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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	United States	Sri Lanka	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	9,661,389	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	9,899,372	183,691,481	2.46%	1.67%
1962	10,143,754	186,537,737	2.47%	1.55%
1963	10,395,040	189,241,798	2.48%	1.45%
1964	10,653,397	191,888,791	2.49%	1.4%
1965	10,916,965	194,302,963	2.47%	1.26%
1966	11,183,928	196,560,338	2.45%	1.16%
1967	11,457,328	198,712,056	2.44%	1.09%
1968	11,736,088	200,706,052	2.43%	1%
1969	12,013,858	202,676,946	2.37%	0.98%
1970	12,287,110	205,052,174	2.27%	1.17%
1971	12,551,910	207,660,677	2.16%	1.27%
1972	12,809,205	209,896,021	2.05%	1.08%
1973	13,060,916	211,908,788	1.97%	0.96%
1974	13,305,693	213,853,928	1.87%	0.92%
1975	13,548,984	215,973,199	1.83%	0.99%
1976	13,796,770	218,035,164	1.83%	0.95%
1977	14,049,371	220,239,425	1.83%	1.01%
1978	14,310,128	222,584,545	1.86%	1.06%
1979	14,579,614	225,055,487	1.88%	1.11%
1980	14,847,974	226,542,250	1.84%	0.66%
1981	15,099,414	229,465,744	1.69%	1.29%
1982	15,286,567	231,664,432	1.24%	0.96%
1983	15,388,794	233,792,014	0.67%	0.92%
1984	15,441,860	235,824,908	0.34%	0.87%
1985	15,544,154	237,923,734	0.66%	0.89%
1986	15,731,256	240,132,831	1.2%	0.93%
1987	15,916,576	242,288,936	1.18%	0.9%
1988	16,078,621	244,499,004	1.02%	0.91%
1989	16,248,557	246,819,222	1.06%	0.95%
1990	16,352,458	250,131,894	0.64%	1.34%
1991	16,475,354	253,492,503	0.75%	1.34%
1992	16,739,284	256,894,189	1.6%	1.34%
1993	17,025,918	260,255,352	1.71%	1.31%
1994	17,275,773	263,435,673	1.47%	1.22%
1995	17,564,068	266,557,091	1.67%	1.18%
1996	17,905,018	269,667,391	1.94%	1.17%
1997	18,248,200	272,911,760	1.92%	1.2%
1998	18,596,003	276,115,288	1.91%	1.17%
1999	18,944,731	279,294,713	1.88%	1.15%
2000	19,293,054	282,162,411	1.84%	1.03%
2001	19,600,362	284,968,955	1.59%	0.99%
2002	19,805,752	287,625,193	1.05%	0.93%
2003	19,951,521	290,107,933	0.74%	0.86%
2004	20,087,605	292,805,298	0.68%	0.93%
2005	20,216,524	295,516,599	0.64%	0.93%
2006	20,352,411	298,379,912	0.67%	0.97%
2007	20,492,545	301,231,207	0.69%	0.96%
2008	20,629,378	304,093,966	0.67%	0.95%
2009	20,756,435	306,771,529	0.62%	0.88%
2010	20,879,089	309,327,143	0.59%	0.83%
2011	21,009,048	311,583,481	0.62%	0.73%
2012	21,169,458	313,877,662	0.76%	0.74%
2013	20,585,000	316,059,947	-2.76%	0.7%
2014	20,778,000	318,386,329	0.94%	0.74%
2015	20,970,000	320,738,994	0.92%	0.74%
2016	21,209,000	323,071,755	1.14%	0.73%
2017	21,453,000	325,122,128	1.15%	0.63%
2018	21,670,000	326,838,199	1.01%	0.53%
2019	21,803,000	328,329,953	0.61%	0.46%
2020	21,919,000	331,526,933	0.53%	0.97%
2021	22,156,000	331,893,745	1.08%	0.11%
2022	22,181,000	333,271,411	0.11%	0.42%
2023	22,037,000	334,914,895	-0.65%	0.49%
2024	21,916,000	340,110,988	-0.55%	1.55%
2025	22,035,440	341,931,772	0.54%	0.54%
2026	22,148,172	343,664,369	0.51%	0.51%
2027	22,255,601	345,331,185	0.49%	0.49%
2028	22,357,682	346,981,137	0.46%	0.48%
2029	22,453,922	348,601,982	0.43%	0.47%
2030	22,546,245	350,176,974	0.41%	0.45%
2031	22,635,106	351,725,612	0.39%	0.44%
2032	22,720,118	353,249,060	0.38%	0.43%
2033	22,802,043	354,749,644	0.36%	0.42%
2034	22,879,527	356,234,239	0.34%	0.42%
2035	22,952,739	357,694,316	0.32%	0.41%
2036	23,022,027	359,119,002	0.3%	0.4%
2037	23,088,877	360,517,853	0.29%	0.39%
2038	23,152,480	361,895,407	0.28%	0.38%
2039	23,211,633	363,229,908	0.26%	0.37%
2040	23,265,986	364,512,364	0.23%	0.35%
2041	23,315,260	365,753,139	0.21%	0.34%
2042	23,359,578	366,969,419	0.19%	0.33%
2043	23,398,752	368,146,925	0.17%	0.32%
2044	23,433,096	369,258,123	0.15%	0.3%
2045	23,464,943	370,318,770	0.14%	0.29%
2046	23,492,738	371,328,255	0.12%	0.27%
2047	23,512,629	372,299,116	0.08%	0.26%
2048	23,525,953	373,230,539	0.06%	0.25%
2049	23,533,940	374,119,803	0.03%	0.24%
2050	23,538,230	374,986,259	0.02%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sri Lanka gained 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd most populous country in 2005 and is 63rd in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.