Sri Lanka's population rose from 17.9M in 1996 to 21.8M in 2025.
Sri Lanka · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Sri Lanka's population growth fell from 1.9 % in 1996 to -0.7 % in 2025.
Sri Lanka's population density rose from 275.5 in 1994 to 356.2 in 2023.
Sri Lanka's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.0 % in 1996 to 51.6 % in 2025.
Sri Lanka's urbanisation rose from 15.5 % in 1996 to 20.5 % in 2025.
Sri Lanka's urban population rose from 2.78M in 1996 to 4.45M in 2025.
Sri Lanka's rural population rose from 15.1M in 1996 to 17.3M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.1 %107th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −9.8 %154th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −4.9 %88th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.5 %80th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs98th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.3 pts110th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.0 pts78th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.4 pts82nd of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts140th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.6 pts78th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −12.8 %186th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts206th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −38.5 %138th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs78th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs73rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs84th of 217