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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Serbia	Sri Lanka	Serbia	Sri Lanka
1960	6,638,992	9,661,389	-	-
1961	6,689,077	9,899,372	0.75%	2.46%
1962	6,740,264	10,143,754	0.77%	2.47%
1963	6,787,950	10,395,040	0.71%	2.48%
1964	6,832,855	10,653,397	0.66%	2.49%
1965	6,876,624	10,916,965	0.64%	2.47%
1966	6,927,969	11,183,928	0.75%	2.45%
1967	6,966,522	11,457,328	0.56%	2.44%
1968	7,007,586	11,736,088	0.59%	2.43%
1969	7,123,249	12,013,858	1.65%	2.37%
1970	7,164,993	12,287,110	0.59%	2.27%
1971	7,211,716	12,551,910	0.65%	2.16%
1972	7,252,012	12,809,205	0.56%	2.05%
1973	7,283,902	13,060,916	0.44%	1.97%
1974	7,326,043	13,305,693	0.58%	1.87%
1975	7,368,717	13,548,984	0.58%	1.83%
1976	7,418,973	13,796,770	0.68%	1.83%
1977	7,462,783	14,049,371	0.59%	1.83%
1978	7,504,017	14,310,128	0.55%	1.86%
1979	7,541,997	14,579,614	0.51%	1.88%
1980	7,709,544	14,847,974	2.22%	1.84%
1981	7,736,787	15,099,414	0.35%	1.69%
1982	7,763,335	15,286,567	0.34%	1.24%
1983	7,788,100	15,388,794	0.32%	0.67%
1984	7,813,549	15,441,860	0.33%	0.34%
1985	7,835,902	15,544,154	0.29%	0.66%
1986	7,853,824	15,731,256	0.23%	1.2%
1987	7,868,027	15,916,576	0.18%	1.18%
1988	7,884,218	16,078,621	0.21%	1.02%
1989	7,893,787	16,248,557	0.12%	1.06%
1990	7,897,937	16,352,458	0.05%	0.64%
1991	7,595,636	16,475,354	-3.83%	0.75%
1992	7,604,063	16,739,284	0.11%	1.6%
1993	7,614,328	17,025,918	0.13%	1.71%
1994	7,622,711	17,275,773	0.11%	1.47%
1995	7,628,264	17,564,068	0.07%	1.67%
1996	7,622,185	17,905,018	-0.08%	1.94%
1997	7,598,538	18,248,200	-0.31%	1.92%
1998	7,567,745	18,596,003	-0.41%	1.91%
1999	7,540,401	18,944,731	-0.36%	1.88%
2000	7,516,346	19,293,054	-0.32%	1.84%
2001	7,503,433	19,600,362	-0.17%	1.59%
2002	7,500,031	19,805,752	-0.05%	1.05%
2003	7,480,591	19,951,521	-0.26%	0.74%
2004	7,463,157	20,087,605	-0.23%	0.68%
2005	7,440,769	20,216,524	-0.3%	0.64%
2006	7,411,569	20,352,411	-0.39%	0.67%
2007	7,381,579	20,492,545	-0.4%	0.69%
2008	7,350,222	20,629,378	-0.42%	0.67%
2009	7,320,807	20,756,435	-0.4%	0.62%
2010	7,291,436	20,879,089	-0.4%	0.59%
2011	7,236,519	21,009,048	-0.75%	0.62%
2012	7,201,497	21,169,458	-0.48%	0.76%
2013	7,166,553	20,585,000	-0.49%	-2.76%
2014	7,131,787	20,778,000	-0.49%	0.94%
2015	7,095,383	20,970,000	-0.51%	0.92%
2016	7,058,322	21,209,000	-0.52%	1.14%
2017	7,020,858	21,453,000	-0.53%	1.15%
2018	6,982,604	21,670,000	-0.54%	1.01%
2019	6,945,235	21,803,000	-0.54%	0.61%
2020	6,899,126	21,919,000	-0.66%	0.53%
2021	6,834,326	22,156,000	-0.94%	1.08%
2022	6,664,449	22,181,000	-2.49%	0.11%
2023	6,623,183	22,037,000	-0.62%	-0.65%
2024	6,587,202	21,916,000	-0.54%	-0.55%
2025	6,541,064	22,035,440	-0.7%	0.54%
2026	6,495,033	22,148,172	-0.7%	0.51%
2027	6,451,587	22,255,601	-0.67%	0.49%
2028	6,407,523	22,357,682	-0.68%	0.46%
2029	6,363,135	22,453,922	-0.69%	0.43%
2030	6,318,273	22,546,245	-0.71%	0.41%
2031	6,272,974	22,635,106	-0.72%	0.39%
2032	6,227,395	22,720,118	-0.73%	0.38%
2033	6,181,396	22,802,043	-0.74%	0.36%
2034	6,135,163	22,879,527	-0.75%	0.34%
2035	6,088,832	22,952,739	-0.76%	0.32%
2036	6,042,364	23,022,027	-0.76%	0.3%
2037	5,995,710	23,088,877	-0.77%	0.29%
2038	5,948,872	23,152,480	-0.78%	0.28%
2039	5,901,891	23,211,633	-0.79%	0.26%
2040	5,855,009	23,265,986	-0.79%	0.23%
2041	5,808,317	23,315,260	-0.8%	0.21%
2042	5,761,829	23,359,578	-0.8%	0.19%
2043	5,715,931	23,398,752	-0.8%	0.17%
2044	5,670,687	23,433,096	-0.79%	0.15%
2045	5,625,991	23,464,943	-0.79%	0.14%
2046	5,581,867	23,492,738	-0.78%	0.12%
2047	5,538,323	23,512,629	-0.78%	0.08%
2048	5,495,303	23,525,953	-0.78%	0.06%
2049	5,452,676	23,533,940	-0.78%	0.03%
2050	5,410,466	23,538,230	-0.77%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Serbia decreased by 345,386 people (a 4.64% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Serbia lost -554,319 (a 7.81% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Serbia was ranked 96th most populous country in 2005 and is 110th 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) Serbia's population will shrink by 17.3% to 5,410,466 people with a rank change from 110th to 125th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.