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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Palestine	Sri Lanka	Palestine	Sri Lanka
1960	-	9,661,389	-	-
1961	-	9,899,372	-	2.46%
1962	-	10,143,754	-	2.47%
1963	-	10,395,040	-	2.48%
1964	-	10,653,397	-	2.49%
1965	-	10,916,965	-	2.47%
1966	-	11,183,928	-	2.45%
1967	-	11,457,328	-	2.44%
1968	-	11,736,088	-	2.43%
1969	-	12,013,858	-	2.37%
1970	-	12,287,110	-	2.27%
1971	-	12,551,910	-	2.16%
1972	-	12,809,205	-	2.05%
1973	-	13,060,916	-	1.97%
1974	-	13,305,693	-	1.87%
1975	-	13,548,984	-	1.83%
1976	-	13,796,770	-	1.83%
1977	-	14,049,371	-	1.83%
1978	-	14,310,128	-	1.86%
1979	-	14,579,614	-	1.88%
1980	-	14,847,974	-	1.84%
1981	-	15,099,414	-	1.69%
1982	-	15,286,567	-	1.24%
1983	-	15,388,794	-	0.67%
1984	-	15,441,860	-	0.34%
1985	-	15,544,154	-	0.66%
1986	-	15,731,256	-	1.2%
1987	-	15,916,576	-	1.18%
1988	-	16,078,621	-	1.02%
1989	-	16,248,557	-	1.06%
1990	1,978,248	16,352,458	-	0.64%
1991	2,068,845	16,475,354	4.58%	0.75%
1992	2,163,591	16,739,284	4.58%	1.6%
1993	2,262,676	17,025,918	4.58%	1.71%
1994	2,366,298	17,275,773	4.58%	1.47%
1995	2,474,666	17,564,068	4.58%	1.67%
1996	2,587,997	17,905,018	4.58%	1.94%
1997	2,706,518	18,248,200	4.58%	1.92%
1998	2,776,568	18,596,003	2.59%	1.91%
1999	2,848,431	18,944,731	2.59%	1.88%
2000	2,922,153	19,293,054	2.59%	1.84%
2001	2,997,784	19,600,362	2.59%	1.59%
2002	3,075,373	19,805,752	2.59%	1.05%
2003	3,154,969	19,951,521	2.59%	0.74%
2004	3,236,626	20,087,605	2.59%	0.68%
2005	3,320,396	20,216,524	2.59%	0.64%
2006	3,406,334	20,352,411	2.59%	0.67%
2007	3,494,496	20,492,545	2.59%	0.69%
2008	3,591,977	20,629,378	2.79%	0.67%
2009	3,689,099	20,756,435	2.7%	0.62%
2010	3,786,161	20,879,089	2.63%	0.59%
2011	3,882,986	21,009,048	2.56%	0.62%
2012	3,979,998	21,169,458	2.5%	0.76%
2013	4,076,708	20,585,000	2.43%	-2.76%
2014	4,173,398	20,778,000	2.37%	0.94%
2015	4,270,092	20,970,000	2.32%	0.92%
2016	4,367,088	21,209,000	2.27%	1.14%
2017	4,454,805	21,453,000	2.01%	1.15%
2018	4,569,087	21,670,000	2.57%	1.01%
2019	4,685,306	21,803,000	2.54%	0.61%
2020	4,803,269	21,919,000	2.52%	0.53%
2021	4,922,749	22,156,000	2.49%	1.08%
2022	5,043,612	22,181,000	2.46%	0.11%
2023	5,165,775	22,037,000	2.42%	-0.65%
2024	5,289,152	21,916,000	2.39%	-0.55%
2025	5,379,801	22,035,440	1.71%	0.54%
2026	5,479,090	22,148,172	1.85%	0.51%
2027	5,582,345	22,255,601	1.88%	0.49%
2028	5,684,855	22,357,682	1.84%	0.46%
2029	5,787,948	22,453,922	1.81%	0.43%
2030	5,892,492	22,546,245	1.81%	0.41%
2031	5,998,645	22,635,106	1.8%	0.39%
2032	6,106,047	22,720,118	1.79%	0.38%
2033	6,215,922	22,802,043	1.8%	0.36%
2034	6,327,947	22,879,527	1.8%	0.34%
2035	6,441,493	22,952,739	1.79%	0.32%
2036	6,555,481	23,022,027	1.77%	0.3%
2037	6,669,212	23,088,877	1.73%	0.29%
2038	6,783,431	23,152,480	1.71%	0.28%
2039	6,899,866	23,211,633	1.72%	0.26%
2040	7,018,099	23,265,986	1.71%	0.23%
2041	7,135,825	23,315,260	1.68%	0.21%
2042	7,253,328	23,359,578	1.65%	0.19%
2043	7,369,647	23,398,752	1.6%	0.17%
2044	7,484,632	23,433,096	1.56%	0.15%
2045	7,598,729	23,464,943	1.52%	0.14%
2046	7,710,259	23,492,738	1.47%	0.12%
2047	7,818,786	23,512,629	1.41%	0.08%
2048	7,925,101	23,525,953	1.36%	0.06%
2049	8,029,929	23,533,940	1.32%	0.03%
2050	8,134,618	23,538,230	1.3%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Palestine increased by 960,754 people (a 28.2% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Palestine gained 1,113,130 (a 25.5% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Palestine was ranked 127th most populous country in 2006 and is 122nd 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) Palestine's population will grow by 48.4% to 8,134,618 people with a rank change from 122nd to 112th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.