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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Uganda	Sri Lanka	Uganda
1960	9,661,389	7,640,973	-	-
1961	9,899,372	7,862,217	2.46%	2.9%
1962	10,143,754	8,092,231	2.47%	2.93%
1963	10,395,040	8,333,663	2.48%	2.98%
1964	10,653,397	8,586,363	2.49%	3.03%
1965	10,916,965	8,849,203	2.47%	3.06%
1966	11,183,928	9,122,864	2.45%	3.09%
1967	11,457,328	9,408,924	2.44%	3.14%
1968	11,736,088	9,708,632	2.43%	3.19%
1969	12,013,858	10,014,858	2.37%	3.15%
1970	12,287,110	10,321,603	2.27%	3.06%
1971	12,551,910	10,618,206	2.16%	2.87%
1972	12,809,205	10,885,796	2.05%	2.52%
1973	13,060,916	11,144,236	1.97%	2.37%
1974	13,305,693	11,424,846	1.87%	2.52%
1975	13,548,984	11,725,240	1.83%	2.63%
1976	13,796,770	12,037,294	1.83%	2.66%
1977	14,049,371	12,359,669	1.83%	2.68%
1978	14,310,128	12,692,113	1.86%	2.69%
1979	14,579,614	13,002,163	1.88%	2.44%
1980	14,847,974	13,275,741	1.84%	2.1%
1981	15,099,414	13,556,452	1.69%	2.11%
1982	15,286,567	13,873,631	1.24%	2.34%
1983	15,388,794	14,221,881	0.67%	2.51%
1984	15,441,860	14,607,677	0.34%	2.71%
1985	15,544,154	15,023,681	0.66%	2.85%
1986	15,731,256	15,467,579	1.2%	2.95%
1987	15,916,576	15,954,170	1.18%	3.15%
1988	16,078,621	16,470,483	1.02%	3.24%
1989	16,248,557	17,010,698	1.06%	3.28%
1990	16,352,458	17,569,897	0.64%	3.29%
1991	16,475,354	18,155,901	0.75%	3.34%
1992	16,739,284	18,785,032	1.6%	3.47%
1993	17,025,918	19,445,161	1.71%	3.51%
1994	17,275,773	20,108,801	1.47%	3.41%
1995	17,564,068	20,665,667	1.67%	2.77%
1996	17,905,018	21,231,550	1.94%	2.74%
1997	18,248,200	21,856,046	1.92%	2.94%
1998	18,596,003	22,515,806	1.91%	3.02%
1999	18,944,731	23,257,281	1.88%	3.29%
2000	19,293,054	24,000,150	1.84%	3.19%
2001	19,600,362	24,745,676	1.59%	3.11%
2002	19,805,752	25,532,870	1.05%	3.18%
2003	19,951,521	26,352,124	0.74%	3.21%
2004	20,087,605	27,154,515	0.68%	3.04%
2005	20,216,524	27,963,289	0.64%	2.98%
2006	20,352,411	28,794,003	0.67%	2.97%
2007	20,492,545	29,653,430	0.69%	2.98%
2008	20,629,378	30,539,553	0.67%	2.99%
2009	20,756,435	31,451,151	0.62%	2.98%
2010	20,879,089	32,390,802	0.59%	2.99%
2011	21,009,048	33,354,543	0.62%	2.98%
2012	21,169,458	34,337,438	0.76%	2.95%
2013	20,585,000	35,337,042	-2.76%	2.91%
2014	20,778,000	36,395,539	0.94%	3%
2015	20,970,000	37,531,446	0.92%	3.12%
2016	21,209,000	38,799,152	1.14%	3.38%
2017	21,453,000	40,177,388	1.15%	3.55%
2018	21,670,000	41,565,831	1.01%	3.46%
2019	21,803,000	42,999,637	0.61%	3.45%
2020	21,919,000	44,457,152	0.53%	3.39%
2021	22,156,000	45,910,930	1.08%	3.27%
2022	22,181,000	47,312,719	0.11%	3.05%
2023	22,037,000	48,656,601	-0.65%	2.84%
2024	21,916,000	50,015,092	-0.55%	2.79%
2025	22,035,440	51,384,895	0.54%	2.74%
2026	22,148,172	52,761,471	0.51%	2.68%
2027	22,255,601	54,144,274	0.49%	2.62%
2028	22,357,682	55,532,564	0.46%	2.56%
2029	22,453,922	56,922,797	0.43%	2.5%
2030	22,546,245	58,312,944	0.41%	2.44%
2031	22,635,106	59,703,537	0.39%	2.38%
2032	22,720,118	61,089,060	0.38%	2.32%
2033	22,802,043	62,464,116	0.36%	2.25%
2034	22,879,527	63,833,872	0.34%	2.19%
2035	22,952,739	65,205,570	0.32%	2.15%
2036	23,022,027	66,573,737	0.3%	2.1%
2037	23,088,877	67,942,634	0.29%	2.06%
2038	23,152,480	69,312,210	0.28%	2.02%
2039	23,211,633	70,669,875	0.26%	1.96%
2040	23,265,986	72,020,414	0.23%	1.91%
2041	23,315,260	73,372,658	0.21%	1.88%
2042	23,359,578	74,730,004	0.19%	1.85%
2043	23,398,752	76,090,991	0.17%	1.82%
2044	23,433,096	77,449,517	0.15%	1.79%
2045	23,464,943	78,797,995	0.14%	1.74%
2046	23,492,738	80,139,174	0.12%	1.7%
2047	23,512,629	81,478,503	0.08%	1.67%
2048	23,525,953	82,812,102	0.06%	1.64%
2049	23,533,940	84,130,056	0.03%	1.59%
2050	23,538,230	85,431,202	0.02%	1.55%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sri Lanka gained 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).

Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd most populous country in 2005 and is 63rd in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.