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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Syria	Sri Lanka	Syria
1960	9,661,389	4,673,500	-	-
1961	9,899,372	4,815,466	2.46%	3.04%
1962	10,143,754	4,959,340	2.47%	2.99%
1963	10,395,040	5,110,467	2.48%	3.05%
1964	10,653,397	5,269,087	2.49%	3.1%
1965	10,916,965	5,435,267	2.47%	3.15%
1966	11,183,928	5,609,047	2.45%	3.2%
1967	11,457,328	5,790,198	2.44%	3.23%
1968	11,736,088	5,978,742	2.43%	3.26%
1969	12,013,858	6,175,166	2.37%	3.29%
1970	12,287,110	6,380,609	2.27%	3.33%
1971	12,551,910	6,598,094	2.16%	3.41%
1972	12,809,205	6,826,024	2.05%	3.45%
1973	13,060,916	7,060,321	1.97%	3.43%
1974	13,305,693	7,302,160	1.87%	3.43%
1975	13,548,984	7,554,364	1.83%	3.45%
1976	13,796,770	7,817,320	1.83%	3.48%
1977	14,049,371	8,090,501	1.83%	3.49%
1978	14,310,128	8,372,759	1.86%	3.49%
1979	14,579,614	8,661,909	1.88%	3.45%
1980	14,847,974	8,957,663	1.84%	3.41%
1981	15,099,414	9,260,189	1.69%	3.38%
1982	15,286,567	9,572,511	1.24%	3.37%
1983	15,388,794	9,904,809	0.67%	3.47%
1984	15,441,860	10,258,398	0.34%	3.57%
1985	15,544,154	10,625,672	0.66%	3.58%
1986	15,731,256	11,002,844	1.2%	3.55%
1987	15,916,576	11,388,923	1.18%	3.51%
1988	16,078,621	11,782,264	1.02%	3.45%
1989	16,248,557	12,179,060	1.06%	3.37%
1990	16,352,458	12,579,208	0.64%	3.29%
1991	16,475,354	12,980,821	0.75%	3.19%
1992	16,739,284	13,385,571	1.6%	3.12%
1993	17,025,918	13,795,686	1.71%	3.06%
1994	17,275,773	14,208,583	1.47%	2.99%
1995	17,564,068	14,616,801	1.67%	2.87%
1996	17,905,018	15,018,104	1.94%	2.75%
1997	18,248,200	15,417,542	1.92%	2.66%
1998	18,596,003	15,820,413	1.91%	2.61%
1999	18,944,731	16,228,061	1.88%	2.58%
2000	19,293,054	16,637,888	1.84%	2.53%
2001	19,600,362	17,051,338	1.59%	2.48%
2002	19,805,752	17,468,332	1.05%	2.45%
2003	19,951,521	17,889,296	0.74%	2.41%
2004	20,087,605	18,336,875	0.68%	2.5%
2005	20,216,524	18,814,091	0.64%	2.6%
2006	20,352,411	19,637,022	0.67%	4.37%
2007	20,492,545	20,884,125	0.69%	6.35%
2008	20,629,378	21,636,564	0.67%	3.6%
2009	20,756,435	21,976,969	0.62%	1.57%
2010	20,879,089	22,482,421	0.59%	2.3%
2011	21,009,048	22,878,098	0.62%	1.76%
2012	21,169,458	22,759,763	0.76%	-0.52%
2013	20,585,000	21,666,917	-2.76%	-4.8%
2014	20,778,000	20,273,659	0.94%	-6.43%
2015	20,970,000	19,424,618	0.92%	-4.19%
2016	21,209,000	19,193,834	1.14%	-1.19%
2017	21,453,000	19,224,668	1.15%	0.16%
2018	21,670,000	19,577,845	1.01%	1.84%
2019	21,803,000	20,353,534	0.61%	3.96%
2020	21,919,000	21,049,429	0.53%	3.42%
2021	22,156,000	21,628,839	1.08%	2.75%
2022	22,181,000	22,462,173	0.11%	3.85%
2023	22,037,000	23,594,623	-0.65%	5.04%
2024	21,916,000	24,672,760	-0.55%	4.57%
2025	22,035,440	25,620,422	0.54%	3.84%
2026	22,148,172	26,472,499	0.51%	3.33%
2027	22,255,601	27,261,544	0.49%	2.98%
2028	22,357,682	28,006,558	0.46%	2.73%
2029	22,453,922	28,719,309	0.43%	2.54%
2030	22,546,245	29,395,545	0.41%	2.35%
2031	22,635,106	30,029,824	0.39%	2.16%
2032	22,720,118	30,633,661	0.38%	2.01%
2033	22,802,043	31,212,478	0.36%	1.89%
2034	22,879,527	31,768,138	0.34%	1.78%
2035	22,952,739	32,294,792	0.32%	1.66%
2036	23,022,027	32,788,153	0.3%	1.53%
2037	23,088,877	33,258,407	0.29%	1.43%
2038	23,152,480	33,710,718	0.28%	1.36%
2039	23,211,633	34,131,238	0.26%	1.25%
2040	23,265,986	34,533,185	0.23%	1.18%
2041	23,315,260	34,916,936	0.21%	1.11%
2042	23,359,578	35,279,863	0.19%	1.04%
2043	23,398,752	35,623,325	0.17%	0.97%
2044	23,433,096	35,944,394	0.15%	0.9%
2045	23,464,943	36,265,295	0.14%	0.89%
2046	23,492,738	36,583,260	0.12%	0.88%
2047	23,512,629	36,878,640	0.08%	0.81%
2048	23,525,953	37,171,029	0.06%	0.79%
2049	23,533,940	37,477,690	0.03%	0.83%
2050	23,538,230	37,793,378	0.02%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sri Lanka gained 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd most populous country in 2005 and is 63rd in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.