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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Taiwan	Sri Lanka	Taiwan
1960	9,661,389	-	-	-
1961	9,899,372	11,030,385	2.46%	-
1962	10,143,754	11,392,513	2.47%	3.28%
1963	10,395,040	11,762,101	2.48%	3.24%
1964	10,653,397	12,137,143	2.49%	3.19%
1965	10,916,965	12,511,863	2.47%	3.09%
1966	11,183,928	12,874,153	2.45%	2.9%
1967	11,457,328	13,210,344	2.44%	2.61%
1968	11,736,088	13,548,537	2.43%	2.56%
1969	12,013,858	14,068,984	2.37%	3.84%
1970	12,287,110	14,582,944	2.27%	3.65%
1971	12,551,910	14,913,564	2.16%	2.27%
1972	12,809,205	15,220,495	2.05%	2.06%
1973	13,060,916	15,505,121	1.97%	1.87%
1974	13,305,693	15,784,817	1.87%	1.8%
1975	13,548,984	16,075,128	1.83%	1.84%
1976	13,796,770	16,401,413	1.83%	2.03%
1977	14,049,371	16,730,895	1.83%	2.01%
1978	14,310,128	17,042,272	1.86%	1.86%
1979	14,579,614	17,372,779	1.88%	1.94%
1980	14,847,974	17,704,538	1.84%	1.91%
1981	15,099,414	18,029,982	1.69%	1.84%
1982	15,286,567	18,354,855	1.24%	1.8%
1983	15,388,794	18,653,146	0.67%	1.63%
1984	15,441,860	18,929,866	0.34%	1.48%
1985	15,544,154	19,191,510	0.66%	1.38%
1986	15,731,256	19,411,454	1.2%	1.15%
1987	15,916,576	19,617,046	1.18%	1.06%
1988	16,078,621	19,839,704	1.02%	1.14%
1989	16,248,557	20,055,492	1.06%	1.09%
1990	16,352,458	20,278,946	0.64%	1.11%
1991	16,475,354	20,503,568	0.75%	1.11%
1992	16,739,284	20,704,227	1.6%	0.98%
1993	17,025,918	20,899,019	1.71%	0.94%
1994	17,275,773	21,086,645	1.47%	0.9%
1995	17,564,068	21,267,653	1.67%	0.86%
1996	17,905,018	21,441,432	1.94%	0.82%
1997	18,248,200	21,634,124	1.92%	0.9%
1998	18,596,003	21,835,703	1.91%	0.93%
1999	18,944,731	22,010,489	1.88%	0.8%
2000	19,293,054	22,184,530	1.84%	0.79%
2001	19,600,362	22,341,120	1.59%	0.71%
2002	19,805,752	22,463,172	1.05%	0.55%
2003	19,951,521	22,562,663	0.74%	0.44%
2004	20,087,605	22,646,836	0.68%	0.37%
2005	20,216,524	22,729,753	0.64%	0.37%
2006	20,352,411	22,823,455	0.67%	0.41%
2007	20,492,545	22,917,444	0.69%	0.41%
2008	20,629,378	22,997,696	0.67%	0.35%
2009	20,756,435	23,078,402	0.62%	0.35%
2010	20,879,089	23,140,948	0.59%	0.27%
2011	21,009,048	23,193,518	0.62%	0.23%
2012	21,169,458	23,270,367	0.76%	0.33%
2013	20,585,000	23,344,670	-2.76%	0.32%
2014	20,778,000	23,403,635	0.94%	0.25%
2015	20,970,000	23,462,914	0.92%	0.25%
2016	21,209,000	23,515,945	1.14%	0.23%
2017	21,453,000	23,555,522	1.15%	0.17%
2018	21,670,000	23,580,080	1.01%	0.1%
2019	21,803,000	23,596,027	0.61%	0.07%
2020	21,919,000	23,582,179	0.53%	-0.06%
2021	22,156,000	23,468,275	1.08%	-0.48%
2022	22,181,000	23,319,977	0.11%	-0.63%
2023	22,037,000	23,342,541	-0.65%	0.1%
2024	21,916,000	23,410,331	-0.55%	0.29%
2025	22,035,440	23,308,308	0.54%	-0.44%
2026	22,148,172	23,205,944	0.51%	-0.44%
2027	22,255,601	23,102,120	0.49%	-0.45%
2028	22,357,682	22,996,693	0.46%	-0.46%
2029	22,453,922	22,890,335	0.43%	-0.46%
2030	22,546,245	22,781,040	0.41%	-0.48%
2031	22,635,106	22,667,327	0.39%	-0.5%
2032	22,720,118	22,549,689	0.38%	-0.52%
2033	22,802,043	22,428,721	0.36%	-0.54%
2034	22,879,527	22,302,402	0.34%	-0.56%
2035	22,952,739	22,170,689	0.32%	-0.59%
2036	23,022,027	22,034,775	0.3%	-0.61%
2037	23,088,877	21,893,029	0.29%	-0.64%
2038	23,152,480	21,746,001	0.28%	-0.67%
2039	23,211,633	21,594,236	0.26%	-0.7%
2040	23,265,986	21,436,947	0.23%	-0.73%
2041	23,315,260	21,274,187	0.21%	-0.76%
2042	23,359,578	21,105,682	0.19%	-0.79%
2043	23,398,752	20,932,105	0.17%	-0.82%
2044	23,433,096	20,754,623	0.15%	-0.85%
2045	23,464,943	20,571,741	0.14%	-0.88%
2046	23,492,738	20,384,903	0.12%	-0.91%
2047	23,512,629	20,194,425	0.08%	-0.93%
2048	23,525,953	19,999,753	0.06%	-0.96%
2049	23,533,940	19,801,293	0.03%	-0.99%
2050	23,538,230	19,598,997	0.02%	-1.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth), while Taiwan gained 692,490 people (a 3.03% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sri Lanka gained 940,346 (a 4.43% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -310,001 (a 1.32% decline).

Sri Lanka was ranked 55th most populous country in 2006 and is 63rd in 2026. Taiwan was ranked 49th in 2006 and ranked 60th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Sri Lanka's population will grow by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people with a rank change from 63rd to 70th. The population of Taiwan will decrease by 15.5% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.