The latest officially reported population of Sri Lanka was 21,916,000 in 2024 vs 3,386,588 people in Uruguay in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Sri Lanka's population is 22,125,995 people compared to 3,384,690 in Uruguay.
Population statistics:
- Sri Lanka's population is 6.54 times bigger than Uruguay's.
- Sri Lanka is ranked the 63rd most populous country in the world, while Uruguay is the 133rd.
- The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.27% for Sri Lanka vs 0.04% for Uruguay.
- For the last 10 years, Sri Lanka has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs +0.11% in Uruguay.
- Since 2005, the population of Sri Lanka has increased from 20.2M people to 22.1M (9.45% growth), while Uruguay has grown from 3.29M to 3.38M (3.01% growth).
- Sri Lanka is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 23.5M people, while Uruguay's population already peaked in 2020 at 3.4M people and is projected to decrease to 2.25M people by 2100.
Sri Lanka vs Uruguay: live population counter
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| Current population |
22125995
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3384690
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| Population rank | 63/197 | 133/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.27% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
4.34 minutes
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5.87 hours
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| One birth every |
2.13 minutes
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15.7 minutes
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| One death every |
2.91 minutes
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15.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
19.3 minutes
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6.5 hours
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| Annual migration change | -27,245 | -1,348 |
| Daily growth/decline | -332 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | -121,000 | -1,493 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.55% | -0.04% |
| Population growth rate rank | 187/197 | 169/197 |
Sri Lanka and Uruguay: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,661,389 | 2,529,957 | - | - |
| 1961 | 9,899,372 | 2,562,044 | 2.46% | 1.27% |
| 1962 | 10,143,754 | 2,593,298 | 2.47% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 10,395,040 | 2,623,766 | 2.48% | 1.17% |
| 1964 | 10,653,397 | 2,653,180 | 2.49% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 10,916,965 | 2,681,169 | 2.47% | 1.05% |
| 1966 | 11,183,928 | 2,707,646 | 2.45% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 11,457,328 | 2,732,277 | 2.44% | 0.91% |
| 1968 | 11,736,088 | 2,754,606 | 2.43% | 0.82% |
| 1969 | 12,013,858 | 2,773,974 | 2.37% | 0.7% |
| 1970 | 12,287,110 | 2,790,807 | 2.27% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 12,551,910 | 2,806,462 | 2.16% | 0.56% |
| 1972 | 12,809,205 | 2,821,644 | 2.05% | 0.54% |
| 1973 | 13,060,916 | 2,837,133 | 1.97% | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 13,305,693 | 2,853,944 | 1.87% | 0.59% |
| 1975 | 13,548,984 | 2,872,320 | 1.83% | 0.64% |
| 1976 | 13,796,770 | 2,891,392 | 1.83% | 0.66% |
| 1977 | 14,049,371 | 2,909,461 | 1.83% | 0.62% |
| 1978 | 14,310,128 | 2,925,715 | 1.86% | 0.56% |
| 1979 | 14,579,614 | 2,939,903 | 1.88% | 0.48% |
| 1980 | 14,847,974 | 2,951,953 | 1.84% | 0.41% |
| 1981 | 15,099,414 | 2,963,246 | 1.69% | 0.38% |
| 1982 | 15,286,567 | 2,975,492 | 1.24% | 0.41% |
| 1983 | 15,388,794 | 2,988,778 | 0.67% | 0.45% |
| 1984 | 15,441,860 | 3,002,488 | 0.34% | 0.46% |
| 1985 | 15,544,154 | 3,017,037 | 0.66% | 0.48% |
| 1986 | 15,731,256 | 3,032,845 | 1.2% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 15,916,576 | 3,049,896 | 1.18% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 16,078,621 | 3,067,961 | 1.02% | 0.59% |
| 1989 | 16,248,557 | 3,086,255 | 1.06% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 16,352,458 | 3,104,403 | 0.64% | 0.59% |
| 1991 | 16,475,354 | 3,122,354 | 0.75% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 16,739,284 | 3,139,702 | 1.6% | 0.56% |
| 1993 | 17,025,918 | 3,156,345 | 1.71% | 0.53% |
| 1994 | 17,275,773 | 3,172,834 | 1.47% | 0.52% |
