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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Venezuela	Sri Lanka	Venezuela
1960	9,661,389	8,160,090	-	-
1961	9,899,372	8,455,915	2.46%	3.63%
1962	10,143,754	8,756,870	2.47%	3.56%
1963	10,395,040	9,064,021	2.48%	3.51%
1964	10,653,397	9,377,712	2.49%	3.46%
1965	10,916,965	9,697,790	2.47%	3.41%
1966	11,183,928	10,024,854	2.45%	3.37%
1967	11,457,328	10,358,513	2.44%	3.33%
1968	11,736,088	10,697,530	2.43%	3.27%
1969	12,013,858	11,040,280	2.37%	3.2%
1970	12,287,110	11,387,790	2.27%	3.15%
1971	12,551,910	11,741,008	2.16%	3.1%
1972	12,809,205	12,099,180	2.05%	3.05%
1973	13,060,916	12,463,537	1.97%	3.01%
1974	13,305,693	12,835,351	1.87%	2.98%
1975	13,548,984	13,215,892	1.83%	2.96%
1976	13,796,770	13,606,284	1.83%	2.95%
1977	14,049,371	14,006,812	1.83%	2.94%
1978	14,310,128	14,416,684	1.86%	2.93%
1979	14,579,614	14,834,552	1.88%	2.9%
1980	14,847,974	15,258,218	1.84%	2.86%
1981	15,099,414	15,687,297	1.69%	2.81%
1982	15,286,567	16,121,874	1.24%	2.77%
1983	15,388,794	16,562,205	0.67%	2.73%
1984	15,441,860	17,008,841	0.34%	2.7%
1985	15,544,154	17,461,434	0.66%	2.66%
1986	15,731,256	17,923,536	1.2%	2.65%
1987	15,916,576	18,394,963	1.18%	2.63%
1988	16,078,621	18,871,020	1.02%	2.59%
1989	16,248,557	19,348,921	1.06%	2.53%
1990	16,352,458	19,827,010	0.64%	2.47%
1991	16,475,354	20,304,896	0.75%	2.41%
1992	16,739,284	20,780,948	1.6%	2.34%
1993	17,025,918	21,254,520	1.71%	2.28%
1994	17,275,773	21,725,188	1.47%	2.21%
1995	17,564,068	22,193,821	1.67%	2.16%
1996	17,905,018	22,662,113	1.94%	2.11%
1997	18,248,200	23,131,685	1.92%	2.07%
1998	18,596,003	23,601,337	1.91%	2.03%
1999	18,944,731	24,066,593	1.88%	1.97%
2000	19,293,054	24,526,708	1.84%	1.91%
2001	19,600,362	24,979,922	1.59%	1.85%
2002	19,805,752	25,435,671	1.05%	1.82%
2003	19,951,521	25,892,703	0.74%	1.8%
2004	20,087,605	26,340,838	0.68%	1.73%
2005	20,216,524	26,785,804	0.64%	1.69%
2006	20,352,411	27,224,686	0.67%	1.64%
2007	20,492,545	27,649,363	0.69%	1.56%
2008	20,629,378	28,053,696	0.67%	1.46%
2009	20,756,435	28,438,298	0.62%	1.37%
2010	20,879,089	28,813,101	0.59%	1.32%
2011	21,009,048	29,185,212	0.62%	1.29%
2012	21,169,458	29,553,826	0.76%	1.26%
2013	20,585,000	29,912,198	-2.76%	1.21%
2014	20,778,000	30,254,079	0.94%	1.14%
2015	20,970,000	30,573,972	0.92%	1.06%
2016	21,209,000	30,765,720	1.14%	0.63%
2017	21,453,000	30,565,323	1.15%	-0.65%
2018	21,670,000	29,807,592	1.01%	-2.48%
2019	21,803,000	28,938,098	0.61%	-2.92%
2020	21,919,000	28,444,077	0.53%	-1.71%
2021	22,156,000	28,237,826	1.08%	-0.73%
2022	22,181,000	28,213,017	0.11%	-0.09%
2023	22,037,000	28,300,854	-0.65%	0.31%
2024	21,916,000	28,405,543	-0.55%	0.37%
2025	22,035,440	28,516,898	0.54%	0.39%
2026	22,148,172	28,633,718	0.51%	0.41%
2027	22,255,601	28,758,565	0.49%	0.44%
2028	22,357,682	28,885,166	0.46%	0.44%
2029	22,453,922	29,014,444	0.43%	0.45%
2030	22,546,245	29,151,809	0.41%	0.47%
2031	22,635,106	29,295,744	0.39%	0.49%
2032	22,720,118	29,442,534	0.38%	0.5%
2033	22,802,043	29,587,099	0.36%	0.49%
2034	22,879,527	29,735,159	0.34%	0.5%
2035	22,952,739	29,883,329	0.32%	0.5%
2036	23,022,027	30,020,167	0.3%	0.46%
2037	23,088,877	30,146,546	0.29%	0.42%
2038	23,152,480	30,268,328	0.28%	0.4%
2039	23,211,633	30,386,284	0.26%	0.39%
2040	23,265,986	30,495,445	0.23%	0.36%
2041	23,315,260	30,590,207	0.21%	0.31%
2042	23,359,578	30,674,532	0.19%	0.28%
2043	23,398,752	30,749,671	0.17%	0.24%
2044	23,433,096	30,813,805	0.15%	0.21%
2045	23,464,943	30,871,490	0.14%	0.19%
2046	23,492,738	30,923,463	0.12%	0.17%
2047	23,512,629	30,974,366	0.08%	0.16%
2048	23,525,953	31,021,600	0.06%	0.15%
2049	23,533,940	31,059,954	0.03%	0.12%
2050	23,538,230	31,094,884	0.02%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth), while Venezuela gained 3,541,034 people (a 13% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Sri Lanka gained 940,346 (a 4.43% growth), while Venezuela's population decreased by -2,130,638 (a 6.93% decline).

Sri Lanka was ranked 55th most populous country in 2006 and is 63rd in 2026. Venezuela was ranked 41st in 2006 and ranked 54th 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 Venezuela will increase by 8.59% to 31,094,884 people and rank change from 54th to 62nd.