Population in Sri Lanka compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	United Kingdom	Sri Lanka	United Kingdom
1960	9,661,389	52,400,000	-	-
1961	9,899,372	52,800,000	2.46%	0.76%
1962	10,143,754	53,250,000	2.47%	0.85%
1963	10,395,040	53,650,000	2.48%	0.75%
1964	10,653,397	54,000,000	2.49%	0.65%
1965	10,916,965	54,348,050	2.47%	0.64%
1966	11,183,928	54,648,500	2.45%	0.55%
1967	11,457,328	54,943,600	2.44%	0.54%
1968	11,736,088	55,211,700	2.43%	0.49%
1969	12,013,858	55,441,750	2.37%	0.42%
1970	12,287,110	55,663,250	2.27%	0.4%
1971	12,551,910	55,896,223	2.16%	0.42%
1972	12,809,205	56,086,065	2.05%	0.34%
1973	13,060,916	56,194,527	1.97%	0.19%
1974	13,305,693	56,229,974	1.87%	0.06%
1975	13,548,984	56,225,800	1.83%	-0.007%
1976	13,796,770	56,211,968	1.83%	-0.02%
1977	14,049,371	56,193,492	1.83%	-0.03%
1978	14,310,128	56,196,504	1.86%	0.005%
1979	14,579,614	56,246,951	1.88%	0.09%
1980	14,847,974	56,314,216	1.84%	0.12%
1981	15,099,414	56,333,829	1.69%	0.03%
1982	15,286,567	56,313,641	1.24%	-0.04%
1983	15,388,794	56,332,848	0.67%	0.03%
1984	15,441,860	56,422,072	0.34%	0.16%
1985	15,544,154	56,550,268	0.66%	0.23%
1986	15,731,256	56,681,396	1.2%	0.23%
1987	15,916,576	56,802,050	1.18%	0.21%
1988	16,078,621	56,928,327	1.02%	0.22%
1989	16,248,557	57,076,711	1.06%	0.26%
1990	16,352,458	57,247,586	0.64%	0.3%
1991	16,475,354	57,424,897	0.75%	0.31%
1992	16,739,284	57,580,402	1.6%	0.27%
1993	17,025,918	57,718,614	1.71%	0.24%
1994	17,275,773	57,865,745	1.47%	0.25%
1995	17,564,068	58,019,030	1.67%	0.26%
1996	17,905,018	58,166,950	1.94%	0.25%
1997	18,248,200	58,316,954	1.92%	0.26%
1998	18,596,003	58,487,141	1.91%	0.29%
1999	18,944,731	58,682,466	1.88%	0.33%
2000	19,293,054	58,892,514	1.84%	0.36%
2001	19,600,362	59,119,673	1.59%	0.39%
2002	19,805,752	59,370,479	1.05%	0.42%
2003	19,951,521	59,647,577	0.74%	0.47%
2004	20,087,605	59,987,905	0.68%	0.57%
2005	20,216,524	60,401,206	0.64%	0.69%
2006	20,352,411	60,846,820	0.67%	0.74%
2007	20,492,545	61,322,463	0.69%	0.78%
2008	20,629,378	61,806,995	0.67%	0.79%
2009	20,756,435	62,276,270	0.62%	0.76%
2010	20,879,089	62,766,365	0.59%	0.79%
2011	21,009,048	63,258,810	0.62%	0.78%
2012	21,169,458	63,711,000	0.76%	0.71%
2013	20,585,000	64,139,000	-2.76%	0.67%
2014	20,778,000	64,620,000	0.94%	0.75%
2015	20,970,000	65,088,000	0.92%	0.72%
2016	21,209,000	65,607,000	1.14%	0.8%
2017	21,453,000	65,966,000	1.15%	0.55%
2018	21,670,000	66,289,000	1.01%	0.49%
2019	21,803,000	66,631,000	0.61%	0.52%
2020	21,919,000	66,744,000	0.53%	0.17%
2021	22,156,000	66,984,000	1.08%	0.36%
2022	22,181,000	67,604,000	0.11%	0.93%
2023	22,037,000	68,492,000	-0.65%	1.31%
2024	21,916,000	69,226,000	-0.55%	1.07%
2025	22,035,440	69,639,673	0.54%	0.6%
2026	22,148,172	70,020,350	0.51%	0.55%
2027	22,255,601	70,382,853	0.49%	0.52%
2028	22,357,682	70,732,699	0.46%	0.5%
2029	22,453,922	71,061,482	0.43%	0.46%
2030	22,546,245	71,377,535	0.41%	0.44%
2031	22,635,106	71,678,351	0.39%	0.42%
2032	22,720,118	71,959,934	0.38%	0.39%
2033	22,802,043	72,234,509	0.36%	0.38%
2034	22,879,527	72,497,650	0.34%	0.36%
2035	22,952,739	72,749,096	0.32%	0.35%
2036	23,022,027	72,990,847	0.3%	0.33%
2037	23,088,877	73,218,850	0.29%	0.31%
2038	23,152,480	73,441,349	0.28%	0.3%
2039	23,211,633	73,658,392	0.26%	0.3%
2040	23,265,986	73,868,334	0.23%	0.29%
2041	23,315,260	74,074,316	0.21%	0.28%
2042	23,359,578	74,275,779	0.19%	0.27%
2043	23,398,752	74,475,035	0.17%	0.27%
2044	23,433,096	74,667,284	0.15%	0.26%
2045	23,464,943	74,848,605	0.14%	0.24%
2046	23,492,738	75,020,949	0.12%	0.23%
2047	23,512,629	75,184,478	0.08%	0.22%
2048	23,525,953	75,337,543	0.06%	0.2%
2049	23,533,940	75,476,141	0.03%	0.18%
2050	23,538,230	75,600,588	0.02%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sri Lanka gained 940,346 (a 4.43% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Sri Lanka was ranked 55th most populous country in 2006 and is 63rd in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.