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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Montenegro was 623,525 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Montenegro's population is 611,567 people compared to 22,149,346 in Sri Lanka.

Population statistics:

  • Sri Lanka's population is 36.2 times bigger than Montenegro's.
  • Montenegro is ranked the 166th most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.27% of the world: 0.007% for Montenegro vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
  • For the last 10 years, Montenegro has had an average growth rate of +0.01% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
  • Since 2006, the population of Montenegro has decreased from 615K people to 612K (0.56% decline), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.4M to 22.1M (8.83% growth).
  • Sri Lanka is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 23.5M people, while Montenegro's population already peaked in 2019 at 627K people and is projected to decrease to 318K people by 2100.

Montenegro vs Sri Lanka: live population counter

Montenegro Sri Lanka
Current population
611567
22149346
Population rank 166/197 63/197
Percent of world population 0.007% 0.27%
One net population change
3.26 months
4.34 minutes
One birth every
1.25 hours
2.13 minutes
One death every
1.39 hours
2.91 minutes
One migration net change every
5.2 hours
19.3 minutes
Annual migration change -1,686 -27,245
Daily growth/decline +0 -332
Annual growth/decline -4 -121,000
Annual growth/decline rate -0.0006% -0.55%
Population growth rate rank 165/197 188/197

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

Montenegro
Population

Growth rate
Sri Lanka
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Montenegro Sri Lanka Montenegro Sri Lanka
1960 480,579 9,661,389 - -
1961 491,140 9,899,372 2.2% 2.46%
1962 502,558 10,143,754 2.32% 2.47%
1963 513,409 10,395,040 2.16% 2.48%
1964 521,753 10,653,397 1.63% 2.49%
1965 526,327 10,916,965 0.88% 2.47%
1966 526,419 11,183,928 0.02% 2.45%
1967 522,796 11,457,328 -0.69% 2.44%
1968 517,481 11,736,088 -1.02% 2.43%
1969 513,340 12,013,858 -0.8% 2.37%
1970 512,407 12,287,110 -0.18% 2.27%
1971 515,449 12,551,910 0.59% 2.16%
1972 521,785 12,809,205 1.23% 2.05%
1973 530,220 13,060,916 1.62% 1.97%
1974 538,902 13,305,693 1.64% 1.87%
1975 546,487 13,548,984 1.41% 1.83%
1976 552,562 13,796,770 1.11% 1.83%
1977 557,576 14,049,371 0.91% 1.83%
1978 562,065 14,310,128 0.81% 1.86%
1979 566,888 14,579,614 0.86% 1.88%
1980 572,608 14,847,974 1.01% 1.84%
1981 579,445 15,099,414 1.19% 1.69%
1982 587,001 15,286,567 1.3% 1.24%
1983 594,506 15,388,794 1.28% 0.67%
1984 600,884 15,441,860 1.07% 0.34%
1985 605,398 15,544,154 0.75% 0.66%
1986 607,711 15,731,256 0.38% 1.2%
1987 608,144 15,916,576 0.07% 1.18%
1988 607,413 16,078,621 -0.12% 1.02%
1989 606,571 16,248,557 -0.14% 1.06%
1990 606,372 16,352,458 -0.03% 0.64%
1991 607,105 16,475,354 0.12% 0.75%
1992 608,516 16,739,284 0.23% 1.6%
1993 610,170 17,025,918 0.27% 1.71%
1994 611,389 17,275,773 0.2% 1.47%
1995 611,712 17,564,068 0.05% 1.67%
1996 611,003 17,905,018 -0.12% 1.94%
1997 609,520 18,248,200 -0.24% 1.92%
1998 607,662 18,596,003 -0.3% 1.91%
1999 606,001 18,944,731 -0.27% 1.88%
2000 604,950 19,293,054 -0.17% 1.84%
2001 607,389 19,600,362 0.4% 1.59%
2002 609,828 19,805,752 0.4% 1.05%
2003 612,267 19,951,521 0.4% 0.74%
2004 613,353 20,087,605 0.18% 0.68%
2005 614,261 20,216,524 0.15% 0.64%
2006 615,025 20,352,411 0.12% 0.67%
2007 615,875 20,492,545 0.14% 0.69%
2008 616,969 20,629,378 0.18% 0.67%
2009 618,294 20,756,435 0.21% 0.62%
2010 619,428 20,879,089 0.18% 0.59%
2011 620,345 21,009,048 0.15% 0.62%
2012 621,418 21,169,458 0.17% 0.76%
2013 622,587 20,585,000 0.19% -2.76%
2014 623,744 20,778,000 0.19% 0.94%
2015 624,651 20,970,000 0.15% 0.92%
2016 625,353 21,209,000 0.11% 1.14%
2017 625,982 21,453,000 0.1% 1.15%
2018 626,438 21,670,000 0.07% 1.01%
2019 626,753 21,803,000 0.05% 0.61%
2020 626,590 21,919,000 -0.03% 0.53%
2021 625,053 22,156,000 -0.25% 1.08%
2022 623,591 22,181,000 -0.23% 0.11%
2023 623,529 22,037,000 -0.01% -0.65%
2024 623,525 21,916,000 -0.001% -0.55%
2025 617,905 22,035,440 -0.9% 0.54%
2026 611,567 22,148,172 -1.03% 0.51%
2027 608,272 22,255,601 -0.54% 0.49%
2028 604,984 22,357,682 -0.54% 0.46%
2029 601,622 22,453,922 -0.56% 0.43%
2030 598,207 22,546,245 -0.57% 0.41%
2031 594,755 22,635,106 -0.58% 0.39%
2032 591,217 22,720,118 -0.59% 0.38%
2033 587,611 22,802,043 -0.61% 0.36%
2034 583,943 22,879,527 -0.62% 0.34%
2035 580,218 22,952,739 -0.64% 0.32%
2036 576,430 23,022,027 -0.65% 0.3%
2037 572,608 23,088,877 -0.66% 0.29%
2038 568,748 23,152,480 -0.67% 0.28%
2039 564,870 23,211,633 -0.68% 0.26%
2040 560,978 23,265,986 -0.69% 0.23%
2041 557,071 23,315,260 -0.7% 0.21%
2042 553,158 23,359,578 -0.7% 0.19%
2043 549,216 23,398,752 -0.71% 0.17%
2044 545,240 23,433,096 -0.72% 0.15%
2045 541,244 23,464,943 -0.73% 0.14%
2046 537,224 23,492,738 -0.74% 0.12%
2047 533,149 23,512,629 -0.76% 0.08%
2048 529,052 23,525,953 -0.77% 0.06%
2049 524,950 23,533,940 -0.78% 0.03%
2050 520,801 23,538,230 -0.79% 0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Montenegro increased by 10,328 people (a 1.68% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Montenegro lost -13,786 (a 2.2% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Montenegro was ranked 162nd most populous country in 2006 and is 166th 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) Montenegro's population will shrink by 14.8% to 520,801 people with a rank change from 166th to 170th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.

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