Sri Lanka - Population 2017 | countryeconomy.com

POPULATION Sri Lanka 2017

Increases in Sri Lankans population

Sri Lanka ended 2017 with a population of 21,444,000 people, which represents an increasea of 241,000 people compared to 2016.

Sri Lanka ranks No. 58 among196 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com.

The female population is greater, with 11,137,692 women, representing 51.94% of the total, compared to 10,306,308 or 48.06% men.

Sri Lanka has a high population density, with 327 people per square km and it was in position 170th in our ranking of density population in 2017.

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
2017	327	10,306,308	11,137,692	21,444,000
2016	323	10,201,130	11,001,870	21,203,000
2015	320	10,100,222	10,865,778	20,966,000
2014	317	10,022,092	10,748,908	20,771,000
2013	314	9,950,588	10,634,412	20,579,000
2012	311	9,893,609	10,531,391	20,424,000
2011	318	9,862,343	10,452,674	20,869,000
2010	315	9,828,884	10,369,469	20,675,000
2009	312	9,793,130	10,281,956	20,476,000
2008	309	9,755,269	10,190,563	20,246,000
2007	304	9,714,913	10,095,876	19,928,000
2006	301	9,671,623	9,998,528	19,773,000
2005	299	9,625,259	9,899,299	19,619,000
2004	296	9,574,905	9,797,633	19,444,000
2003	293	9,521,003	9,694,304	19,232,000
2002	290	9,466,299	9,593,001	19,007,000
2001	286	9,414,539	9,498,515	18,732,000
2000	281	9,368,064	9,413,874	18,467,000
1999	278	9,328,242	9,340,861	18,208,000
1998	273	9,293,265	9,277,436	17,935,000
1997	270	9,258,457	9,218,048	17,702,000
1996	267	9,217,275	9,154,845	17,490,000
1995	263	9,165,023	9,082,098	17,280,000
1994	261	9,100,201	8,998,147	17,098,000
1993	257	9,024,182	8,904,394	16,850,000
1992	253	8,938,661	8,801,976	16,631,000
1991	251	8,846,509	8,693,124	16,448,000
1990	248	8,750,013	8,579,700	16,267,000
1989	245	8,649,283	8,461,430	16,103,000
1988	243	8,544,042	8,338,147	15,942,000
1987	241	8,435,801	8,212,144	15,784,000
1986	238	8,326,362	8,086,349	15,628,000
1985	236	8,216,987	7,962,809	15,475,000
1984	234	8,108,694	7,842,728	15,324,000
1983	231	8,001,282	7,725,520	15,161,000
1982	228	7,893,183	7,609,332	14,986,000
1981	226	7,782,077	7,491,314	14,800,000
1980	223	7,666,381	7,369,475	14,603,000
1979	225	7,545,457	7,243,150	14,788,607
1978	222	7,420,204	7,113,172	14,533,376
1977	218	7,292,488	6,980,784	14,273,272
1976	214	7,164,961	6,847,856	14,012,817
1975	210	7,039,468	6,715,693	13,755,161
1974	206	6,917,048	6,584,938	13,501,986
1973	202	6,797,019	6,455,068	13,252,087
1972	198	6,677,465	6,324,810	13,002,275
1971	194	6,555,558	6,192,284	12,747,842
1970	190	6,429,451	6,056,305	12,485,756
1969	186	6,298,507	5,916,461	12,214,968
1968	182	6,163,959	5,773,652	11,937,611
1967	178	6,028,112	5,629,548	11,657,660
1966	173	5,894,175	5,486,508	11,380,683
1965	169	5,764,542	5,346,286	11,110,828
1964	165	5,640,268	5,209,711	10,849,979
1963	162	5,520,969	5,076,551	10,597,520
1962	158	5,405,869	4,946,319	10,352,188
1961	154	5,293,563	4,818,083	10,111,646
1960		5,183,213	4,691,268	9,874,481

Sri Lanka - Population