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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Turkey	Sri Lanka	Turkey
1960	9,661,389	28,329,898	-	-
1961	9,899,372	29,119,238	2.46%	2.79%
1962	10,143,754	29,916,147	2.47%	2.74%
1963	10,395,040	30,726,841	2.48%	2.71%
1964	10,653,397	31,543,072	2.49%	2.66%
1965	10,916,965	32,345,220	2.47%	2.54%
1966	11,183,928	33,177,672	2.45%	2.57%
1967	11,457,328	34,050,421	2.44%	2.63%
1968	11,736,088	34,921,684	2.43%	2.56%
1969	12,013,858	35,787,774	2.37%	2.48%
1970	12,287,110	36,638,465	2.27%	2.38%
1971	12,551,910	37,518,611	2.16%	2.4%
1972	12,809,205	38,430,221	2.05%	2.43%
1973	13,060,916	39,329,533	1.97%	2.34%
1974	13,305,693	40,210,234	1.87%	2.24%
1975	13,548,984	41,053,126	1.83%	2.1%
1976	13,796,770	41,899,984	1.83%	2.06%
1977	14,049,371	42,773,298	1.83%	2.08%
1978	14,310,128	43,645,306	1.86%	2.04%
1979	14,579,614	44,510,429	1.88%	1.98%
1980	14,847,974	45,408,815	1.84%	2.02%
1981	15,099,414	46,321,190	1.69%	2.01%
1982	15,286,567	47,322,096	1.24%	2.16%
1983	15,388,794	48,447,410	0.67%	2.38%
1984	15,441,860	49,574,069	0.34%	2.33%
1985	15,544,154	50,687,115	0.66%	2.25%
1986	15,731,256	51,777,772	1.2%	2.15%
1987	15,916,576	52,843,670	1.18%	2.06%
1988	16,078,621	53,909,626	1.02%	2.02%
1989	16,248,557	54,976,723	1.06%	1.98%
1990	16,352,458	56,015,628	0.64%	1.89%
1991	16,475,354	57,009,887	0.75%	1.77%
1992	16,739,284	57,990,118	1.6%	1.72%
1993	17,025,918	58,999,167	1.71%	1.74%
1994	17,275,773	60,033,836	1.47%	1.75%
1995	17,564,068	61,024,503	1.67%	1.65%
1996	17,905,018	61,951,134	1.94%	1.52%
1997	18,248,200	62,852,966	1.92%	1.46%
1998	18,596,003	63,734,383	1.91%	1.4%
1999	18,944,731	64,591,923	1.88%	1.35%
2000	19,293,054	65,425,961	1.84%	1.29%
2001	19,600,362	66,245,128	1.59%	1.25%
2002	19,805,752	67,048,795	1.05%	1.21%
2003	19,951,521	67,831,730	0.74%	1.17%
2004	20,087,605	68,592,617	0.68%	1.12%
2005	20,216,524	69,329,557	0.64%	1.07%
2006	20,352,411	70,045,349	0.67%	1.03%
2007	20,492,545	70,158,112	0.69%	0.16%
2008	20,629,378	71,051,678	0.67%	1.27%
2009	20,756,435	72,039,206	0.62%	1.39%
2010	20,879,089	73,142,150	0.59%	1.53%
2011	21,009,048	74,223,629	0.62%	1.48%
2012	21,169,458	75,175,827	0.76%	1.28%
2013	20,585,000	76,147,624	-2.76%	1.29%
2014	20,778,000	77,181,884	0.94%	1.36%
2015	20,970,000	78,218,479	0.92%	1.34%
2016	21,209,000	79,277,962	1.14%	1.35%
2017	21,453,000	80,312,698	1.15%	1.31%
2018	21,670,000	81,407,204	1.01%	1.36%
2019	21,803,000	82,579,440	0.61%	1.44%
2020	21,919,000	83,384,680	0.53%	0.98%
2021	22,156,000	84,147,318	1.08%	0.91%
2022	22,181,000	84,979,913	0.11%	0.99%
2023	22,037,000	85,325,965	-0.65%	0.41%
2024	21,916,000	85,518,661	-0.55%	0.23%
2025	22,035,440	85,725,557	0.54%	0.24%
2026	22,148,172	85,960,835	0.51%	0.27%
2027	22,255,601	86,227,115	0.49%	0.31%
2028	22,357,682	86,502,744	0.46%	0.32%
2029	22,453,922	86,771,652	0.43%	0.31%
2030	22,546,245	87,037,680	0.41%	0.31%
2031	22,635,106	87,297,191	0.39%	0.3%
2032	22,720,118	87,537,075	0.38%	0.27%
2033	22,802,043	87,762,403	0.36%	0.26%
2034	22,879,527	87,974,138	0.34%	0.24%
2035	22,952,739	88,172,739	0.32%	0.23%
2036	23,022,027	88,364,318	0.3%	0.22%
2037	23,088,877	88,545,669	0.29%	0.21%
2038	23,152,480	88,707,268	0.28%	0.18%
2039	23,211,633	88,849,956	0.26%	0.16%
2040	23,265,986	88,975,510	0.23%	0.14%
2041	23,315,260	89,083,304	0.21%	0.12%
2042	23,359,578	89,177,769	0.19%	0.11%
2043	23,398,752	89,254,147	0.17%	0.09%
2044	23,433,096	89,311,458	0.15%	0.06%
2045	23,464,943	89,349,806	0.14%	0.04%
2046	23,492,738	89,375,429	0.12%	0.03%
2047	23,512,629	89,383,765	0.08%	0.009%
2048	23,525,953	89,361,174	0.06%	-0.03%
2049	23,533,940	89,306,566	0.03%	-0.06%
2050	23,538,230	89,218,346	0.02%	-0.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sri Lanka gained 940,346 (a 4.43% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).

Sri Lanka was ranked 55th most populous country in 2006 and is 63rd in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.