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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Tunisia	Sri Lanka	Tunisia
1960	9,661,389	4,267,288	-	-
1961	9,899,372	4,316,278	2.46%	1.15%
1962	10,143,754	4,369,136	2.47%	1.22%
1963	10,395,040	4,427,131	2.48%	1.33%
1964	10,653,397	4,489,869	2.49%	1.42%
1965	10,916,965	4,561,385	2.47%	1.59%
1966	11,183,928	4,652,287	2.45%	1.99%
1967	11,457,328	4,760,970	2.44%	2.34%
1968	11,736,088	4,879,899	2.43%	2.5%
1969	12,013,858	5,004,697	2.37%	2.56%
1970	12,287,110	5,131,396	2.27%	2.53%
1971	12,551,910	5,261,658	2.16%	2.54%
1972	12,809,205	5,396,557	2.05%	2.56%
1973	13,060,916	5,537,242	1.97%	2.61%
1974	13,305,693	5,684,674	1.87%	2.66%
1975	13,548,984	5,839,262	1.83%	2.72%
1976	13,796,770	5,996,994	1.83%	2.7%
1977	14,049,371	6,155,931	1.83%	2.65%
1978	14,310,128	6,309,390	1.86%	2.49%
1979	14,579,614	6,456,419	1.88%	2.33%
1980	14,847,974	6,606,195	1.84%	2.32%
1981	15,099,414	6,758,284	1.69%	2.3%
1982	15,286,567	6,908,642	1.24%	2.22%
1983	15,388,794	7,053,800	0.67%	2.1%
1984	15,441,860	7,220,044	0.34%	2.36%
1985	15,544,154	7,409,903	0.66%	2.63%
1986	15,731,256	7,600,301	1.2%	2.57%
1987	15,916,576	7,789,987	1.18%	2.5%
1988	16,078,621	7,974,440	1.02%	2.37%
1989	16,248,557	8,151,660	1.06%	2.22%
1990	16,352,458	8,324,509	0.64%	2.12%
1991	16,475,354	8,501,827	0.75%	2.13%
1992	16,739,284	8,682,512	1.6%	2.13%
1993	17,025,918	8,857,910	1.71%	2.02%
1994	17,275,773	9,018,448	1.47%	1.81%
1995	17,564,068	9,161,258	1.67%	1.58%
1996	17,905,018	9,294,432	1.94%	1.45%
1997	18,248,200	9,421,270	1.92%	1.36%
1998	18,596,003	9,541,667	1.91%	1.28%
1999	18,944,731	9,655,963	1.88%	1.2%
2000	19,293,054	9,764,935	1.84%	1.13%
2001	19,600,362	9,869,677	1.59%	1.07%
2002	19,805,752	9,971,515	1.05%	1.03%
2003	19,951,521	10,071,632	0.74%	1%
2004	20,087,605	10,166,163	0.68%	0.94%
2005	20,216,524	10,255,472	0.64%	0.88%
2006	20,352,411	10,346,410	0.67%	0.89%
2007	20,492,545	10,441,702	0.69%	0.92%
2008	20,629,378	10,542,635	0.67%	0.97%
2009	20,756,435	10,650,681	0.62%	1.02%
2010	20,879,089	10,765,980	0.59%	1.08%
2011	21,009,048	10,886,035	0.62%	1.12%
2012	21,169,458	11,009,647	0.76%	1.14%
2013	20,585,000	11,141,361	-2.76%	1.2%
2014	20,778,000	11,274,288	0.94%	1.19%
2015	20,970,000	11,402,264	0.92%	1.14%
2016	21,209,000	11,528,674	1.14%	1.11%
2017	21,453,000	11,650,498	1.15%	1.06%
2018	21,670,000	11,765,514	1.01%	0.99%
2019	21,803,000	11,875,081	0.61%	0.93%
2020	21,919,000	11,974,057	0.53%	0.83%
2021	22,156,000	12,048,622	1.08%	0.62%
2022	22,181,000	12,119,334	0.11%	0.59%
2023	22,037,000	12,200,431	-0.65%	0.67%
2024	21,916,000	12,277,109	-0.55%	0.63%
2025	22,035,440	12,348,580	0.54%	0.58%
2026	22,148,172	12,415,147	0.51%	0.54%
2027	22,255,601	12,476,105	0.49%	0.49%
2028	22,357,682	12,531,994	0.46%	0.45%
2029	22,453,922	12,582,709	0.43%	0.4%
2030	22,546,245	12,628,154	0.41%	0.36%
2031	22,635,106	12,669,925	0.39%	0.33%
2032	22,720,118	12,709,155	0.38%	0.31%
2033	22,802,043	12,746,538	0.36%	0.29%
2034	22,879,527	12,781,017	0.34%	0.27%
2035	22,952,739	12,812,275	0.32%	0.24%
2036	23,022,027	12,842,495	0.3%	0.24%
2037	23,088,877	12,872,063	0.29%	0.23%
2038	23,152,480	12,900,190	0.28%	0.22%
2039	23,211,633	12,927,314	0.26%	0.21%
2040	23,265,986	12,953,871	0.23%	0.21%
2041	23,315,260	12,979,696	0.21%	0.2%
2042	23,359,578	13,005,242	0.19%	0.2%
2043	23,398,752	13,030,307	0.17%	0.19%
2044	23,433,096	13,054,103	0.15%	0.18%
2045	23,464,943	13,076,097	0.14%	0.17%
2046	23,492,738	13,095,748	0.12%	0.15%
2047	23,512,629	13,113,228	0.08%	0.13%
2048	23,525,953	13,127,662	0.06%	0.11%
2049	23,533,940	13,138,151	0.03%	0.08%
2050	23,538,230	13,145,144	0.02%	0.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sri Lanka gained 940,346 (a 4.43% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).

Sri Lanka was ranked 55th most populous country in 2006 and is 63rd in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.