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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Spain	Sri Lanka	Spain	Sri Lanka
1960	30,455,000	9,661,389	-	-
1961	30,739,250	9,899,372	0.93%	2.46%
1962	31,023,366	10,143,754	0.92%	2.47%
1963	31,296,651	10,395,040	0.88%	2.48%
1964	31,609,195	10,653,397	1%	2.49%
1965	31,954,292	10,916,965	1.09%	2.47%
1966	32,283,194	11,183,928	1.03%	2.45%
1967	32,682,947	11,457,328	1.24%	2.44%
1968	33,113,134	11,736,088	1.32%	2.43%
1969	33,441,054	12,013,858	0.99%	2.37%
1970	33,814,531	12,287,110	1.12%	2.27%
1971	34,224,490	12,551,910	1.21%	2.16%
1972	34,604,469	12,809,205	1.11%	2.05%
1973	34,988,947	13,060,916	1.11%	1.97%
1974	35,373,335	13,305,693	1.1%	1.87%
1975	35,757,900	13,548,984	1.09%	1.83%
1976	36,137,812	13,796,770	1.06%	1.83%
1977	36,511,638	14,049,371	1.03%	1.83%
1978	36,864,898	14,310,128	0.97%	1.86%
1979	37,191,330	14,579,614	0.89%	1.88%
1980	37,491,165	14,847,974	0.81%	1.84%
1981	37,758,631	15,099,414	0.71%	1.69%
1982	37,986,012	15,286,567	0.6%	1.24%
1983	38,171,525	15,388,794	0.49%	0.67%
1984	38,330,364	15,441,860	0.42%	0.34%
1985	38,469,512	15,544,154	0.36%	0.66%
1986	38,584,624	15,731,256	0.3%	1.2%
1987	38,684,815	15,916,576	0.26%	1.18%
1988	38,766,939	16,078,621	0.21%	1.02%
1989	38,827,764	16,248,557	0.16%	1.06%
1990	38,867,322	16,352,458	0.1%	0.64%
1991	38,966,376	16,475,354	0.25%	0.75%
1992	39,157,685	16,739,284	0.49%	1.6%
1993	39,361,262	17,025,918	0.52%	1.71%
1994	39,549,108	17,275,773	0.48%	1.47%
1995	39,724,050	17,564,068	0.44%	1.67%
1996	39,889,852	17,905,018	0.42%	1.94%
1997	40,057,389	18,248,200	0.42%	1.92%
1998	40,223,509	18,596,003	0.41%	1.91%
1999	40,386,875	18,944,731	0.41%	1.88%
2000	40,567,864	19,293,054	0.45%	1.84%
2001	40,850,412	19,600,362	0.7%	1.59%
2002	41,431,558	19,805,752	1.42%	1.05%
2003	42,187,645	19,951,521	1.82%	0.74%
2004	42,921,895	20,087,605	1.74%	0.68%
2005	43,653,155	20,216,524	1.7%	0.64%
2006	44,397,319	20,352,411	1.7%	0.67%
2007	45,226,803	20,492,545	1.87%	0.69%
2008	45,954,106	20,629,378	1.61%	0.67%
2009	46,362,946	20,756,435	0.89%	0.62%
2010	46,576,897	20,879,089	0.46%	0.59%
2011	46,742,697	21,009,048	0.36%	0.62%
2012	46,773,055	21,169,458	0.06%	0.76%
2013	46,604,197	20,585,000	-0.36%	-2.76%
2014	46,460,733	20,778,000	-0.31%	0.94%
2015	46,422,303	20,970,000	-0.08%	0.92%
2016	46,458,139	21,209,000	0.08%	1.14%
2017	46,571,232	21,453,000	0.24%	1.15%
2018	46,782,011	21,670,000	0.45%	1.01%
2019	47,118,501	21,803,000	0.72%	0.61%
2020	47,359,424	21,919,000	0.51%	0.53%
2021	47,443,821	22,156,000	0.18%	1.08%
2022	47,786,102	22,181,000	0.72%	0.11%
2023	48,347,910	22,037,000	1.18%	-0.65%
2024	48,807,137	21,916,000	0.95%	-0.55%
2025	48,786,181	22,035,440	-0.04%	0.54%
2026	48,746,279	22,148,172	-0.08%	0.51%
2027	48,696,847	22,255,601	-0.1%	0.49%
2028	48,642,132	22,357,682	-0.11%	0.46%
2029	48,578,166	22,453,922	-0.13%	0.43%
2030	48,501,513	22,546,245	-0.16%	0.41%
2031	48,412,854	22,635,106	-0.18%	0.39%
2032	48,321,195	22,720,118	-0.19%	0.38%
2033	48,230,054	22,802,043	-0.19%	0.36%
2034	48,136,421	22,879,527	-0.19%	0.34%
2035	48,036,650	22,952,739	-0.21%	0.32%
2036	47,929,957	23,022,027	-0.22%	0.3%
2037	47,819,257	23,088,877	-0.23%	0.29%
2038	47,706,580	23,152,480	-0.24%	0.28%
2039	47,588,878	23,211,633	-0.25%	0.26%
2040	47,463,597	23,265,986	-0.26%	0.23%
2041	47,332,618	23,315,260	-0.28%	0.21%
2042	47,194,588	23,359,578	-0.29%	0.19%
2043	47,052,293	23,398,752	-0.3%	0.17%
2044	46,902,636	23,433,096	-0.32%	0.15%
2045	46,738,565	23,464,943	-0.35%	0.14%
2046	46,564,383	23,492,738	-0.37%	0.12%
2047	46,381,681	23,512,629	-0.39%	0.08%
2048	46,190,642	23,525,953	-0.41%	0.06%
2049	45,985,428	23,533,940	-0.44%	0.03%
2050	45,769,362	23,538,230	-0.47%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Spain increased by 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Spain gained 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Spain was ranked 28th most populous country in 2005 and is 32nd 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) Spain's population will shrink by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people with a rank change from 32nd to 47th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.