Population of Sri Lanka (2024)

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 21,157,419 10,150,788 11,006,631 100 100 100 92.2
00-04 1,531,407 780,582 750,825 7.2 7.7 6.8 104
05-09 1,612,911 817,473 795,438 7.6 8.1 7.2 102.8
10-14 1,727,253 867,872 859,381 8.2 8.5 7.8 101
15-19 1,668,235 832,922 835,313 7.9 8.2 7.6 99.7
20-24 1,509,980 750,479 759,501 7.1 7.4 6.9 98.8
25-29 1,426,817 684,098 742,719 6.7 6.7 6.7 92.1
30-34 1,365,161 627,683 737,478 6.5 6.2 6.7 85.1
35-39 1,468,101 679,051 789,050 6.9 6.7 7.2 86.1
40-44 1,517,554 723,894 793,660 7.2 7.1 7.2 91.2
45-49 1,344,618 650,388 694,230 6.4 6.4 6.3 93.7
50-54 1,301,690 628,976 672,714 6.2 6.2 6.1 93.5
55-59 1,221,303 578,563 642,740 5.8 5.7 5.8 90
60-64 1,096,067 503,377 592,690 5.2 5 5.4 84.9
65-69 881,585 398,337 483,248 4.2 3.9 4.4 82.4
70-74 714,969 313,073 401,896 3.4 3.1 3.7 77.9
75-79 411,084 170,554 240,530 1.9 1.7 2.2 70.9
80-84 200,323 81,171 119,152 0.9 0.8 1.1 68.1
85-89 105,001 41,045 63,956 0.5 0.4 0.6 64.2
90-94 42,084 16,265 25,819 0.2 0.2 0.2 63
95-99 9,812 4,232 5,580 0 0 0.1 75.8
100+ 1,464 753 711 0 0 0 105.9

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 - 2024)

Year Population Yearly %
Change
Yearly
Change
Sex ratio Density
(P/KmĀ²)
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 - 2024)