Population of Sri Lanka (2025)

Sri Lanka population

24

Births this year: 3 Births today 0
Deaths this year 1 Deaths today 0

Sri Lanka Population by Religions(2001 census provisional data)

Region Name Percents Number
Buddhist (official) 69.1% 15 people
Muslim 7.6% 2 people
Hindu 7.1% 2 people
Christian 6.2% 1 people
unspecified 10% 2 people

Sri Lanka Population by Ethnic groups (2001 census provisional data)

Ethnic groups Name Percents Number
Sinhalese 73.8% 16 people
Sri Lankan Moors 7.2% 2 people
Indian Tamil 4.6% 1 people
Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9% 1 people
other 0.5% 0 people
unspecified 10% 2 people

Sri Lanka population by Age group

Age Both Sexes Population Male Population Female Population Both Sexes (%) Male (%) Female (%) Sex ratio (female/male)
Total 21,417,175 10,233,684 11,183,491 100 100 100 91.5
00-04 1,425,452 726,415 699,037 6.7 7.1 6.3 103.9
05-09 1,501,716 764,247 737,469 7 7.5 6.6 103.6
10-14 1,591,773 805,933 785,840 7.4 7.9 7 102.6
15-19 1,697,245 850,531 846,714 7.9 8.3 7.6 100.5
20-24 1,593,697 788,140 805,557 7.4 7.7 7.2 97.8
25-29 1,403,172 685,768 717,404 6.6 6.7 6.4 95.6
30-34 1,343,780 633,283 710,497 6.3 6.2 6.4 89.1
35-39 1,318,625 598,343 720,282 6.2 5.8 6.4 83.1
40-44 1,437,594 658,806 778,788 6.7 6.4 7 84.6
45-49 1,496,557 708,103 788,454 7 6.9 7.1 89.8
50-54 1,324,018 634,802 689,216 6.2 6.2 6.2 92.1
55-59 1,265,483 604,249 661,234 5.9 5.9 5.9 91.4
60-64 1,164,861 542,890 621,971 5.4 5.3 5.6 87.3
65-69 1,012,860 454,634 558,226 4.7 4.4 5 81.4
70-74 773,690 339,550 434,140 3.6 3.3 3.9 78.2
75-79 585,172 247,509 337,663 2.7 2.4 3 73.3
80-84 299,031 119,125 179,906 1.4 1.2 1.6 66.2
85-89 119,659 46,886 72,773 0.6 0.5 0.7 64.4
90-94 47,690 18,340 29,350 0.2 0.2 0.3 62.5
95-99 13,052 5,161 7,891 0.1 0.1 0.1 65.4
100+ 2,048 969 1,079 0 0 0 89.8

Sri Lanka Age structure and Population pyramid

Sri Lanka Age structure and Population pyramid

Sri Lanka Sex ratio

Sri Lanka Sex ratio

Sri Lanka Dependency ratios

Chart working age in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Population (1950 - 2025)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Sex ratio Density
(P/KmĀ²)
2024 21,378,168 0.21 44,408 91.65 340.91
2023 21,333,760 0.24 50,815 91.80 340.20
2022 21,282,945 0.28 58,521 91.95 339.39
2021 21,224,424 0.32 67,005 92.09 338.45
2020 21,157,419 0.36 76,190 92.22 337.39
2019 21,081,229 0.40 84,751 92.34 336.17
2018 20,996,478 0.44 91,143 92.46 334.82
2017 20,905,335 0.45 94,519 92.58 333.37
2016 20,810,816 0.46 95,806 92.74 331.86
2015 20,715,010 0.47 96,019 92.95 330.33
2014 20,618,991 0.47 97,032 93.23 328.80
2013 20,521,959 0.49 100,097 93.56 327.25
2012 20,421,862 0.52 106,189 93.93 325.66
2011 20,315,673 0.57 114,361 94.35 323.96
2010 20,201,312 0.61 122,439 94.78 322.14
2005 19,526,406 3.95 742,661 97.23 311.38
2000 18,783,745 2.93 535,310 99.51 299.53
1995 18,248,435 5.29 917,618 100.91 291.00
1990 17,330,817 7.11 1,150,041 101.98 276.36
1985 16,180,776 7.61 1,144,214 103.19 258.03
1980 15,036,562 9.31 1,280,572 104.03 239.78
1975 13,755,990 10.16 1,268,497 104.82 219.36
1970 12,487,493 12.32 1,369,808 106.16 199.13
1965 11,117,685 12.34 1,221,513 107.83 177.29
1960 9,896,172 12.04 1,063,631 110.55 157.81
1955 8,832,541 9.37 756,731 114.51 140.85
1950 8,075,810 120.26 128.78
Chart population Sri Lanka Population (1950 - 2025)