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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Senegal	Sri Lanka	Senegal	Sri Lanka
1960	3,340,907	9,661,389	-	-
1961	3,436,375	9,899,372	2.86%	2.46%
1962	3,534,686	10,143,754	2.86%	2.47%
1963	3,635,876	10,395,040	2.86%	2.48%
1964	3,740,535	10,653,397	2.88%	2.49%
1965	3,849,788	10,916,965	2.92%	2.47%
1966	3,964,299	11,183,928	2.97%	2.45%
1967	4,083,870	11,457,328	3.02%	2.44%
1968	4,207,587	11,736,088	3.03%	2.43%
1969	4,334,974	12,013,858	3.03%	2.37%
1970	4,466,328	12,287,110	3.03%	2.27%
1971	4,601,864	12,551,910	3.03%	2.16%
1972	4,741,631	12,809,205	3.04%	2.05%
1973	4,885,181	13,060,916	3.03%	1.97%
1974	5,029,437	13,305,693	2.95%	1.87%
1975	5,170,810	13,548,984	2.81%	1.83%
1976	5,308,564	13,796,770	2.66%	1.83%
1977	5,439,549	14,049,371	2.47%	1.83%
1978	5,568,096	14,310,128	2.36%	1.86%
1979	5,702,895	14,579,614	2.42%	1.88%
1980	5,845,638	14,847,974	2.5%	1.84%
1981	5,997,160	15,099,414	2.59%	1.69%
1982	6,156,961	15,286,567	2.66%	1.24%
1983	6,324,504	15,388,794	2.72%	0.67%
1984	6,499,364	15,441,860	2.76%	0.34%
1985	6,683,287	15,544,154	2.83%	0.66%
1986	6,878,192	15,731,256	2.92%	1.2%
1987	7,081,530	15,916,576	2.96%	1.18%
1988	7,289,618	16,078,621	2.94%	1.02%
1989	7,502,207	16,248,557	2.92%	1.06%
1990	7,720,523	16,352,458	2.91%	0.64%
1991	7,943,085	16,475,354	2.88%	0.75%
1992	8,168,395	16,739,284	2.84%	1.6%
1993	8,396,288	17,025,918	2.79%	1.71%
1994	8,624,078	17,275,773	2.71%	1.47%
1995	8,848,101	17,564,068	2.6%	1.67%
1996	9,067,014	17,905,018	2.47%	1.94%
1997	9,283,495	18,248,200	2.39%	1.92%
1998	9,502,952	18,596,003	2.36%	1.91%
1999	9,730,887	18,944,731	2.4%	1.88%
2000	9,968,260	19,293,054	2.44%	1.84%
2001	10,212,942	19,600,362	2.45%	1.59%
2002	10,466,214	19,805,752	2.48%	1.05%
2003	10,721,176	19,951,521	2.44%	0.74%
2004	10,975,704	20,087,605	2.37%	0.68%
2005	11,235,472	20,216,524	2.37%	0.64%
2006	11,500,094	20,352,411	2.36%	0.67%
2007	11,770,344	20,492,545	2.35%	0.69%
2008	12,048,959	20,629,378	2.37%	0.67%
2009	12,337,389	20,756,435	2.39%	0.62%
2010	12,635,413	20,879,089	2.42%	0.59%
2011	12,958,897	21,009,048	2.56%	0.62%
2012	13,310,495	21,169,458	2.71%	0.76%
2013	13,710,849	20,585,000	3.01%	-2.76%
2014	14,152,102	20,778,000	3.22%	0.94%
2015	14,593,331	20,970,000	3.12%	0.92%
2016	15,034,521	21,209,000	3.02%	1.14%
2017	15,475,002	21,453,000	2.93%	1.15%
2018	15,914,498	21,670,000	2.84%	1.01%
2019	16,352,922	21,803,000	2.75%	0.61%
2020	16,789,219	21,919,000	2.67%	0.53%
2021	17,220,867	22,156,000	2.57%	1.08%
2022	17,651,103	22,181,000	2.5%	0.11%
2023	18,077,573	22,037,000	2.42%	-0.65%
2024	18,501,984	21,916,000	2.35%	-0.55%
2025	18,931,964	22,035,440	2.32%	0.54%
2026	19,366,546	22,148,172	2.3%	0.51%
2027	19,807,242	22,255,601	2.28%	0.49%
2028	20,254,562	22,357,682	2.26%	0.46%
2029	20,706,628	22,453,922	2.23%	0.43%
2030	21,163,189	22,546,245	2.2%	0.41%
2031	21,623,709	22,635,106	2.18%	0.39%
2032	22,085,928	22,720,118	2.14%	0.38%
2033	22,548,831	22,802,043	2.1%	0.36%
2034	23,012,018	22,879,527	2.05%	0.34%
2035	23,476,591	22,952,739	2.02%	0.32%
2036	23,942,221	23,022,027	1.98%	0.3%
2037	24,407,574	23,088,877	1.94%	0.29%
2038	24,872,512	23,152,480	1.9%	0.28%
2039	25,335,991	23,211,633	1.86%	0.26%
2040	25,797,506	23,265,986	1.82%	0.23%
2041	26,257,464	23,315,260	1.78%	0.21%
2042	26,716,424	23,359,578	1.75%	0.19%
2043	27,174,896	23,398,752	1.72%	0.17%
2044	27,632,997	23,433,096	1.69%	0.15%
2045	28,089,695	23,464,943	1.65%	0.14%
2046	28,546,280	23,492,738	1.63%	0.12%
2047	29,002,001	23,512,629	1.6%	0.08%
2048	29,457,233	23,525,953	1.57%	0.06%
2049	29,911,840	23,533,940	1.54%	0.03%
2050	30,364,944	23,538,230	1.51%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Senegal increased by 3,357,859 people (a 29.9% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Senegal gained 4,687,723 (a 32.1% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Senegal was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2005 and is 68th 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) Senegal's population will grow by 57.5% to 30,364,944 people with a rank change from 68th to 63rd. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.