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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Sri Lanka	Yemen	Sri Lanka	Yemen
1960	9,661,389	5,532,301	-	-
1961	9,899,372	5,655,232	2.46%	2.22%
1962	10,143,754	5,782,221	2.47%	2.25%
1963	10,395,040	5,911,135	2.48%	2.23%
1964	10,653,397	6,048,006	2.49%	2.32%
1965	10,916,965	6,195,593	2.47%	2.44%
1966	11,183,928	6,351,494	2.45%	2.52%
1967	11,457,328	6,516,444	2.44%	2.6%
1968	11,736,088	6,690,524	2.43%	2.67%
1969	12,013,858	6,875,859	2.37%	2.77%
1970	12,287,110	7,065,279	2.27%	2.75%
1971	12,551,910	7,257,462	2.16%	2.72%
1972	12,809,205	7,460,068	2.05%	2.79%
1973	13,060,916	7,672,796	1.97%	2.85%
1974	13,305,693	7,896,783	1.87%	2.92%
1975	13,548,984	8,133,598	1.83%	3%
1976	13,796,770	8,384,113	1.83%	3.08%
1977	14,049,371	8,648,222	1.83%	3.15%
1978	14,310,128	8,926,586	1.86%	3.22%
1979	14,579,614	9,224,194	1.88%	3.33%
1980	14,847,974	9,543,358	1.84%	3.46%
1981	15,099,414	9,882,362	1.69%	3.55%
1982	15,286,567	10,241,006	1.24%	3.63%
1983	15,388,794	10,621,499	0.67%	3.72%
1984	15,441,860	11,025,597	0.34%	3.8%
1985	15,544,154	11,453,825	0.66%	3.88%
1986	15,731,256	11,901,040	1.2%	3.9%
1987	15,916,576	12,369,912	1.18%	3.94%
1988	16,078,621	12,859,708	1.02%	3.96%
1989	16,248,557	13,364,174	1.06%	3.92%
1990	16,352,458	13,887,862	0.64%	3.92%
1991	16,475,354	14,430,201	0.75%	3.91%
1992	16,739,284	14,989,494	1.6%	3.88%
1993	17,025,918	15,563,914	1.71%	3.83%
1994	17,275,773	16,149,147	1.47%	3.76%
1995	17,564,068	16,740,058	1.67%	3.66%
1996	17,905,018	17,313,177	1.94%	3.42%
1997	18,248,200	17,873,936	1.92%	3.24%
1998	18,596,003	18,446,013	1.91%	3.2%
1999	18,944,731	19,029,420	1.88%	3.16%
2000	19,293,054	19,624,141	1.84%	3.13%
2001	19,600,362	20,226,147	1.59%	3.07%
2002	19,805,752	20,835,086	1.05%	3.01%
2003	19,951,521	21,456,379	0.74%	2.98%
2004	20,087,605	22,095,167	0.68%	2.98%
2005	20,216,524	22,790,085	0.64%	3.15%
2006	20,352,411	23,543,083	0.67%	3.3%
2007	20,492,545	24,318,082	0.69%	3.29%
2008	20,629,378	25,111,941	0.67%	3.26%
2009	20,756,435	25,927,724	0.62%	3.25%
2010	20,879,089	26,754,387	0.59%	3.19%
2011	21,009,048	27,582,897	0.62%	3.1%
2012	21,169,458	28,433,647	0.76%	3.08%
2013	20,585,000	29,312,952	-2.76%	3.09%
2014	20,778,000	30,226,309	0.94%	3.12%
2015	20,970,000	31,159,379	0.92%	3.09%
2016	21,209,000	32,109,010	1.14%	3.05%
2017	21,453,000	33,090,921	1.15%	3.06%
2018	21,670,000	34,085,182	1.01%	3%
2019	21,803,000	35,111,408	0.61%	3.01%
2020	21,919,000	36,134,863	0.53%	2.91%
2021	22,156,000	37,140,230	1.08%	2.78%
2022	22,181,000	38,222,876	0.11%	2.92%
2023	22,037,000	39,390,799	-0.65%	3.06%
2024	21,916,000	40,583,164	-0.55%	3.03%
2025	22,035,440	41,773,871	0.54%	2.93%
2026	22,148,172	42,961,650	0.51%	2.84%
2027	22,255,601	44,145,620	0.49%	2.76%
2028	22,357,682	45,323,685	0.46%	2.67%
2029	22,453,922	46,497,573	0.43%	2.59%
2030	22,546,245	47,667,649	0.41%	2.52%
2031	22,635,106	48,827,503	0.39%	2.43%
2032	22,720,118	49,979,089	0.38%	2.36%
2033	22,802,043	51,129,867	0.36%	2.3%
2034	22,879,527	52,279,989	0.34%	2.25%
2035	22,952,739	53,429,308	0.32%	2.2%
2036	23,022,027	54,578,046	0.3%	2.15%
2037	23,088,877	55,724,259	0.29%	2.1%
2038	23,152,480	56,872,152	0.28%	2.06%
2039	23,211,633	58,024,713	0.26%	2.03%
2040	23,265,986	59,181,514	0.23%	1.99%
2041	23,315,260	60,345,667	0.21%	1.97%
2042	23,359,578	61,517,965	0.19%	1.94%
2043	23,398,752	62,696,517	0.17%	1.92%
2044	23,433,096	63,880,172	0.15%	1.89%
2045	23,464,943	65,066,344	0.14%	1.86%
2046	23,492,738	66,253,578	0.12%	1.82%
2047	23,512,629	67,438,796	0.08%	1.79%
2048	23,525,953	68,620,844	0.06%	1.75%
2049	23,533,940	69,799,794	0.03%	1.72%
2050	23,538,230	70,976,389	0.02%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Sri Lanka increased by 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Sri Lanka gained 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd most populous country in 2005 and is 63rd in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.