Sri Lanka - Population 2023 | countryeconomy.com

POPULATION Sri Lanka 2023

Population goes down in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka ended 2023 with a population of 22,037,000 people, which represents a decrease of 144,000 people compared to 2022.

Sri Lanka ranks No. 62 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.

The female population is greater, with 11,373,412 women, representing 51.61% of the total, compared to 10,663,588 or 48.39% men.

Sri Lanka has a high population density, with 336 people per square km and it was in position 171th in our ranking of density population in 2023.

In this page we show you the progression of the population in Sri Lanka. You can see the population in other countries in population and see all the information about Sri Lanka in Sri Lankan economy.

Sri Lanka - Population

Date	Density	Male	Female	Population
2023	336	10,663,588	11,373,412	22,037,000
2022	338	10,735,875	11,445,125	22,181,000
2021	338	10,726,745	11,429,255	22,156,000
2020	334	10,614,757	11,304,243	21,919,000
2019	332	10,560,955	11,242,045	21,803,000
2018	330	10,499,362	11,170,638	21,670,000
2017	327	10,393,051	11,050,949	21,444,000
2016	323	10,282,238	10,926,762	21,203,000
2015	320	10,169,430	10,800,570	20,970,000
2014	317	10,079,419	10,698,581	20,778,000
2013	314	9,988,620	10,596,380	20,585,000
2012	311	10,275,041	10,894,417	20,425,000
2011	311	10,209,054	10,799,994	20,398,000
2010	309	10,168,193	10,710,896	20,262,000
2009	307	10,133,986	10,622,449	20,124,000
2008	305	10,098,026	10,531,352	19,984,000
2007	302	10,054,859	10,437,686	19,842,000
2006	300	10,008,147	10,344,264	19,696,000
2005	298	9,962,011	10,254,513	19,545,000
2004	295	9,918,432	10,169,173	19,387,000
2003	293	9,871,592	10,079,929	19,224,000
2002	291	9,820,731	9,985,021	19,062,000
2001	288	9,737,008	9,863,354	18,912,000
2000	286	9,596,658	9,696,396	18,778,000
1999	284	9,433,969	9,510,762	18,663,000
1998	283	9,271,369	9,324,634	18,565,000
1997	282	9,109,011	9,139,189	18,471,000
1996	280	8,948,700	8,956,318	18,367,000
1995	278	8,789,303	8,774,765	18,243,000
1994	276	8,656,608	8,619,165	18,094,000
1993	273	8,543,549	8,482,369	17,925,000
1992	270	8,412,455	8,326,829	17,737,000
1991	267	8,293,552	8,181,802	17,536,000
1990	264	8,245,167	8,107,291	17,326,000
1989	261	8,207,202	8,041,355	17,151,000
1988	259	8,135,871	7,942,750	16,980,000
1987	256	8,066,273	7,850,303	16,811,000
1986	254	7,984,156	7,747,100	16,645,000
1985	251	7,900,349	7,643,805	16,482,000
1984	249	7,858,111	7,583,749	16,322,000
1983	246	7,839,479	7,549,315	16,148,000
1982	243	7,795,181	7,491,386	15,962,000
1981	240	7,707,525	7,391,889	15,763,000
1980	237	7,587,182	7,260,792	15,553,000
1979	222	7,458,175	7,121,439	14,579,614
1978	218	7,328,545	6,981,583	14,310,128
1977	214	7,203,396	6,845,975	14,049,371
1976	210	7,082,468	6,714,302	13,796,770
1975	207	6,964,026	6,584,958	13,548,984
1974	203	6,847,859	6,457,834	13,305,693
1973	199	6,730,789	6,330,127	13,060,916
1972	195	6,610,018	6,199,187	12,809,205
1971	191	6,486,555	6,065,355	12,551,910
1970	187	6,359,227	5,927,883	12,287,110
1969	183	6,227,351	5,786,507	12,013,858
1968	179	6,093,251	5,642,837	11,736,088
1967	175	5,958,720	5,498,608	11,457,328
1966	170	5,826,909	5,357,019	11,183,928
1965	166	5,698,328	5,218,637	10,916,965
1964	162	5,571,397	5,082,000	10,653,397
1963	158	5,447,019	4,948,021	10,395,040
1962	155	5,326,173	4,817,581	10,143,754
1961	151	5,208,826	4,690,546	9,899,372
1960	147	5,094,837	4,566,552	9,661,389

Sri Lanka - Population