# Deaths in Sri Lanka

Deaths in Sri Lanka was 162,453 in 2023 (estimated). Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.

- Indicator id: `deaths`
- Place id: `lk`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Deaths of residents in the area during the year.
- Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths) (https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/un-population-division
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Citation: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/sri-lanka
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=deaths&place=lk

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 162,453 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 159,011 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 169,414 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 153,684 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 151,041 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 148,574 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 145,953 (estimated) |
| 2016 | 142,269 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 139,039 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 136,638 (estimated) |
| 2013 | 134,376 (estimated) |
| 2012 | 133,879 (estimated) |
| 2011 | 134,597 (estimated) |
| 2010 | 133,680 (estimated) |
| 2009 | 165,721 (estimated) |
| 2008 | 143,312 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 137,177 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 134,970 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 129,681 (estimated) |
| 2004 | 165,638 (estimated) |
| 2003 | 128,930 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 126,881 (estimated) |
| 2001 | 127,045 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 127,969 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 131,551 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 130,273 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 128,522 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 125,677 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 122,734 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 116,010 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 113,879 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 113,508 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 113,954 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 111,344 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 121,928 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 107,851 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 105,171 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 102,688 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 100,717 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 99,572 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 97,988 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 96,704 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 96,738 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 96,559 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 97,126 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 98,317 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 98,175 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 98,992 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 99,448 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 99,536 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 98,826 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 98,017 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 98,261 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 96,168 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 95,646 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 95,520 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 95,563 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 96,010 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 96,648 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 97,643 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 98,246 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 99,345 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 101,014 (estimated) |
| 1960 | 103,367 (estimated) |
| 1959 | 106,065 (estimated) |
| 1958 | 108,967 (estimated) |
| 1957 | 112,241 (estimated) |
| 1956 | 115,433 (estimated) |
| 1955 | 119,665 (estimated) |
| 1954 | 124,285 (estimated) |
| 1953 | 129,484 (estimated) |
| 1952 | 135,169 (estimated) |
| 1951 | 141,811 (estimated) |
| 1950 | 148,586 (estimated) |