| 1995 | 17,564,068 | 3,189,440 | 1.67% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 17,905,018 | 3,206,324 | 1.94% | 0.53% |
| 1997 | 18,248,200 | 3,223,345 | 1.92% | 0.53% |
| 1998 | 18,596,003 | 3,239,280 | 1.91% | 0.49% |
| 1999 | 18,944,731 | 3,254,015 | 1.88% | 0.45% |
| 2000 | 19,293,054 | 3,266,206 | 1.84% | 0.37% |
| 2001 | 19,600,362 | 3,274,251 | 1.59% | 0.25% |
| 2002 | 19,805,752 | 3,278,867 | 1.05% | 0.14% |
| 2003 | 19,951,521 | 3,281,186 | 0.74% | 0.07% |
| 2004 | 20,087,605 | 3,283,148 | 0.68% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 20,216,524 | 3,285,771 | 0.64% | 0.08% |
| 2006 | 20,352,411 | 3,289,506 | 0.67% | 0.11% |
| 2007 | 20,492,545 | 3,295,153 | 0.69% | 0.17% |
| 2008 | 20,629,378 | 3,302,177 | 0.67% | 0.21% |
| 2009 | 20,756,435 | 3,310,091 | 0.62% | 0.24% |
| 2010 | 20,879,089 | 3,318,580 | 0.59% | 0.26% |
| 2011 | 21,009,048 | 3,326,825 | 0.62% | 0.25% |
| 2012 | 21,169,458 | 3,335,401 | 0.76% | 0.26% |
| 2013 | 20,585,000 | 3,345,337 | -2.76% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 20,778,000 | 3,356,334 | 0.94% | 0.33% |
| 2015 | 20,970,000 | 3,368,017 | 0.92% | 0.35% |
| 2016 | 21,209,000 | 3,379,283 | 1.14% | 0.33% |
| 2017 | 21,453,000 | 3,388,438 | 1.15% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 21,670,000 | 3,394,534 | 1.01% | 0.18% |
| 2019 | 21,803,000 | 3,397,206 | 0.61% | 0.08% |
| 2020 | 21,919,000 | 3,398,968 | 0.53% | 0.05% |
| 2021 | 22,156,000 | 3,396,695 | 1.08% | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 22,181,000 | 3,390,913 | 0.11% | -0.17% |
| 2023 | 22,037,000 | 3,388,081 | -0.65% | -0.08% |
| 2024 | 21,916,000 | 3,386,588 | -0.55% | -0.04% |
| 2025 | 22,035,440 | 3,384,690 | 0.54% | -0.06% |
| 2026 | 22,148,172 | 3,382,543 | 0.51% | -0.06% |
| 2027 | 22,255,601 | 3,380,245 | 0.49% | -0.07% |
| 2028 | 22,357,682 | 3,377,893 | 0.46% | -0.07% |
| 2029 | 22,453,922 | 3,375,428 | 0.43% | -0.07% |
| 2030 | 22,546,245 | 3,372,892 | 0.41% | -0.08% |
| 2031 | 22,635,106 | 3,370,285 | 0.39% | -0.08% |
| 2032 | 22,720,118 | 3,367,544 | 0.38% | -0.08% |
| 2033 | 22,802,043 | 3,364,654 | 0.36% | -0.09% |
| 2034 | 22,879,527 | 3,361,591 | 0.34% | -0.09% |
| 2035 | 22,952,739 | 3,358,284 | 0.32% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 23,022,027 | 3,354,682 | 0.3% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 23,088,877 | 3,350,735 | 0.29% | -0.12% |
| 2038 | 23,152,480 | 3,346,431 | 0.28% | -0.13% |
| 2039 | 23,211,633 | 3,341,676 | 0.26% | -0.14% |
| 2040 | 23,265,986 | 3,336,469 | 0.23% | -0.16% |
| 2041 | 23,315,260 | 3,330,804 | 0.21% | -0.17% |
| 2042 | 23,359,578 | 3,324,643 | 0.19% | -0.18% |
| 2043 | 23,398,752 | 3,317,939 | 0.17% | -0.2% |
| 2044 | 23,433,096 | 3,310,611 | 0.15% | -0.22% |
| 2045 | 23,464,943 | 3,302,680 | 0.14% | -0.24% |
| 2046 | 23,492,738 | 3,294,196 | 0.12% | -0.26% |
| 2047 | 23,512,629 | 3,285,160 | 0.08% | -0.27% |
| 2048 | 23,525,953 | 3,275,507 | 0.06% | -0.29% |
| 2049 | 23,533,940 | 3,265,260 | 0.03% | -0.31% |
| 2050 | 23,538,230 | 3,254,361 | 0.02% | -0.33% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sri Lanka gained 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).
Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd most populous country in 2005 and is 63rd in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Colombo | 753K |
| Gampaha | 191K |
| Beruwala | 165K |
| Negombo | 142K |
| Kandy | 120K |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 116K |
| Trincomalee | 99.1K |
| Galle | 93.1K |
| Matara | 68.2K |
| Anuradhapura | 63.2K |
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| City | Population |
| Montevideo | 1.3M |
| Salto | 125K |
| Ciudad de la Costa | 112K |
| Rivera | 103K |
| Maldonado | 86.8K |
| Paysandu | 76.4K |
| Tacuarembo | 54.8K |
| Melo | 51.8K |
| Mercedes | 42K |
| Artigas | 40.7K |
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Population differences between Sri Lanka and Uruguay
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| Life expectancy | 77.9 years | 78.5 years |
| Average age | 35.8 years | 38.9 years |
| Median age | 34.1 years | 37.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.97 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 918 ppl/mi² | 50.1 ppl/mi² |
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