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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Vatican	Sri Lanka	Vatican
1960	9,661,389	-	-	-
1961	9,899,372	-	2.46%	-
1962	10,143,754	-	2.47%	-
1963	10,395,040	-	2.48%	-
1964	10,653,397	-	2.49%	-
1965	10,916,965	-	2.47%	-
1966	11,183,928	-	2.45%	-
1967	11,457,328	-	2.44%	-
1968	11,736,088	-	2.43%	-
1969	12,013,858	-	2.37%	-
1970	12,287,110	-	2.27%	-
1971	12,551,910	-	2.16%	-
1972	12,809,205	-	2.05%	-
1973	13,060,916	-	1.97%	-
1974	13,305,693	-	1.87%	-
1975	13,548,984	-	1.83%	-
1976	13,796,770	-	1.83%	-
1977	14,049,371	-	1.83%	-
1978	14,310,128	-	1.86%	-
1979	14,579,614	-	1.88%	-
1980	14,847,974	-	1.84%	-
1981	15,099,414	-	1.69%	-
1982	15,286,567	-	1.24%	-
1983	15,388,794	-	0.67%	-
1984	15,441,860	-	0.34%	-
1985	15,544,154	-	0.66%	-
1986	15,731,256	-	1.2%	-
1987	15,916,576	-	1.18%	-
1988	16,078,621	-	1.02%	-
1989	16,248,557	-	1.06%	-
1990	16,352,458	-	0.64%	-
1991	16,475,354	-	0.75%	-
1992	16,739,284	-	1.6%	-
1993	17,025,918	-	1.71%	-
1994	17,275,773	-	1.47%	-
1995	17,564,068	-	1.67%	-
1996	17,905,018	-	1.94%	-
1997	18,248,200	-	1.92%	-
1998	18,596,003	-	1.91%	-
1999	18,944,731	-	1.88%	-
2000	19,293,054	880	1.84%	-
2001	19,600,362	890	1.59%	1.14%
2002	19,805,752	900	1.05%	1.12%
2003	19,951,521	911	0.74%	1.22%
2004	20,087,605	921	0.68%	1.1%
2005	20,216,524	921	0.64%	0%
2006	20,352,411	932	0.67%	1.19%
2007	20,492,545	821	0.69%	-11.9%
2008	20,629,378	824	0.67%	0.37%
2009	20,756,435	826	0.62%	0.24%
2010	20,879,089	829	0.59%	0.36%
2011	21,009,048	832	0.62%	0.36%
2012	21,169,458	836	0.76%	0.48%
2013	20,585,000	839	-2.76%	0.36%
2014	20,778,000	842	0.94%	0.36%
2015	20,970,000	1,000	0.92%	18.8%
2016	21,209,000	-	1.14%	0%
2017	21,453,000	1,000	1.15%	0%
2018	21,670,000	-	1.01%	0%
2019	21,803,000	1,000	0.61%	0%
2020	21,919,000	987	0.53%	-1.29%
2021	22,156,000	970	1.08%	-1.68%
2022	22,181,000	944	0.11%	-2.66%
2023	22,037,000	922	-0.65%	-2.34%
2024	21,916,000	933	-0.55%	1.2%
2025	22,035,440	939	0.54%	0.59%
2026	22,148,172	952	0.51%	1.37%
2027	22,255,601	974	0.49%	2.32%
2028	22,357,682	985	0.46%	1.13%
2029	22,453,922	983	0.43%	-0.19%
2030	22,546,245	976	0.41%	-0.75%
2031	22,635,106	968	0.39%	-0.75%
2032	22,720,118	968	0.38%	0%
2033	22,802,043	988	0.36%	2.09%
2034	22,879,527	992	0.34%	0.37%
2035	22,952,739	1,000	0.32%	0.74%
2036	23,022,027	998	0.3%	-0.18%
2037	23,088,877	1,003	0.29%	0.55%
2038	23,152,480	1,022	0.28%	1.83%
2039	23,211,633	1,060	0.26%	3.78%
2040	23,265,986	1,095	0.23%	3.3%
2041	23,315,260	1,127	0.21%	2.86%
2042	23,359,578	1,149	0.19%	1.96%
2043	23,398,752	1,169	0.17%	1.76%
2044	23,433,096	1,186	0.15%	1.42%
2045	23,464,943	1,209	0.14%	2.02%
2046	23,492,738	1,224	0.12%	1.22%
2047	23,512,629	1,248	0.08%	1.95%
2048	23,525,953	1,272	0.06%	1.92%
2049	23,533,940	1,296	0.03%	1.88%
2050	23,538,230	1,325	0.02%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sri Lanka gained 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd most populous country in 2005 and is 63rd in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.