Population in the Philippines compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Philippines and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Philippines	Sri Lanka	Philippines	Sri Lanka
1960	27,891,897	9,661,389	-	-
1961	28,792,621	9,899,372	3.23%	2.46%
1962	29,723,536	10,143,754	3.23%	2.47%
1963	30,674,731	10,395,040	3.2%	2.48%
1964	31,643,032	10,653,397	3.16%	2.49%
1965	32,625,316	10,916,965	3.1%	2.47%
1966	33,617,170	11,183,928	3.04%	2.45%
1967	34,621,320	11,457,328	2.99%	2.44%
1968	35,638,342	11,736,088	2.94%	2.43%
1969	36,660,799	12,013,858	2.87%	2.37%
1970	37,622,204	12,287,110	2.62%	2.27%
1971	38,518,659	12,551,910	2.38%	2.16%
1972	39,408,560	12,809,205	2.31%	2.05%
1973	40,294,130	13,060,916	2.25%	1.97%
1974	41,174,341	13,305,693	2.18%	1.87%
1975	42,120,826	13,548,984	2.3%	1.83%
1976	43,201,488	13,796,770	2.57%	1.83%
1977	44,367,962	14,049,371	2.7%	1.83%
1978	45,575,281	14,310,128	2.72%	1.86%
1979	46,807,103	14,579,614	2.7%	1.88%
1980	48,043,740	14,847,974	2.64%	1.84%
1981	49,311,727	15,099,414	2.64%	1.69%
1982	50,695,707	15,286,567	2.81%	1.24%
1983	52,194,620	15,388,794	2.96%	0.67%
1984	53,726,181	15,441,860	2.93%	0.34%
1985	55,213,006	15,544,154	2.77%	0.66%
1986	56,645,077	15,731,256	2.59%	1.2%
1987	58,157,496	15,916,576	2.67%	1.18%
1988	59,739,052	16,078,621	2.72%	1.02%
1989	61,265,260	16,248,557	2.55%	1.06%
1990	62,854,666	16,352,458	2.59%	0.64%
1991	64,382,249	16,475,354	2.43%	0.75%
1992	65,926,125	16,739,284	2.4%	1.6%
1993	67,530,621	17,025,918	2.43%	1.71%
1994	69,019,291	17,275,773	2.2%	1.47%
1995	70,546,246	17,564,068	2.21%	1.67%
1996	72,190,242	17,905,018	2.33%	1.94%
1997	73,908,810	18,248,200	2.38%	1.92%
1998	75,791,024	18,596,003	2.55%	1.91%
1999	77,753,257	18,944,731	2.59%	1.88%
2000	79,625,397	19,293,054	2.41%	1.84%
2001	81,401,488	19,600,362	2.23%	1.59%
2002	83,068,889	19,805,752	2.05%	1.05%
2003	84,731,835	19,951,521	2%	0.74%
2004	86,394,504	20,087,605	1.96%	0.68%
2005	88,015,962	20,216,524	1.88%	0.64%
2006	89,508,986	20,352,411	1.7%	0.67%
2007	91,075,184	20,492,545	1.75%	0.69%
2008	92,699,095	20,629,378	1.78%	0.67%
2009	94,384,250	20,756,435	1.82%	0.62%
2010	96,337,125	20,879,089	2.07%	0.59%
2011	98,248,614	21,009,048	1.98%	0.62%
2012	100,175,512	21,169,458	1.96%	0.76%
2013	102,076,336	20,585,000	1.9%	-2.76%
2014	103,767,130	20,778,000	1.66%	0.94%
2015	105,312,992	20,970,000	1.49%	0.92%
2016	106,735,719	21,209,000	1.35%	1.14%
2017	108,119,693	21,453,000	1.3%	1.15%
2018	109,465,287	21,670,000	1.24%	1.01%
2019	110,804,683	21,803,000	1.22%	0.61%
2020	112,081,264	21,919,000	1.15%	0.53%
2021	113,100,950	22,156,000	0.91%	1.08%
2022	113,964,338	22,181,000	0.76%	0.11%
2023	114,891,199	22,037,000	0.81%	-0.65%
2024	115,843,670	21,916,000	0.83%	-0.55%
2025	116,786,968	22,035,440	0.81%	0.54%
2026	117,724,479	22,148,172	0.8%	0.51%
2027	118,656,426	22,255,601	0.79%	0.49%
2028	119,583,984	22,357,682	0.78%	0.46%
2029	120,502,132	22,453,922	0.77%	0.43%
2030	121,408,897	22,546,245	0.75%	0.41%
2031	122,301,606	22,635,106	0.74%	0.39%
2032	123,180,341	22,720,118	0.72%	0.38%
2033	124,049,036	22,802,043	0.71%	0.36%
2034	124,904,124	22,879,527	0.69%	0.34%
2035	125,740,977	22,952,739	0.67%	0.32%
2036	126,558,232	23,022,027	0.65%	0.3%
2037	127,352,607	23,088,877	0.63%	0.29%
2038	128,118,535	23,152,480	0.6%	0.28%
2039	128,850,047	23,211,633	0.57%	0.26%
2040	129,546,666	23,265,986	0.54%	0.23%
2041	130,209,810	23,315,260	0.51%	0.21%
2042	130,837,005	23,359,578	0.48%	0.19%
2043	131,427,404	23,398,752	0.45%	0.17%
2044	131,979,673	23,433,096	0.42%	0.15%
2045	132,492,038	23,464,943	0.39%	0.14%
2046	132,962,001	23,492,738	0.35%	0.12%
2047	133,385,290	23,512,629	0.32%	0.08%
2048	133,759,436	23,525,953	0.28%	0.06%
2049	134,089,011	23,533,940	0.25%	0.03%
2050	134,373,439	23,538,230	0.21%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Philippines increased by 17,226,733 people (a 19.2% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Philippines gained 10,998,945 (a 10.3% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

The Philippines was ranked 12th most populous country in 2006 and is 14th 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) the Philippines' population will grow by 14.1% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.