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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Poland was 36,554,707 in 2024 vs 21,916,000 people in Sri Lanka in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Poland's population is 36,176,920 people compared to 22,125,995 in Sri Lanka.

Population statistics:

  • Poland's population is 1.64 times bigger than Sri Lanka's.
  • Poland is ranked the 46th most populous country in the world, while Sri Lanka is the 63rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.71% of the world: 0.44% for Poland vs 0.27% for Sri Lanka.
  • For the last 10 years, Poland has had an average growth rate of -0.36% per year vs +0.57% in Sri Lanka.
  • Since 2005, the population of Poland has decreased from 38.2M people to 36.2M (5.21% decline), while Sri Lanka has grown from 20.2M to 22.1M (9.45% growth).
  • Sri Lanka is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 23.5M people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.

Poland vs Sri Lanka: live population counter

Poland Sri Lanka
Current population
36176920
22125995
Population rank 46/197 63/197
Percent of world population 0.44% 0.27%
One net population change
3.96 minutes
4.34 minutes
One birth every
1.94 minutes
2.13 minutes
One death every
1.29 minutes
2.91 minutes
One migration net change every
2.21 minutes
19.3 minutes
Annual migration change -238,062 -27,245
Daily growth/decline -363 -332
Annual growth/decline -132,646 -121,000
Annual growth/decline rate -0.36% -0.55%
Population growth rate rank 179/197 187/197

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

Poland
Population

Growth rate
Sri Lanka
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Poland Sri Lanka Poland Sri Lanka
1960 29,637,450 9,661,389 - -
1961 29,964,000 9,899,372 1.1% 2.46%
1962 30,308,500 10,143,754 1.15% 2.47%
1963 30,712,000 10,395,040 1.33% 2.48%
1964 31,139,450 10,653,397 1.39% 2.49%
1965 31,444,950 10,916,965 0.98% 2.47%
1966 31,681,000 11,183,928 0.75% 2.45%
1967 31,987,155 11,457,328 0.97% 2.44%
1968 32,294,655 11,736,088 0.96% 2.43%
1969 32,548,300 12,013,858 0.79% 2.37%
1970 32,664,300 12,287,110 0.36% 2.27%
1971 32,783,500 12,551,910 0.36% 2.16%
1972 33,055,650 12,809,205 0.83% 2.05%
1973 33,357,200 13,060,916 0.91% 1.97%
1974 33,678,899 13,305,693 0.96% 1.87%
1975 34,015,199 13,548,984 1% 1.83%
1976 34,356,300 13,796,770 1% 1.83%
1977 34,689,050 14,049,371 0.97% 1.83%
1978 34,965,600 14,310,128 0.8% 1.86%
1979 35,247,217 14,579,614 0.81% 1.88%
1980 35,574,150 14,847,974 0.93% 1.84%
1981 35,898,587 15,099,414 0.91% 1.69%
1982 36,230,481 15,286,567 0.92% 1.24%
1983 36,571,808 15,388,794 0.94% 0.67%
1984 36,904,134 15,441,860 0.91% 0.34%
1985 37,201,885 15,544,154 0.81% 0.66%
1986 37,456,119 15,731,256 0.68% 1.2%
1987 37,668,045 15,916,576 0.57% 1.18%
1988 37,824,487 16,078,621 0.42% 1.02%
1989 37,961,529 16,248,557 0.36% 1.06%
1990 38,110,782 16,352,458 0.39% 0.64%
1991 38,246,193 16,475,354 0.36% 0.75%
1992 38,363,667 16,739,284 0.31% 1.6%
1993 38,461,408 17,025,918 0.25% 1.71%
1994 38,542,652 17,275,773 0.21% 1.47%
1995 38,594,998 17,564,068 0.14% 1.67%
1996 38,624,370 17,905,018 0.08% 1.94%
1997 38,649,660 18,248,200 0.07% 1.92%
1998 38,663,481 18,596,003 0.04% 1.91%
1999 38,660,271 18,944,731 -0.008% 1.88%
2000 38,258,629 19,293,054 -1.04% 1.84%
2001 38,248,076 19,600,362 -0.03% 1.59%
2002 38,230,364 19,805,752 -0.05% 1.05%
2003 38,204,570 19,951,521 -0.07% 0.74%
2004 38,182,222 20,087,605 -0.06% 0.68%
2005 38,165,445 20,216,524 -0.04% 0.64%
2006 38,141,267 20,352,411 -0.06% 0.67%
2007 38,120,560 20,492,545 -0.05% 0.69%
2008 38,125,759 20,629,378 0.01% 0.67%
2009 38,151,603 20,756,435 0.07% 0.62%
2010 38,042,794 20,879,089 -0.29% 0.59%
2011 38,063,255 21,009,048 0.05% 0.62%
2012 38,063,164 21,169,458 -0% 0.76%
2013 38,040,196 20,585,000 -0.06% -2.76%
2014 38,011,735 20,778,000 -0.07% 0.94%
2015 37,986,412 20,970,000 -0.07% 0.92%
2016 37,970,087 21,209,000 -0.04% 1.14%
2017 37,974,826 21,453,000 0.01% 1.15%
2018 37,974,750 21,670,000 -0% 1.01%
2019 37,965,475 21,803,000 -0.02% 0.61%
2020 37,515,748 21,919,000 -1.18% 0.53%
2021 36,981,559 22,156,000 -1.42% 1.08%
2022 36,821,749 22,181,000 -0.43% 0.11%
2023 36,687,353 22,037,000 -0.36% -0.65%
2024 36,554,707 21,916,000 -0.36% -0.55%
2025 36,176,920 22,035,440 -1.03% 0.54%
2026 35,894,534 22,148,172 -0.78% 0.51%
2027 35,753,988 22,255,601 -0.39% 0.49%
2028 35,605,295 22,357,682 -0.42% 0.46%
2029 35,447,860 22,453,922 -0.44% 0.43%
2030 35,283,068 22,546,245 -0.46% 0.41%
2031 35,111,838 22,635,106 -0.49% 0.39%
2032 34,934,626 22,720,118 -0.5% 0.38%
2033 34,753,118 22,802,043 -0.52% 0.36%
2034 34,567,292 22,879,527 -0.53% 0.34%
2035 34,377,478 22,952,739 -0.55% 0.32%
2036 34,183,187 23,022,027 -0.57% 0.3%
2037 33,984,777 23,088,877 -0.58% 0.29%
2038 33,782,992 23,152,480 -0.59% 0.28%
2039 33,577,269 23,211,633 -0.61% 0.26%
2040 33,368,049 23,265,986 -0.62% 0.23%
2041 33,156,329 23,315,260 -0.63% 0.21%
2042 32,941,367 23,359,578 -0.65% 0.19%
2043 32,722,775 23,398,752 -0.66% 0.17%
2044 32,501,991 23,433,096 -0.67% 0.15%
2045 32,278,695 23,464,943 -0.69% 0.14%
2046 32,052,771 23,492,738 -0.7% 0.12%
2047 31,824,481 23,512,629 -0.71% 0.08%
2048 31,593,911 23,525,953 -0.72% 0.06%
2049 31,360,713 23,533,940 -0.74% 0.03%
2050 31,124,396 23,538,230 -0.75% 0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Poland decreased by 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Poland lost -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Poland was ranked 32nd most populous country in 2005 and is 46th 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) Poland's population will shrink by 14% to 31,124,396 people with a rank change from 46th to 61st. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.

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