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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mongolia was 3,524,788 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mongolia's population is 3,599,274 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.

Population statistics:

  • Sri Lanka's population is 6.15 times bigger than Mongolia's.
  • Mongolia is ranked the 132nd most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.04% for Mongolia vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
  • For the last 10 years, Mongolia has had an average growth rate of +1.79% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
  • Since 2005, the population of Mongolia has increased from 2.54M people to 3.6M (41.9% growth), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
  • Mongolia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5.6M people compared to the peak of 23.5M people in 2051 for Sri Lanka.

Mongolia vs Sri Lanka: live population counter

Mongolia Sri Lanka
Current population
3599274
22125995
Population rank 132/197 63/197
Percent of world population 0.04% 0.27%
One net population change
12 minutes
4.34 minutes
One birth every
7.95 minutes
2.13 minutes
One death every
27.5 minutes
2.91 minutes
One migration net change every
4.4 days
19.3 minutes
Annual migration change +83 -27,245
Daily growth/decline +120 -332
Annual growth/decline +43,643 -121,000
Annual growth/decline rate +1.25% -0.55%
Population growth rate rank 88/197 187/197

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

Mongolia
Population

Growth rate
Sri Lanka
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Mongolia Sri Lanka Mongolia Sri Lanka
1960 977,595 9,661,389 - -
1961 1,009,284 9,899,372 3.24% 2.46%
1962 1,041,444 10,143,754 3.19% 2.47%
1963 1,071,362 10,395,040 2.87% 2.48%
1964 1,100,234 10,653,397 2.69% 2.49%
1965 1,131,177 10,916,965 2.81% 2.47%
1966 1,163,754 11,183,928 2.88% 2.45%
1967 1,196,996 11,457,328 2.86% 2.44%
1968 1,229,930 11,736,088 2.75% 2.43%
1969 1,262,284 12,013,858 2.63% 2.37%
1970 1,295,272 12,287,110 2.61% 2.27%
1971 1,330,071 12,551,910 2.69% 2.16%
1972 1,366,821 12,809,205 2.76% 2.05%
1973 1,405,502 13,060,916 2.83% 1.97%
1974 1,446,050 13,305,693 2.88% 1.87%
1975 1,488,296 13,548,984 2.92% 1.83%
1976 1,531,945 13,796,770 2.93% 1.83%
1977 1,576,245 14,049,371 2.89% 1.83%
1978 1,619,468 14,310,128 2.74% 1.86%
1979 1,660,659 14,579,614 2.54% 1.88%
1980 1,701,335 14,847,974 2.45% 1.84%
1981 1,742,857 15,099,414 2.44% 1.69%
1982 1,785,364 15,286,567 2.44% 1.24%
1983 1,829,092 15,388,794 2.45% 0.67%
1984 1,874,349 15,441,860 2.47% 0.34%
1985 1,921,514 15,544,154 2.52% 0.66%
1986 1,970,965 15,731,256 2.57% 1.2%
1987 2,022,800 15,916,576 2.63% 1.18%
1988 2,076,322 16,078,621 2.65% 1.02%
1989 2,124,185 16,248,557 2.31% 1.06%
1990 2,098,710 16,352,458 -1.2% 0.64%
1991 2,165,342 16,475,354 3.17% 0.75%
1992 2,167,790 16,739,284 0.11% 1.6%
1993 2,165,130 17,025,918 -0.12% 1.71%
1994 2,189,395 17,275,773 1.12% 1.47%
1995 2,224,945 17,564,068 1.62% 1.67%
1996 2,259,507 17,905,018 1.55% 1.94%
1997 2,291,750 18,248,200 1.43% 1.92%
1998 2,323,809 18,596,003 1.4% 1.91%
1999 2,356,813 18,944,731 1.42% 1.88%
2000 2,388,299 19,293,054 1.34% 1.84%
2001 2,417,751 19,600,362 1.23% 1.59%
2002 2,449,027 19,805,752 1.29% 1.05%
2003 2,480,374 19,951,521 1.28% 0.74%
2004 2,508,412 20,087,605 1.13% 0.68%
2005 2,536,407 20,216,524 1.12% 0.64%
2006 2,567,168 20,352,411 1.21% 0.67%
2007 2,601,850 20,492,545 1.35% 0.69%
2008 2,643,201 20,629,378 1.59% 0.67%
2009 2,691,115 20,756,435 1.81% 0.62%
2010 2,738,622 20,879,089 1.77% 0.59%
2011 2,786,317 21,009,048 1.74% 0.62%
2012 2,839,705 21,169,458 1.92% 0.76%
2013 2,899,011 20,585,000 2.09% -2.76%
2014 2,963,113 20,778,000 2.21% 0.94%
2015 3,026,864 20,970,000 2.15% 0.92%
2016 3,088,856 21,209,000 2.05% 1.14%
2017 3,148,917 21,453,000 1.94% 1.15%
2018 3,208,189 21,670,000 1.88% 1.01%
2019 3,267,673 21,803,000 1.85% 0.61%
2020 3,327,204 21,919,000 1.82% 0.53%
2021 3,383,741 22,156,000 1.7% 1.08%
2022 3,433,748 22,181,000 1.48% 0.11%
2023 3,481,145 22,037,000 1.38% -0.65%
2024 3,524,788 21,916,000 1.25% -0.55%
2025 3,566,934 22,035,440 1.2% 0.54%
2026 3,607,194 22,148,172 1.13% 0.51%
2027 3,646,133 22,255,601 1.08% 0.49%
2028 3,684,133 22,357,682 1.04% 0.46%
2029 3,721,196 22,453,922 1.01% 0.43%
2030 3,757,736 22,546,245 0.98% 0.41%
2031 3,793,979 22,635,106 0.96% 0.39%
2032 3,830,403 22,720,118 0.96% 0.38%
2033 3,867,674 22,802,043 0.97% 0.36%
2034 3,905,872 22,879,527 0.99% 0.34%
2035 3,944,896 22,952,739 1% 0.32%
2036 3,984,836 23,022,027 1.01% 0.3%
2037 4,025,966 23,088,877 1.03% 0.29%
2038 4,067,894 23,152,480 1.04% 0.28%
2039 4,110,455 23,211,633 1.05% 0.26%
2040 4,153,587 23,265,986 1.05% 0.23%
2041 4,197,027 23,315,260 1.05% 0.21%
2042 4,240,723 23,359,578 1.04% 0.19%
2043 4,284,073 23,398,752 1.02% 0.17%
2044 4,327,016 23,433,096 1% 0.15%
2045 4,369,833 23,464,943 0.99% 0.14%
2046 4,411,717 23,492,738 0.96% 0.12%
2047 4,452,180 23,512,629 0.92% 0.08%
2048 4,491,289 23,525,953 0.88% 0.06%
2049 4,529,071 23,533,940 0.84% 0.03%
2050 4,565,277 23,538,230 0.8% 0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mongolia increased by 490,457 people (a 19.3% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mongolia gained 572,410 (a 18.9% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Mongolia was ranked 137th most populous country in 2005 and is 132nd 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) Mongolia's population will grow by 26.8% to 4,565,277 people with a rank change from 132nd to 130th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.

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