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	48,352,528	22,037,000	1.19%	-0.65%
2024	48,848,840	21,916,000	1.03%	-0.55%
2025	48,827,866	22,035,440	-0.04%	0.54%
2026	48,787,930	22,148,172	-0.08%	0.51%
2027	48,738,456	22,255,601	-0.1%	0.49%
2028	48,683,694	22,357,682	-0.11%	0.46%
2029	48,619,674	22,453,922	-0.13%	0.43%
2030	48,542,955	22,546,245	-0.16%	0.41%
2031	48,454,221	22,635,106	-0.18%	0.39%
2032	48,362,482	22,720,118	-0.19%	0.38%
2033	48,271,264	22,802,043	-0.19%	0.36%
2034	48,177,551	22,879,527	-0.19%	0.34%
2035	48,077,695	22,952,739	-0.21%	0.32%
2036	47,970,911	23,022,027	-0.22%	0.3%
2037	47,860,116	23,088,877	-0.23%	0.29%
2038	47,747,343	23,152,480	-0.24%	0.28%
2039	47,629,540	23,211,633	-0.25%	0.26%
2040	47,504,152	23,265,986	-0.26%	0.23%
2041	47,373,061	23,315,260	-0.28%	0.21%
2042	47,234,914	23,359,578	-0.29%	0.19%
2043	47,092,497	23,398,752	-0.3%	0.17%
2044	46,942,712	23,433,096	-0.32%	0.15%
2045	46,778,501	23,464,943	-0.35%	0.14%
2046	46,604,170	23,492,738	-0.37%	0.12%
2047	46,421,312	23,512,629	-0.39%	0.08%
2048	46,230,109	23,525,953	-0.41%	0.06%
2049	46,024,720	23,533,940	-0.44%	0.03%
2050	45,808,469	23,538,230	-0.47%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Spain increased by 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Spain gained 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Spain was ranked 28th most populous country in 2006 and is 32nd 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) Spain's population will shrink by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people with a rank change from 32nd to 47th. The population of Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.