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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Vanuatu	Sri Lanka	Vanuatu
1960	9,661,389	64,431	-	-
1961	9,899,372	66,264	2.46%	2.84%
1962	10,143,754	68,174	2.47%	2.88%
1963	10,395,040	70,159	2.48%	2.91%
1964	10,653,397	72,219	2.49%	2.94%
1965	10,916,965	74,358	2.47%	2.96%
1966	11,183,928	76,590	2.45%	3%
1967	11,457,328	78,921	2.44%	3.04%
1968	11,736,088	81,314	2.43%	3.03%
1969	12,013,858	83,755	2.37%	3%
1970	12,287,110	86,266	2.27%	3%
1971	12,551,910	88,862	2.16%	3.01%
1972	12,809,205	91,562	2.05%	3.04%
1973	13,060,916	94,362	1.97%	3.06%
1974	13,305,693	97,260	1.87%	3.07%
1975	13,548,984	100,269	1.83%	3.09%
1976	13,796,770	103,388	1.83%	3.11%
1977	14,049,371	106,618	1.83%	3.12%
1978	14,310,128	109,963	1.86%	3.14%
1979	14,579,614	113,040	1.88%	2.8%
1980	14,847,974	115,660	1.84%	2.32%
1981	15,099,414	118,249	1.69%	2.24%
1982	15,286,567	121,035	1.24%	2.36%
1983	15,388,794	123,998	0.67%	2.45%
1984	15,441,860	127,109	0.34%	2.51%
1985	15,544,154	130,356	0.66%	2.55%
1986	15,731,256	133,720	1.2%	2.58%
1987	15,916,576	137,187	1.18%	2.59%
1988	16,078,621	140,756	1.02%	2.6%
1989	16,248,557	144,393	1.06%	2.58%
1990	16,352,458	148,063	0.64%	2.54%
1991	16,475,354	151,793	0.75%	2.52%
1992	16,739,284	155,608	1.6%	2.51%
1993	17,025,918	159,463	1.71%	2.48%
1994	17,275,773	163,314	1.47%	2.41%
1995	17,564,068	167,137	1.67%	2.34%
1996	17,905,018	170,911	1.94%	2.26%
1997	18,248,200	174,626	1.92%	2.17%
1998	18,596,003	178,313	1.91%	2.11%
1999	18,944,731	182,048	1.88%	2.09%
2000	19,293,054	186,281	1.84%	2.33%
2001	19,600,362	191,031	1.59%	2.55%
2002	19,805,752	195,863	1.05%	2.53%
2003	19,951,521	200,746	0.74%	2.49%
2004	20,087,605	205,711	0.68%	2.47%
2005	20,216,524	210,760	0.64%	2.45%
2006	20,352,411	215,923	0.67%	2.45%
2007	20,492,545	221,276	0.69%	2.48%
2008	20,629,378	226,896	0.67%	2.54%
2009	20,756,435	232,731	0.62%	2.57%
2010	20,879,089	238,248	0.59%	2.37%
2011	21,009,048	243,474	0.62%	2.19%
2012	21,169,458	248,883	0.76%	2.22%
2013	20,585,000	254,482	-2.76%	2.25%
2014	20,778,000	260,240	0.94%	2.26%
2015	20,970,000	266,101	0.92%	2.25%
2016	21,209,000	272,087	1.14%	2.25%
2017	21,453,000	278,507	1.15%	2.36%
2018	21,670,000	285,259	1.01%	2.42%
2019	21,803,000	291,985	0.61%	2.36%
2020	21,919,000	298,858	0.53%	2.35%
2021	22,156,000	305,868	1.08%	2.35%
2022	22,181,000	313,046	0.11%	2.35%
2023	22,037,000	320,409	-0.65%	2.35%
2024	21,916,000	327,777	-0.55%	2.3%
2025	22,035,440	335,169	0.54%	2.26%
2026	22,148,172	342,565	0.51%	2.21%
2027	22,255,601	349,970	0.49%	2.16%
2028	22,357,682	357,397	0.46%	2.12%
2029	22,453,922	364,883	0.43%	2.09%
2030	22,546,245	372,429	0.41%	2.07%
2031	22,635,106	380,015	0.39%	2.04%
2032	22,720,118	387,657	0.38%	2.01%
2033	22,802,043	395,366	0.36%	1.99%
2034	22,879,527	403,188	0.34%	1.98%
2035	22,952,739	411,061	0.32%	1.95%
2036	23,022,027	419,006	0.3%	1.93%
2037	23,088,877	427,031	0.29%	1.92%
2038	23,152,480	435,150	0.28%	1.9%
2039	23,211,633	443,311	0.26%	1.88%
2040	23,265,986	451,509	0.23%	1.85%
2041	23,315,260	459,733	0.21%	1.82%
2042	23,359,578	468,003	0.19%	1.8%
2043	23,398,752	476,308	0.17%	1.77%
2044	23,433,096	484,636	0.15%	1.75%
2045	23,464,943	492,989	0.14%	1.72%
2046	23,492,738	501,316	0.12%	1.69%
2047	23,512,629	509,621	0.08%	1.66%
2048	23,525,953	517,889	0.06%	1.62%
2049	23,533,940	526,138	0.03%	1.59%
2050	23,538,230	534,374	0.02%	1.57%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth), while Vanuatu gained 56,164 people (a 26% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sri Lanka gained 940,346 (a 4.43% growth), while Vanuatu's population increased by 70,558 (a 25.9% growth).

Sri Lanka was ranked 55th most populous country in 2006 and is 63rd in 2026. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2006 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.