Sri Lanka
Colombo
Sri Lanka is renowned for its ancient rock fortress of Sigiriya, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the lush tea plantations of Nuwara Eliya, often called "Little England." The island is also the birthplace of cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara and features stunning natural beauty in places like the Sinharaja Forest Reserve.
| Year | Population | Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21,916,000 | -121,000 | |
| 2023 | 22,037,000 | -144,000 | |
| 2022 | 22,181,000 | +25,000 | |
| 2021 | 22,156,000 | +237,000 | |
| 2020 | 21,919,000 | +116,000 | |
| 2019 | 21,803,000 | +133,000 | |
| 2018 | 21,670,000 | +217,000 | |
| 2017 | 21,453,000 | +244,000 | |
| 2016 | 21,209,000 | +239,000 | |
| 2015 | 20,970,000 | +192,000 | |
| 2014 | 20,778,000 | +193,000 | |
| 2013 | 20,585,000 | -584,458 | |
| 2012 | 21,169,458 | +160,410 | |
| 2011 | 21,009,048 | +129,959 | |
| 2010 | 20,879,089 | +122,654 | |
| 2009 | 20,756,435 | +127,057 | |
| 2008 | 20,629,378 | +136,833 | |
| 2007 | 20,492,545 | +140,134 | |
| 2006 | 20,352,411 | +135,887 | |
| 2005 | 20,216,524 | +128,919 | |
| 2004 | 20,087,605 | +136,084 | |
| 2003 | 19,951,521 | +145,769 | |
| 2002 | 19,805,752 | +205,390 | |
| 2001 | 19,600,362 | +307,308 | |
| 2000 | 19,293,054 | +348,323 | |
| 1999 | 18,944,731 | +348,728 | |
| 1998 | 18,596,003 | +347,803 | |
| 1997 | 18,248,200 | +343,182 | |
| 1996 | 17,905,018 | +340,950 | |
| 1995 | 17,564,068 | +288,295 | |
| 1994 | 17,275,773 | +249,855 | |
| 1993 | 17,025,918 | +286,634 | |
| 1992 | 16,739,284 | +263,930 | |
| 1991 | 16,475,354 | +122,896 | |
| 1990 | 16,352,458 | +103,901 | |
| 1989 | 16,248,557 | +169,936 | |
| 1988 | 16,078,621 | +162,045 | |
| 1987 | 15,916,576 | +185,320 | |
| 1986 | 15,731,256 | +187,102 | |
| 1985 | 15,544,154 | +102,294 | |
| 1984 | 15,441,860 | +53,066 | |
| 1983 | 15,388,794 | +102,227 | |
| 1982 | 15,286,567 | +187,153 | |
| 1981 | 15,099,414 | +251,440 | |
| 1980 | 14,847,974 | +268,360 | |
| 1979 | 14,579,614 | +269,486 | |
| 1978 | 14,310,128 | +260,757 | |
| 1977 | 14,049,371 | +252,601 | |
| 1976 | 13,796,770 | +247,786 | |
| 1975 | 13,548,984 | +243,291 | |
| 1974 | 13,305,693 | +244,777 | |
| 1973 | 13,060,916 | +251,711 | |
| 1972 | 12,809,205 | +257,295 | |
| 1971 | 12,551,910 | +264,800 | |
| 1970 | 12,287,110 | +273,252 | |
| 1969 | 12,013,858 | +277,770 | |
| 1968 | 11,736,088 | +278,760 | |
| 1967 | 11,457,328 | +273,400 | |
| 1966 | 11,183,928 | +266,963 | |
| 1965 | 10,916,965 | +263,568 | |
| 1964 | 10,653,397 | +258,357 | |
| 1963 | 10,395,040 | +251,286 | |
| 1962 | 10,143,754 | +244,382 | |
| 1961 | 9,899,372 | +237,983 | |
| 1960 | 9,661,389 | — |