Sri Lanka · Annual SERIES

Population in Sri Lanka

Name: Total population in Sri Lanka
Creator: World Bank
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Estimated population at midyear, counting residents regardless of citizenship or legal status.

21,756,000people

2025Observation year

-0.73% from 2024

Source note for 2025: Preliminary.

people · World Bank · Missing observations remain gaps.

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Population · Sri Lanka · people
Year	Value	Status & source note
2025	21756000	present · Preliminary.
2024	21916000	present · Preliminary.
2023	22037000	present · Preliminary.
2022	22181000	present · Preliminary.
2021	22156000	present · Preliminary.
2020	21919000	present · Preliminary.
2019	21803000	present · Preliminary.
2018	21670000	present · Preliminary.
2017	21453000	present
2016	21209000	present
2015	20970000	present
2014	20778000	present
2013	20585000	present · Break in series. Data up to the year before this year are from UN World Population Prospects, and data from this year onwards are from national statistical office.
2012	21169458	present
2011	21009048	present
2010	20879089	present
2009	20756435	present
2008	20629378	present
2007	20492545	present
2006	20352411	present
2005	20216524	present
2004	20087605	present
2003	19951521	present
2002	19805752	present
2001	19600362	present
2000	19293054	present

Definition & method

World Bank WDI brings together population estimates from UN population publications and national statistical sources. Estimates use censuses and demographic information on births, deaths, and migration.

Estimated population at midyear, counting residents regardless of citizenship or legal status.

What to keep in mind

This is a midyear estimate rather than a census-day count.
Population estimates can be revised when censuses or migration estimates change.
Country-level figures do not describe local population growth. Preserve source footnotes, including preliminary estimates.

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Source & provenance

Publisher: World Bank
Dataset: World Development Indicators · Population
Observation period: 2025 · annual
Source collection updated: July 13, 2026
Original source release date: Not supplied by publisher
Snapshot retrieved: October 3, 2026
License: CC BY 4.0 · World Bank additional terms
Public release: release-752d386f-7818-4bdb-be50-944d2235de13
Series identifier: series.sri-lanka.population

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The World Bank: World Development Indicators: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division. Indicator SP.POP.TOTL. Population, Sri Lanka, 2025. Retrieved October 3, 2026; release-752d386f-7818-4bdb-be50-944d2235de13.