Sri Lanka — Population

millions · Annual · 1800–2030 · 231 observations

About this series

Population is the estimated number of people in a country at the series' reference date. This series reports that count in millions.

For Sri Lanka, the population reading stood at 21.76M people in 2025. Against 21.92M people in 2024, the period change was −0.73%.

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Latest observations

2000–2030

PeriodValue
203022.32M people
202922.22M people
202822.13M people
202722.04M people
202621.85M people
15 earlier values
202521.76M people
202421.92M people
202322.04M people
202222.18M people
202122.16M people
202021.92M people
201921.80M people
201821.67M people
201721.45M people
201621.21M people
201520.97M people
201420.78M people
201320.58M people
201220.42M people
201120.89M people

Values before 2011, back to 2000, are on the chart — hover to read them.

Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.