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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Tonga	Sri Lanka	Tonga
1960	9,661,389	66,170	-	-
1961	9,899,372	68,037	2.46%	2.82%
1962	10,143,754	69,940	2.47%	2.8%
1963	10,395,040	71,885	2.48%	2.78%
1964	10,653,397	73,879	2.49%	2.77%
1965	10,916,965	75,924	2.47%	2.77%
1966	11,183,928	78,002	2.45%	2.74%
1967	11,457,328	79,814	2.44%	2.32%
1968	11,736,088	81,353	2.43%	1.93%
1969	12,013,858	82,885	2.37%	1.88%
1970	12,287,110	84,401	2.27%	1.83%
1971	12,551,910	85,896	2.16%	1.77%
1972	12,809,205	87,356	2.05%	1.7%
1973	13,060,916	88,805	1.97%	1.66%
1974	13,305,693	90,683	1.87%	2.11%
1975	13,548,984	93,017	1.83%	2.57%
1976	13,796,770	95,325	1.83%	2.48%
1977	14,049,371	96,725	1.83%	1.47%
1978	14,310,128	97,204	1.86%	0.5%
1979	14,579,614	97,544	1.88%	0.35%
1980	14,847,974	97,769	1.84%	0.23%
1981	15,099,414	97,909	1.69%	0.14%
1982	15,286,567	97,980	1.24%	0.07%
1983	15,388,794	97,998	0.67%	0.02%
1984	15,441,860	97,990	0.34%	-0.008%
1985	15,544,154	97,984	0.66%	-0.006%
1986	15,731,256	98,010	1.2%	0.03%
1987	15,916,576	98,376	1.18%	0.37%
1988	16,078,621	98,969	1.02%	0.6%
1989	16,248,557	99,403	1.06%	0.44%
1990	16,352,458	99,700	0.64%	0.3%
1991	16,475,354	99,895	0.75%	0.2%
1992	16,739,284	100,022	1.6%	0.13%
1993	17,025,918	100,103	1.71%	0.08%
1994	17,275,773	100,166	1.47%	0.06%
1995	17,564,068	100,225	1.67%	0.06%
1996	17,905,018	100,275	1.94%	0.05%
1997	18,248,200	100,674	1.92%	0.4%
1998	18,596,003	101,388	1.91%	0.71%
1999	18,944,731	102,046	1.88%	0.65%
2000	19,293,054	102,677	1.84%	0.62%
2001	19,600,362	103,288	1.59%	0.6%
2002	19,805,752	103,874	1.05%	0.57%
2003	19,951,521	104,464	0.74%	0.57%
2004	20,087,605	105,071	0.68%	0.58%
2005	20,216,524	105,671	0.64%	0.57%
2006	20,352,411	106,253	0.67%	0.55%
2007	20,492,545	106,726	0.69%	0.45%
2008	20,629,378	107,020	0.67%	0.28%
2009	20,756,435	107,203	0.62%	0.17%
2010	20,879,089	107,400	0.59%	0.18%
2011	21,009,048	107,570	0.62%	0.16%
2012	21,169,458	107,460	0.76%	-0.1%
2013	20,585,000	107,078	-2.76%	-0.36%
2014	20,778,000	106,609	0.94%	-0.44%
2015	20,970,000	106,095	0.92%	-0.48%
2016	21,209,000	105,524	1.14%	-0.54%
2017	21,453,000	105,356	1.15%	-0.16%
2018	21,670,000	105,567	1.01%	0.2%
2019	21,803,000	105,669	0.61%	0.1%
2020	21,919,000	105,704	0.53%	0.03%
2021	22,156,000	105,490	1.08%	-0.2%
2022	22,181,000	105,042	0.11%	-0.42%
2023	22,037,000	104,597	-0.65%	-0.42%
2024	21,916,000	104,175	-0.55%	-0.4%
2025	22,035,440	103,744	0.54%	-0.41%
2026	22,148,172	103,290	0.51%	-0.44%
2027	22,255,601	102,899	0.49%	-0.38%
2028	22,357,682	102,568	0.46%	-0.32%
2029	22,453,922	102,280	0.43%	-0.28%
2030	22,546,245	102,069	0.41%	-0.21%
2031	22,635,106	101,927	0.39%	-0.14%
2032	22,720,118	101,837	0.38%	-0.09%
2033	22,802,043	101,807	0.36%	-0.03%
2034	22,879,527	101,806	0.34%	-0.001%
2035	22,952,739	101,833	0.32%	0.03%
2036	23,022,027	101,895	0.3%	0.06%
2037	23,088,877	101,993	0.29%	0.1%
2038	23,152,480	102,173	0.28%	0.18%
2039	23,211,633	102,367	0.26%	0.19%
2040	23,265,986	102,568	0.23%	0.2%
2041	23,315,260	102,805	0.21%	0.23%
2042	23,359,578	103,038	0.19%	0.23%
2043	23,398,752	103,306	0.17%	0.26%
2044	23,433,096	103,612	0.15%	0.3%
2045	23,464,943	103,928	0.14%	0.3%
2046	23,492,738	104,232	0.12%	0.29%
2047	23,512,629	104,502	0.08%	0.26%
2048	23,525,953	104,744	0.06%	0.23%
2049	23,533,940	104,975	0.03%	0.22%
2050	23,538,230	105,193	0.02%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth), while Tonga lost 729 people (a 0.69% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sri Lanka gained 940,346 (a 4.43% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,234 (a 2.12% decline).

Sri Lanka was ranked 55th most populous country in 2006 and is 63rd in 2026. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2006 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.84% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.