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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mozambique	Sri Lanka	Mozambique	Sri Lanka
1960	6,713,695	9,661,389	-	-
1961	6,834,936	9,899,372	1.81%	2.46%
1962	6,969,364	10,143,754	1.97%	2.47%
1963	7,109,828	10,395,040	2.02%	2.48%
1964	7,255,061	10,653,397	2.04%	2.49%
1965	7,406,421	10,916,965	2.09%	2.47%
1966	7,562,990	11,183,928	2.11%	2.45%
1967	7,724,550	11,457,328	2.14%	2.44%
1968	7,892,613	11,736,088	2.18%	2.43%
1969	8,066,951	12,013,858	2.21%	2.37%
1970	8,250,506	12,287,110	2.28%	2.27%
1971	8,456,317	12,551,910	2.49%	2.16%
1972	8,692,935	12,809,205	2.8%	2.05%
1973	8,954,242	13,060,916	3.01%	1.97%
1974	9,236,093	13,305,693	3.15%	1.87%
1975	9,540,817	13,548,984	3.3%	1.83%
1976	9,867,209	13,796,770	3.42%	1.83%
1977	10,224,975	14,049,371	3.63%	1.83%
1978	10,618,250	14,310,128	3.85%	1.86%
1979	11,028,809	14,579,614	3.87%	1.88%
1980	11,336,221	14,847,974	2.79%	1.84%
1981	11,568,127	15,099,414	2.05%	1.69%
1982	11,824,370	15,286,567	2.22%	1.24%
1983	12,073,822	15,388,794	2.11%	0.67%
1984	12,315,954	15,441,860	2.01%	0.34%
1985	12,548,949	15,544,154	1.89%	0.66%
1986	12,770,578	15,731,256	1.77%	1.2%
1987	12,822,574	15,916,576	0.41%	1.18%
1988	12,800,558	16,078,621	-0.17%	1.02%
1989	12,906,842	16,248,557	0.83%	1.06%
1990	13,094,537	16,352,458	1.45%	0.64%
1991	13,352,090	16,475,354	1.97%	0.75%
1992	13,613,316	16,739,284	1.96%	1.6%
1993	14,051,192	17,025,918	3.22%	1.71%
1994	15,033,853	17,275,773	6.99%	1.47%
1995	15,960,530	17,564,068	6.16%	1.67%
1996	16,492,480	17,905,018	3.33%	1.94%
1997	16,949,982	18,248,200	2.77%	1.92%
1998	17,340,464	18,596,003	2.3%	1.91%
1999	17,734,506	18,944,731	2.27%	1.88%
2000	18,129,653	19,293,054	2.23%	1.84%
2001	18,537,729	19,600,362	2.25%	1.59%
2002	18,958,338	19,805,752	2.27%	1.05%
2003	19,392,475	19,951,521	2.29%	0.74%
2004	19,840,313	20,087,605	2.31%	0.68%
2005	20,304,569	20,216,524	2.34%	0.64%
2006	20,787,087	20,352,411	2.38%	0.67%
2007	21,287,635	20,492,545	2.41%	0.69%
2008	21,819,036	20,629,378	2.5%	0.67%
2009	22,391,745	20,756,435	2.62%	0.62%
2010	22,999,235	20,879,089	2.71%	0.59%
2011	23,649,039	21,009,048	2.83%	0.62%
2012	24,337,846	21,169,458	2.91%	0.76%
2013	25,051,611	20,585,000	2.93%	-2.76%
2014	25,788,475	20,778,000	2.94%	0.94%
2015	26,547,572	20,970,000	2.94%	0.92%
2016	27,337,105	21,209,000	2.97%	1.14%
2017	28,166,393	21,453,000	3.03%	1.15%
2018	29,018,644	21,670,000	3.03%	1.01%
2019	29,884,380	21,803,000	2.98%	0.61%
2020	30,783,688	21,919,000	3.01%	0.53%
2021	31,707,800	22,156,000	3%	1.08%
2022	32,656,246	22,181,000	2.99%	0.11%
2023	33,635,160	22,037,000	3%	-0.65%
2024	34,631,766	21,916,000	2.96%	-0.55%
2025	35,631,656	22,035,440	2.89%	0.54%
2026	36,639,853	22,148,172	2.83%	0.51%
2027	37,668,656	22,255,601	2.81%	0.49%
2028	38,714,097	22,357,682	2.78%	0.46%
2029	39,774,947	22,453,922	2.74%	0.43%
2030	40,846,749	22,546,245	2.69%	0.41%
2031	41,931,250	22,635,106	2.66%	0.39%
2032	43,032,887	22,720,118	2.63%	0.38%
2033	44,144,533	22,802,043	2.58%	0.36%
2034	45,273,522	22,879,527	2.56%	0.34%
2035	46,411,774	22,952,739	2.51%	0.32%
2036	47,548,671	23,022,027	2.45%	0.3%
2037	48,684,563	23,088,877	2.39%	0.29%
2038	49,822,039	23,152,480	2.34%	0.28%
2039	50,971,124	23,211,633	2.31%	0.26%
2040	52,124,215	23,265,986	2.26%	0.23%
2041	53,271,004	23,315,260	2.2%	0.21%
2042	54,423,407	23,359,578	2.16%	0.19%
2043	55,574,711	23,398,752	2.12%	0.17%
2044	56,716,585	23,433,096	2.05%	0.15%
2045	57,851,787	23,464,943	2%	0.14%
2046	58,981,102	23,492,738	1.95%	0.12%
2047	60,117,587	23,512,629	1.93%	0.08%
2048	61,254,584	23,525,953	1.89%	0.06%
2049	62,397,018	23,533,940	1.87%	0.03%
2050	63,530,955	23,538,230	1.82%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mozambique increased by 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mozambique gained 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Mozambique was ranked 52nd most populous country in 2005 and is 43rd 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) Mozambique's population will grow by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people with a rank change from 43rd to 32nd. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.