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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Nauru	Sri Lanka	Nauru	Sri Lanka
1960	4,607	9,661,389	-	-
1961	4,774	9,899,372	3.62%	2.46%
1962	4,979	10,143,754	4.29%	2.47%
1963	5,226	10,395,040	4.96%	2.48%
1964	5,515	10,653,397	5.53%	2.49%
1965	5,832	10,916,965	5.75%	2.47%
1966	6,043	11,183,928	3.62%	2.45%
1967	6,135	11,457,328	1.52%	2.44%
1968	6,328	11,736,088	3.15%	2.43%
1969	6,581	12,013,858	4%	2.37%
1970	6,710	12,287,110	1.96%	2.27%
1971	6,762	12,551,910	0.77%	2.16%
1972	6,812	12,809,205	0.74%	2.05%
1973	6,866	13,060,916	0.79%	1.97%
1974	6,923	13,305,693	0.83%	1.87%
1975	6,987	13,548,984	0.92%	1.83%
1976	7,064	13,796,770	1.1%	1.83%
1977	7,163	14,049,371	1.4%	1.83%
1978	7,298	14,310,128	1.88%	1.86%
1979	7,468	14,579,614	2.33%	1.88%
1980	7,649	14,847,974	2.42%	1.84%
1981	7,839	15,099,414	2.48%	1.69%
1982	8,040	15,286,567	2.56%	1.24%
1983	8,216	15,388,794	2.19%	0.67%
1984	8,377	15,441,860	1.96%	0.34%
1985	8,551	15,544,154	2.08%	0.66%
1986	8,742	15,731,256	2.23%	1.2%
1987	8,946	15,916,576	2.33%	1.18%
1988	9,165	16,078,621	2.45%	1.02%
1989	9,390	16,248,557	2.45%	1.06%
1990	9,622	16,352,458	2.47%	0.64%
1991	9,850	16,475,354	2.37%	0.75%
1992	10,021	16,739,284	1.74%	1.6%
1993	10,102	17,025,918	0.81%	1.71%
1994	10,137	17,275,773	0.35%	1.47%
1995	10,165	17,564,068	0.28%	1.67%
1996	10,183	17,905,018	0.18%	1.94%
1997	10,197	18,248,200	0.14%	1.92%
1998	10,198	18,596,003	0.01%	1.91%
1999	10,187	18,944,731	-0.11%	1.88%
2000	10,168	19,293,054	-0.19%	1.84%
2001	10,130	19,600,362	-0.37%	1.59%
2002	10,082	19,805,752	-0.47%	1.05%
2003	10,059	19,951,521	-0.23%	0.74%
2004	10,060	20,087,605	0.01%	0.68%
2005	10,049	20,216,524	-0.11%	0.64%
2006	10,034	20,352,411	-0.15%	0.67%
2007	10,020	20,492,545	-0.14%	0.69%
2008	10,009	20,629,378	-0.11%	0.67%
2009	10,016	20,756,435	0.07%	0.62%
2010	10,043	20,879,089	0.27%	0.59%
2011	10,098	21,009,048	0.55%	0.62%
2012	10,267	21,169,458	1.67%	0.76%
2013	10,517	20,585,000	2.43%	-2.76%
2014	10,742	20,778,000	2.14%	0.94%
2015	10,954	20,970,000	1.97%	0.92%
2016	11,150	21,209,000	1.79%	1.14%
2017	11,324	21,453,000	1.56%	1.15%
2018	11,477	21,670,000	1.35%	1.01%
2019	11,587	21,803,000	0.96%	0.61%
2020	11,643	21,919,000	0.48%	0.53%
2021	11,709	22,156,000	0.57%	1.08%
2022	11,801	22,181,000	0.79%	0.11%
2023	11,875	22,037,000	0.63%	-0.65%
2024	11,947	21,916,000	0.61%	-0.55%
2025	12,030	22,035,440	0.7%	0.54%
2026	12,103	22,148,172	0.61%	0.51%
2027	12,196	22,255,601	0.77%	0.49%
2028	12,296	22,357,682	0.82%	0.46%
2029	12,403	22,453,922	0.87%	0.43%
2030	12,519	22,546,245	0.94%	0.41%
2031	12,645	22,635,106	1%	0.39%
2032	12,785	22,720,118	1.11%	0.38%
2033	12,921	22,802,043	1.06%	0.36%
2034	13,071	22,879,527	1.16%	0.34%
2035	13,230	22,952,739	1.22%	0.32%
2036	13,391	23,022,027	1.21%	0.3%
2037	13,541	23,088,877	1.12%	0.29%
2038	13,697	23,152,480	1.16%	0.28%
2039	13,857	23,211,633	1.17%	0.26%
2040	14,041	23,265,986	1.33%	0.23%
2041	14,220	23,315,260	1.27%	0.21%
2042	14,402	23,359,578	1.28%	0.19%
2043	14,579	23,398,752	1.23%	0.17%
2044	14,754	23,433,096	1.2%	0.15%
2045	14,920	23,464,943	1.13%	0.14%
2046	15,098	23,492,738	1.19%	0.12%
2047	15,268	23,512,629	1.12%	0.08%
2048	15,431	23,525,953	1.07%	0.06%
2049	15,595	23,533,940	1.06%	0.03%
2050	15,751	23,538,230	1%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Nauru increased by 1,116 people (a 11.1% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Nauru gained 954 (a 8.56% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Nauru was ranked 196th most populous country in 2006 and is 195th 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) Nauru's population will grow by 30.1% to 15,751 people with a rank change from 195th to 194th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.