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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Tanzania	Sri Lanka	Tanzania
1960	9,661,389	9,901,419	-	-
1961	9,899,372	10,187,886	2.46%	2.89%
1962	10,143,754	10,487,756	2.47%	2.94%
1963	10,395,040	10,799,528	2.48%	2.97%
1964	10,653,397	11,127,826	2.49%	3.04%
1965	10,916,965	11,470,728	2.47%	3.08%
1966	11,183,928	11,827,459	2.45%	3.11%
1967	11,457,328	12,200,109	2.44%	3.15%
1968	11,736,088	12,602,076	2.43%	3.29%
1969	12,013,858	13,036,700	2.37%	3.45%
1970	12,287,110	13,492,677	2.27%	3.5%
1971	12,551,910	13,971,451	2.16%	3.55%
1972	12,809,205	14,479,308	2.05%	3.63%
1973	13,060,916	15,010,101	1.97%	3.67%
1974	13,305,693	15,561,630	1.87%	3.67%
1975	13,548,984	16,138,361	1.83%	3.71%
1976	13,796,770	16,736,211	1.83%	3.7%
1977	14,049,371	17,352,929	1.83%	3.68%
1978	14,310,128	17,976,566	1.86%	3.59%
1979	14,579,614	18,592,038	1.88%	3.42%
1980	14,847,974	19,189,769	1.84%	3.21%
1981	15,099,414	19,784,703	1.69%	3.1%
1982	15,286,567	20,398,571	1.24%	3.1%
1983	15,388,794	21,079,874	0.67%	3.34%
1984	15,441,860	21,779,066	0.34%	3.32%
1985	15,544,154	22,501,693	0.66%	3.32%
1986	15,731,256	23,258,959	1.2%	3.37%
1987	15,916,576	24,030,378	1.18%	3.32%
1988	16,078,621	24,769,686	1.02%	3.08%
1989	16,248,557	25,438,759	1.06%	2.7%
1990	16,352,458	26,110,207	0.64%	2.64%
1991	16,475,354	26,780,436	0.75%	2.57%
1992	16,739,284	27,457,588	1.6%	2.53%
1993	17,025,918	28,332,692	1.71%	3.19%
1994	17,275,773	29,442,356	1.47%	3.92%
1995	17,564,068	30,383,497	1.67%	3.2%
1996	17,905,018	30,945,762	1.94%	1.85%
1997	18,248,200	31,578,089	1.92%	2.04%
1998	18,596,003	32,420,458	1.91%	2.67%
1999	18,944,731	33,300,330	1.88%	2.71%
2000	19,293,054	34,260,139	1.84%	2.88%
2001	19,600,362	35,198,299	1.59%	2.74%
2002	19,805,752	36,121,304	1.05%	2.62%
2003	19,951,521	37,089,555	0.74%	2.68%
2004	20,087,605	38,109,668	0.68%	2.75%
2005	20,216,524	39,182,076	0.64%	2.81%
2006	20,352,411	40,294,902	0.67%	2.84%
2007	20,492,545	41,435,512	0.69%	2.83%
2008	20,629,378	42,570,728	0.67%	2.74%
2009	20,756,435	43,633,982	0.62%	2.5%
2010	20,879,089	44,758,488	0.59%	2.58%
2011	21,009,048	46,029,367	0.62%	2.84%
2012	21,169,458	47,374,260	0.76%	2.92%
2013	20,585,000	48,824,128	-2.76%	3.06%
2014	20,778,000	50,351,512	0.94%	3.13%
2015	20,970,000	52,020,962	0.92%	3.32%
2016	21,209,000	53,824,013	1.14%	3.47%
2017	21,453,000	55,652,890	1.15%	3.4%
2018	21,670,000	57,437,145	1.01%	3.21%
2019	21,803,000	59,174,891	0.61%	3.03%
2020	21,919,000	60,972,798	0.53%	3.04%
2021	22,156,000	62,830,412	1.08%	3.05%
2022	22,181,000	64,711,821	0.11%	2.99%
2023	22,037,000	66,617,606	-0.65%	2.95%
2024	21,916,000	68,560,157	-0.55%	2.92%
2025	22,035,440	70,545,858	0.54%	2.9%
2026	22,148,172	72,563,773	0.51%	2.86%
2027	22,255,601	74,604,804	0.49%	2.81%
2028	22,357,682	76,670,483	0.46%	2.77%
2029	22,453,922	78,773,192	0.43%	2.74%
2030	22,546,245	80,913,118	0.41%	2.72%
2031	22,635,106	83,087,927	0.39%	2.69%
2032	22,720,118	85,293,126	0.38%	2.65%
2033	22,802,043	87,520,491	0.36%	2.61%
2034	22,879,527	89,788,673	0.34%	2.59%
2035	22,952,739	92,091,418	0.32%	2.56%
2036	23,022,027	94,420,808	0.3%	2.53%
2037	23,088,877	96,775,766	0.29%	2.49%
2038	23,152,480	99,156,465	0.28%	2.46%
2039	23,211,633	101,567,525	0.26%	2.43%
2040	23,265,986	103,999,350	0.23%	2.39%
2041	23,315,260	106,448,475	0.21%	2.35%
2042	23,359,578	108,926,272	0.19%	2.33%
2043	23,398,752	111,433,788	0.17%	2.3%
2044	23,433,096	113,966,263	0.15%	2.27%
2045	23,464,943	116,525,463	0.14%	2.25%
2046	23,492,738	119,109,670	0.12%	2.22%
2047	23,512,629	121,721,018	0.08%	2.19%
2048	23,525,953	124,351,294	0.06%	2.16%
2049	23,533,940	126,981,394	0.03%	2.12%
2050	23,538,230	129,621,083	0.02%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sri Lanka gained 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd most populous country in 2005 and is 63rd in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.