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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Seychelles	Sri Lanka	Seychelles	Sri Lanka
1960	41,700	9,661,389	-	-
1961	42,889	9,899,372	2.85%	2.46%
1962	44,042	10,143,754	2.69%	2.47%
1963	45,176	10,395,040	2.57%	2.48%
1964	46,322	10,653,397	2.54%	2.49%
1965	47,500	10,916,965	2.54%	2.47%
1966	48,699	11,183,928	2.52%	2.45%
1967	49,911	11,457,328	2.49%	2.44%
1968	51,134	11,736,088	2.45%	2.43%
1969	52,365	12,013,858	2.41%	2.37%
1970	53,600	12,287,110	2.36%	2.27%
1971	54,695	12,551,910	2.04%	2.16%
1972	56,029	12,809,205	2.44%	2.05%
1973	56,892	13,060,916	1.54%	1.97%
1974	57,937	13,305,693	1.84%	1.87%
1975	59,292	13,548,984	2.34%	1.83%
1976	60,504	13,796,770	2.04%	1.83%
1977	61,786	14,049,371	2.12%	1.83%
1978	62,150	14,310,128	0.59%	1.86%
1979	62,686	14,579,614	0.86%	1.88%
1980	63,261	14,847,974	0.92%	1.84%
1981	64,035	15,099,414	1.22%	1.69%
1982	64,413	15,286,567	0.59%	1.24%
1983	64,335	15,388,794	-0.12%	0.67%
1984	64,717	15,441,860	0.59%	0.34%
1985	65,244	15,544,154	0.81%	0.66%
1986	65,652	15,731,256	0.63%	1.2%
1987	68,499	15,916,576	4.34%	1.18%
1988	68,755	16,078,621	0.37%	1.02%
1989	69,167	16,248,557	0.6%	1.06%
1990	69,507	16,352,458	0.49%	0.64%
1991	70,439	16,475,354	1.34%	0.75%
1992	70,763	16,739,284	0.46%	1.6%
1993	72,253	17,025,918	2.11%	1.71%
1994	74,205	17,275,773	2.7%	1.47%
1995	75,304	17,564,068	1.48%	1.67%
1996	76,417	17,905,018	1.48%	1.94%
1997	77,319	18,248,200	1.18%	1.92%
1998	78,846	18,596,003	1.97%	1.91%
1999	80,410	18,944,731	1.98%	1.88%
2000	81,131	19,293,054	0.9%	1.84%
2001	81,202	19,600,362	0.09%	1.59%
2002	83,723	19,805,752	3.1%	1.05%
2003	82,781	19,951,521	-1.13%	0.74%
2004	82,475	20,087,605	-0.37%	0.68%
2005	82,858	20,216,524	0.46%	0.64%
2006	84,600	20,352,411	2.1%	0.67%
2007	85,033	20,492,545	0.51%	0.69%
2008	86,956	20,629,378	2.26%	0.67%
2009	87,298	20,756,435	0.39%	0.62%
2010	89,770	20,879,089	2.83%	0.59%
2011	87,441	21,009,048	-2.59%	0.62%
2012	88,303	21,169,458	0.99%	0.76%
2013	89,949	20,585,000	1.86%	-2.76%
2014	91,359	20,778,000	1.57%	0.94%
2015	93,419	20,970,000	2.25%	0.92%
2016	94,677	21,209,000	1.35%	1.14%
2017	95,843	21,453,000	1.23%	1.15%
2018	96,762	21,670,000	0.96%	1.01%
2019	97,625	21,803,000	0.89%	0.61%
2020	98,462	21,919,000	0.86%	0.53%
2021	99,258	22,156,000	0.81%	1.08%
2022	119,878	22,181,000	20.8%	0.11%
2023	119,773	22,037,000	-0.09%	-0.65%
2024	121,354	21,916,000	1.32%	-0.55%
2025	123,549	22,035,440	1.81%	0.54%
2026	125,581	22,148,172	1.64%	0.51%
2027	127,380	22,255,601	1.43%	0.49%
2028	128,883	22,357,682	1.18%	0.46%
2029	130,011	22,453,922	0.87%	0.43%
2030	130,635	22,546,245	0.48%	0.41%
2031	130,989	22,635,106	0.27%	0.39%
2032	131,305	22,720,118	0.24%	0.38%
2033	131,578	22,802,043	0.21%	0.36%
2034	131,816	22,879,527	0.18%	0.34%
2035	132,027	22,952,739	0.16%	0.32%
2036	132,202	23,022,027	0.13%	0.3%
2037	132,348	23,088,877	0.11%	0.29%
2038	132,467	23,152,480	0.09%	0.28%
2039	132,552	23,211,633	0.06%	0.26%
2040	132,631	23,265,986	0.06%	0.23%
2041	132,681	23,315,260	0.04%	0.21%
2042	132,700	23,359,578	0.01%	0.19%
2043	132,698	23,398,752	-0.001%	0.17%
2044	132,665	23,433,096	-0.03%	0.15%
2045	132,613	23,464,943	-0.04%	0.14%
2046	132,531	23,492,738	-0.06%	0.12%
2047	132,415	23,512,629	-0.09%	0.08%
2048	132,264	23,525,953	-0.11%	0.06%
2049	132,085	23,533,940	-0.14%	0.03%
2050	131,885	23,538,230	-0.15%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Seychelles increased by 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Seychelles gained 30,923 (a 32.7% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

The Seychelles was ranked 184th most populous country in 2006 and is 181st 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 Seychelles' population will grow by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.