82.5 years | 77.9 years |
| Average age | 40.6 years | 35.8 years |
| Median age | 40.2 years | 34.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.3:49.7 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.25 births per woman | 1.97 births per woman |
| Population density | 682 ppl/mi² | 918 ppl/mi² |
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