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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Sudan	Sri Lanka	Sudan
1960	9,661,389	8,364,489	-	-
1961	9,899,372	8,634,941	2.46%	3.23%
1962	10,143,754	8,919,028	2.47%	3.29%
1963	10,395,040	9,218,077	2.48%	3.35%
1964	10,653,397	9,531,109	2.49%	3.4%
1965	10,916,965	9,858,030	2.47%	3.43%
1966	11,183,928	10,197,578	2.45%	3.44%
1967	11,457,328	10,550,597	2.44%	3.46%
1968	11,736,088	10,917,999	2.43%	3.48%
1969	12,013,858	11,298,936	2.37%	3.49%
1970	12,287,110	11,695,771	2.27%	3.51%
1971	12,551,910	12,105,539	2.16%	3.5%
1972	12,809,205	12,527,856	2.05%	3.49%
1973	13,060,916	13,049,315	1.97%	4.16%
1974	13,305,693	13,580,723	1.87%	4.07%
1975	13,548,984	14,064,798	1.83%	3.56%
1976	13,796,770	14,569,716	1.83%	3.59%
1977	14,049,371	15,086,614	1.83%	3.55%
1978	14,310,128	15,695,003	1.86%	4.03%
1979	14,579,614	16,355,352	1.88%	4.21%
1980	14,847,974	17,058,905	1.84%	4.3%
1981	15,099,414	17,780,572	1.69%	4.23%
1982	15,286,567	18,486,645	1.24%	3.97%
1983	15,388,794	19,109,770	0.67%	3.37%
1984	15,441,860	19,546,528	0.34%	2.29%
1985	15,544,154	19,905,872	0.66%	1.84%
1986	15,731,256	20,288,238	1.2%	1.92%
1987	15,916,576	20,704,904	1.18%	2.05%
1988	16,078,621	21,138,431	1.02%	2.09%
1989	16,248,557	21,578,022	1.06%	2.08%
1990	16,352,458	22,021,481	0.64%	2.06%
1991	16,475,354	22,470,676	0.75%	2.04%
1992	16,739,284	22,927,355	1.6%	2.03%
1993	17,025,918	23,445,592	1.71%	2.26%
1994	17,275,773	24,043,948	1.47%	2.55%
1995	17,564,068	24,672,143	1.67%	2.61%
1996	17,905,018	25,231,528	1.94%	2.27%
1997	18,248,200	25,799,821	1.92%	2.25%
1998	18,596,003	26,458,999	1.91%	2.55%
1999	18,944,731	27,130,613	1.88%	2.54%
2000	19,293,054	27,816,745	1.84%	2.53%
2001	19,600,362	28,516,770	1.59%	2.52%
2002	19,805,752	29,228,727	1.05%	2.5%
2003	19,951,521	29,896,035	0.74%	2.28%
2004	20,087,605	30,556,637	0.68%	2.21%
2005	20,216,524	31,262,444	0.64%	2.31%
2006	20,352,411	31,992,435	0.67%	2.34%
2007	20,492,545	32,764,135	0.69%	2.41%
2008	20,629,378	33,623,980	0.67%	2.62%
2009	20,756,435	34,569,113	0.62%	2.81%
2010	20,879,089	35,414,399	0.59%	2.45%
2011	21,009,048	36,140,806	0.62%	2.05%
2012	21,169,458	36,923,178	0.76%	2.16%
2013	20,585,000	37,785,849	-2.76%	2.34%
2014	20,778,000	38,823,318	0.94%	2.75%
2015	20,970,000	40,024,431	0.92%	3.09%
2016	21,209,000	41,259,892	1.14%	3.09%
2017	21,453,000	42,714,306	1.15%	3.53%
2018	21,670,000	44,230,596	1.01%	3.55%
2019	21,803,000	45,548,175	0.61%	2.98%
2020	21,919,000	46,789,231	0.53%	2.72%
2021	22,156,000	48,066,924	1.08%	2.73%
2022	22,181,000	49,383,346	0.11%	2.74%
2023	22,037,000	50,042,791	-0.65%	1.34%
2024	21,916,000	50,448,963	-0.55%	0.81%
2025	22,035,440	51,662,152	0.54%	2.4%
2026	22,148,172	53,282,718	0.51%	3.14%
2027	22,255,601	54,724,215	0.49%	2.71%
2028	22,357,682	55,993,833	0.46%	2.32%
2029	22,453,922	57,275,443	0.43%	2.29%
2030	22,546,245	58,571,624	0.41%	2.26%
2031	22,635,106	59,872,936	0.39%	2.22%
2032	22,720,118	61,179,476	0.38%	2.18%
2033	22,802,043	62,497,205	0.36%	2.15%
2034	22,879,527	63,822,356	0.34%	2.12%
2035	22,952,739	65,148,317	0.32%	2.08%
2036	23,022,027	66,470,018	0.3%	2.03%
2037	23,088,877	67,791,240	0.29%	1.99%
2038	23,152,480	69,107,712	0.28%	1.94%
2039	23,211,633	70,416,631	0.26%	1.89%
2040	23,265,986	71,730,604	0.23%	1.87%
2041	23,315,260	73,056,213	0.21%	1.85%
2042	23,359,578	74,387,562	0.19%	1.82%
2043	23,398,752	75,723,670	0.17%	1.8%
2044	23,433,096	77,066,454	0.15%	1.77%
2045	23,464,943	78,415,205	0.14%	1.75%
2046	23,492,738	79,767,271	0.12%	1.72%
2047	23,512,629	81,115,241	0.08%	1.69%
2048	23,525,953	82,463,202	0.06%	1.66%
2049	23,533,940	83,828,356	0.03%	1.66%
2050	23,538,230	85,206,384	0.02%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sri Lanka gained 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd most populous country in 2005 and is 63rd in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Sri Lanka's population will grow by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people with a rank change from 63rd to 70th. The population of Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.