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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Singapore	Sri Lanka	Singapore	Sri Lanka
1960	1,646,400	9,661,389	-	-
1961	1,702,400	9,899,372	3.4%	2.46%
1962	1,750,200	10,143,754	2.81%	2.47%
1963	1,795,000	10,395,040	2.56%	2.48%
1964	1,841,600	10,653,397	2.6%	2.49%
1965	1,886,900	10,916,965	2.46%	2.47%
1966	1,934,400	11,183,928	2.52%	2.45%
1967	1,977,600	11,457,328	2.23%	2.44%
1968	2,012,000	11,736,088	1.74%	2.43%
1969	2,042,500	12,013,858	1.52%	2.37%
1970	2,074,507	12,287,110	1.57%	2.27%
1971	2,112,900	12,551,910	1.85%	2.16%
1972	2,152,400	12,809,205	1.87%	2.05%
1973	2,193,000	13,060,916	1.89%	1.97%
1974	2,229,800	13,305,693	1.68%	1.87%
1975	2,262,600	13,548,984	1.47%	1.83%
1976	2,293,300	13,796,770	1.36%	1.83%
1977	2,325,300	14,049,371	1.4%	1.83%
1978	2,353,600	14,310,128	1.22%	1.86%
1979	2,383,500	14,579,614	1.27%	1.88%
1980	2,413,945	14,847,974	1.28%	1.84%
1981	2,532,835	15,099,414	4.93%	1.69%
1982	2,646,466	15,286,567	4.49%	1.24%
1983	2,681,061	15,388,794	1.31%	0.67%
1984	2,732,221	15,441,860	1.91%	0.34%
1985	2,735,957	15,544,154	0.14%	0.66%
1986	2,733,373	15,731,256	-0.09%	1.2%
1987	2,774,789	15,916,576	1.52%	1.18%
1988	2,846,108	16,078,621	2.57%	1.02%
1989	2,930,901	16,248,557	2.98%	1.06%
1990	3,047,132	16,352,458	3.97%	0.64%
1991	3,135,083	16,475,354	2.89%	0.75%
1992	3,230,698	16,739,284	3.05%	1.6%
1993	3,313,471	17,025,918	2.56%	1.71%
1994	3,419,048	17,275,773	3.19%	1.47%
1995	3,524,506	17,564,068	3.08%	1.67%
1996	3,670,704	17,905,018	4.15%	1.94%
1997	3,796,038	18,248,200	3.41%	1.92%
1998	3,927,213	18,596,003	3.46%	1.91%
1999	3,958,723	18,944,731	0.8%	1.88%
2000	4,027,887	19,293,054	1.75%	1.84%
2001	4,138,012	19,600,362	2.73%	1.59%
2002	4,175,950	19,805,752	0.92%	1.05%
2003	4,114,826	19,951,521	-1.46%	0.74%
2004	4,166,664	20,087,605	1.26%	0.68%
2005	4,265,762	20,216,524	2.38%	0.64%
2006	4,401,365	20,352,411	3.18%	0.67%
2007	4,588,599	20,492,545	4.25%	0.69%
2008	4,839,396	20,629,378	5.47%	0.67%
2009	4,987,573	20,756,435	3.06%	0.62%
2010	5,076,732	20,879,089	1.79%	0.59%
2011	5,183,688	21,009,048	2.11%	0.62%
2012	5,312,437	21,169,458	2.48%	0.76%
2013	5,399,162	20,585,000	1.63%	-2.76%
2014	5,469,724	20,778,000	1.31%	0.94%
2015	5,535,002	20,970,000	1.19%	0.92%
2016	5,607,283	21,209,000	1.31%	1.14%
2017	5,612,253	21,453,000	0.09%	1.15%
2018	5,638,676	21,670,000	0.47%	1.01%
2019	5,703,569	21,803,000	1.15%	0.61%
2020	5,685,807	21,919,000	-0.31%	0.53%
2021	5,453,566	22,156,000	-4.08%	1.08%
2022	5,637,022	22,181,000	3.36%	0.11%
2023	5,917,648	22,037,000	4.98%	-0.65%
2024	6,036,860	21,916,000	2.01%	-0.55%
2025	6,076,565	22,035,440	0.66%	0.54%
2026	6,112,792	22,148,172	0.6%	0.51%
2027	6,147,775	22,255,601	0.57%	0.49%
2028	6,182,764	22,357,682	0.57%	0.46%
2029	6,214,576	22,453,922	0.51%	0.43%
2030	6,242,825	22,546,245	0.45%	0.41%
2031	6,270,800	22,635,106	0.45%	0.39%
2032	6,298,559	22,720,118	0.44%	0.38%
2033	6,325,401	22,802,043	0.43%	0.36%
2034	6,349,852	22,879,527	0.39%	0.34%
2035	6,368,948	22,952,739	0.3%	0.32%
2036	6,383,048	23,022,027	0.22%	0.3%
2037	6,394,813	23,088,877	0.18%	0.29%
2038	6,404,994	23,152,480	0.16%	0.28%
2039	6,411,057	23,211,633	0.09%	0.26%
2040	6,411,962	23,265,986	0.01%	0.23%
2041	6,408,383	23,315,260	-0.06%	0.21%
2042	6,402,235	23,359,578	-0.1%	0.19%
2043	6,394,872	23,398,752	-0.12%	0.17%
2044	6,384,418	23,433,096	-0.16%	0.15%
2045	6,372,013	23,464,943	-0.19%	0.14%
2046	6,358,982	23,492,738	-0.2%	0.12%
2047	6,343,000	23,512,629	-0.25%	0.08%
2048	6,327,523	23,525,953	-0.24%	0.06%
2049	6,312,515	23,533,940	-0.24%	0.03%
2050	6,294,905	23,538,230	-0.28%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Singapore increased by 1,269,240 people (a 29.8% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Singapore gained 570,663 (a 10.3% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Singapore was ranked 119th most populous country in 2005 and is 113th 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) Singapore's population will grow by 3.1% to 6,294,905 people with a rank change from 113th to 118th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.