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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Suriname	Sri Lanka	Suriname
1960	9,661,389	263,918	-	-
1961	9,899,372	272,791	2.46%	3.36%
1962	10,143,754	283,912	2.47%	4.08%
1963	10,395,040	297,034	2.48%	4.62%
1964	10,653,397	309,041	2.49%	4.04%
1965	10,916,965	320,000	2.47%	3.55%
1966	11,183,928	331,135	2.45%	3.48%
1967	11,457,328	342,679	2.44%	3.49%
1968	11,736,088	354,616	2.43%	3.48%
1969	12,013,858	366,906	2.37%	3.47%
1970	12,287,110	379,442	2.27%	3.42%
1971	12,551,910	391,932	2.16%	3.29%
1972	12,809,205	397,413	2.05%	1.4%
1973	13,060,916	395,772	1.97%	-0.41%
1974	13,305,693	393,676	1.87%	-0.53%
1975	13,548,984	391,170	1.83%	-0.64%
1976	13,796,770	388,289	1.83%	-0.74%
1977	14,049,371	385,067	1.83%	-0.83%
1978	14,310,128	381,502	1.86%	-0.93%
1979	14,579,614	377,602	1.88%	-1.02%
1980	14,847,974	375,377	1.84%	-0.59%
1981	15,099,414	375,459	1.69%	0.02%
1982	15,286,567	376,555	1.24%	0.29%
1983	15,388,794	378,746	0.67%	0.58%
1984	15,441,860	382,193	0.34%	0.91%
1985	15,544,154	386,972	0.66%	1.25%
1986	15,731,256	392,330	1.2%	1.38%
1987	15,916,576	396,911	1.18%	1.17%
1988	16,078,621	402,227	1.02%	1.34%
1989	16,248,557	408,409	1.06%	1.54%
1990	16,352,458	412,493	0.64%	1%
1991	16,475,354	415,013	0.75%	0.61%
1992	16,739,284	417,589	1.6%	0.62%
1993	17,025,918	419,352	1.71%	0.42%
1994	17,275,773	422,375	1.47%	0.72%
1995	17,564,068	429,606	1.67%	1.71%
1996	17,905,018	438,830	1.94%	2.15%
1997	18,248,200	448,067	1.92%	2.1%
1998	18,596,003	457,406	1.91%	2.08%
1999	18,944,731	466,916	1.88%	2.08%
2000	19,293,054	476,643	1.84%	2.08%
2001	19,600,362	486,560	1.59%	2.08%
2002	19,805,752	496,551	1.05%	2.05%
2003	19,951,521	506,414	0.74%	1.99%
2004	20,087,605	513,923	0.68%	1.48%
2005	20,216,524	519,313	0.64%	1.05%
2006	20,352,411	524,997	0.67%	1.09%
2007	20,492,545	531,016	0.69%	1.15%
2008	20,629,378	537,245	0.67%	1.17%
2009	20,756,435	543,568	0.62%	1.18%
2010	20,879,089	549,923	0.59%	1.17%
2011	21,009,048	556,269	0.62%	1.15%
2012	21,169,458	562,633	0.76%	1.14%
2013	20,585,000	569,020	-2.76%	1.14%
2014	20,778,000	575,373	0.94%	1.12%
2015	20,970,000	581,627	0.92%	1.09%
2016	21,209,000	587,757	1.14%	1.05%
2017	21,453,000	593,713	1.15%	1.01%
2018	21,670,000	599,513	1.01%	0.98%
2019	21,803,000	605,768	0.61%	1.04%
2020	21,919,000	612,317	0.53%	1.08%
2021	22,156,000	617,896	1.08%	0.91%
2022	22,181,000	623,164	0.11%	0.85%
2023	22,037,000	628,886	-0.65%	0.92%
2024	21,916,000	634,431	-0.55%	0.88%
2025	22,035,440	639,852	0.54%	0.85%
2026	22,148,172	645,257	0.51%	0.84%
2027	22,255,601	650,564	0.49%	0.82%
2028	22,357,682	655,783	0.46%	0.8%
2029	22,453,922	660,793	0.43%	0.76%
2030	22,546,245	665,650	0.41%	0.74%
2031	22,635,106	670,421	0.39%	0.72%
2032	22,720,118	675,070	0.38%	0.69%
2033	22,802,043	679,573	0.36%	0.67%
2034	22,879,527	683,911	0.34%	0.64%
2035	22,952,739	688,189	0.32%	0.63%
2036	23,022,027	692,343	0.3%	0.6%
2037	23,088,877	696,213	0.29%	0.56%
2038	23,152,480	699,908	0.28%	0.53%
2039	23,211,633	703,569	0.26%	0.52%
2040	23,265,986	707,156	0.23%	0.51%
2041	23,315,260	710,619	0.21%	0.49%
2042	23,359,578	713,900	0.19%	0.46%
2043	23,398,752	716,999	0.17%	0.43%
2044	23,433,096	719,920	0.15%	0.41%
2045	23,464,943	722,759	0.14%	0.39%
2046	23,492,738	725,322	0.12%	0.35%
2047	23,512,629	727,726	0.08%	0.33%
2048	23,525,953	730,038	0.06%	0.32%
2049	23,533,940	732,021	0.03%	0.27%
2050	23,538,230	733,898	0.02%	0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sri Lanka gained 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd most populous country in 2005 and is 63rd in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.