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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
1960	45,709,310	9,661,389	-	-
1961	46,921,277	9,899,372	2.65%	2.46%
1962	48,156,128	10,143,754	2.63%	2.47%
1963	49,447,776	10,395,040	2.68%	2.48%
1964	50,799,999	10,653,397	2.73%	2.49%
1965	52,209,010	10,916,965	2.77%	2.47%
1966	53,678,667	11,183,928	2.81%	2.45%
1967	55,214,768	11,457,328	2.86%	2.44%
1968	56,810,507	11,736,088	2.89%	2.43%
1969	58,460,939	12,013,858	2.91%	2.37%
1970	60,166,719	12,287,110	2.92%	2.27%
1971	61,847,899	12,551,910	2.79%	2.16%
1972	63,583,194	12,809,205	2.81%	2.05%
1973	65,461,912	13,060,916	2.95%	1.97%
1974	67,415,487	13,305,693	2.98%	1.87%
1975	69,461,175	13,548,984	3.03%	1.83%
1976	71,620,254	13,796,770	3.11%	1.83%
1977	73,901,827	14,049,371	3.19%	1.83%
1978	76,307,379	14,310,128	3.26%	1.86%
1979	78,997,039	14,579,614	3.52%	1.88%
1980	82,291,010	14,847,974	4.17%	1.84%
1981	85,802,049	15,099,414	4.27%	1.69%
1982	89,089,246	15,286,567	3.83%	1.24%
1983	92,227,711	15,388,794	3.52%	0.67%
1984	95,164,936	15,441,860	3.18%	0.34%
1985	98,229,285	15,544,154	3.22%	0.66%
1986	101,606,764	15,731,256	3.44%	1.2%
1987	105,130,717	15,916,576	3.47%	1.18%
1988	108,724,739	16,078,621	3.42%	1.02%
1989	112,336,629	16,248,557	3.32%	1.06%
1990	116,155,576	16,352,458	3.4%	0.64%
1991	120,060,406	16,475,354	3.36%	0.75%
1992	123,546,848	16,739,284	2.9%	1.6%
1993	127,020,117	17,025,918	2.81%	1.71%
1994	130,748,083	17,275,773	2.93%	1.47%
1995	134,582,253	17,564,068	2.93%	1.67%
1996	138,557,092	17,905,018	2.95%	1.94%
1997	142,531,804	18,248,200	2.87%	1.92%
1998	146,522,356	18,596,003	2.8%	1.91%
1999	150,565,377	18,944,731	2.76%	1.88%
2000	154,879,127	19,293,054	2.87%	1.84%
2001	159,270,907	19,600,362	2.84%	1.59%
2002	163,222,549	19,805,752	2.48%	1.05%
2003	167,110,248	19,951,521	2.38%	0.74%
2004	171,286,000	20,087,605	2.5%	0.68%
2005	175,453,212	20,216,524	2.43%	0.64%
2006	179,682,690	20,352,411	2.41%	0.67%
2007	184,493,231	20,492,545	2.68%	0.69%
2008	189,499,113	20,629,378	2.71%	0.67%
2009	194,376,534	20,756,435	2.57%	0.62%
2010	199,239,047	20,879,089	2.5%	0.59%
2011	203,746,065	21,009,048	2.26%	0.62%
2012	207,667,125	21,169,458	1.92%	0.76%
2013	211,073,978	20,585,000	1.64%	-2.76%
2014	214,264,647	20,778,000	1.51%	0.94%
2015	217,290,883	20,970,000	1.41%	0.92%
2016	220,138,869	21,209,000	1.31%	1.14%
2017	223,273,967	21,453,000	1.42%	1.15%
2018	226,928,892	21,670,000	1.64%	1.01%
2019	230,800,899	21,803,000	1.71%	0.61%
2020	235,001,746	21,919,000	1.82%	0.53%
2021	239,477,801	22,156,000	1.9%	1.08%
2022	243,700,667	22,181,000	1.76%	0.11%
2023	247,504,495	22,037,000	1.56%	-0.65%
2024	251,269,164	21,916,000	1.52%	-0.55%
2025	255,219,564	22,035,440	1.57%	0.54%
2026	259,299,796	22,148,172	1.6%	0.51%
2027	263,515,827	22,255,601	1.63%	0.49%
2028	267,881,923	22,357,682	1.66%	0.46%
2029	272,337,520	22,453,922	1.66%	0.43%
2030	276,883,261	22,546,245	1.67%	0.41%
2031	281,528,070	22,635,106	1.68%	0.39%
2032	286,241,141	22,720,118	1.67%	0.38%
2033	291,012,268	22,802,043	1.67%	0.36%
2034	295,820,153	22,879,527	1.65%	0.34%
2035	300,643,518	22,952,739	1.63%	0.32%
2036	305,491,504	23,022,027	1.61%	0.3%
2037	310,353,293	23,088,877	1.59%	0.29%
2038	315,227,709	23,152,480	1.57%	0.28%
2039	320,105,882	23,211,633	1.55%	0.26%
2040	324,937,703	23,265,986	1.51%	0.23%
2041	329,746,478	23,315,260	1.48%	0.21%
2042	334,551,874	23,359,578	1.46%	0.19%
2043	339,334,851	23,398,752	1.43%	0.17%
2044	344,095,467	23,433,096	1.4%	0.15%
2045	348,837,732	23,464,943	1.38%	0.14%
2046	353,552,859	23,492,738	1.35%	0.12%
2047	358,207,159	23,512,629	1.32%	0.08%
2048	362,796,532	23,525,953	1.28%	0.06%
2049	367,344,429	23,533,940	1.25%	0.03%
2050	371,863,804	23,538,230	1.23%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Pakistan increased by 40,456,179 people (a 22.5% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Pakistan gained 39,207,003 (a 17.8% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Pakistan was ranked 6th most populous country in 2006 and is 5th 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) Pakistan's population will grow by 43.4% to 371,863,804 people with a rank change from 5th to 4th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.