# Population in Sri Lanka

Population in Sri Lanka was 21.76 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `lk`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/sri-lanka
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/sri-lanka.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=lk

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 21,756,000 |
| 2024 | 21,916,000 |
| 2023 | 22,037,000 |
| 2022 | 22,181,000 |
| 2021 | 22,156,000 |
| 2020 | 21,919,000 |
| 2019 | 21,803,000 |
| 2018 | 21,670,000 |
| 2017 | 21,453,000 |
| 2016 | 21,209,000 |
| 2015 | 20,970,000 |
| 2014 | 20,778,000 |
| 2013 | 20,585,000 |
| 2012 | 21,169,458 |
| 2011 | 21,009,048 |
| 2010 | 20,879,089 |
| 2009 | 20,756,435 |
| 2008 | 20,629,378 |
| 2007 | 20,492,545 |
| 2006 | 20,352,411 |
| 2005 | 20,216,524 |
| 2004 | 20,087,605 |
| 2003 | 19,951,521 |
| 2002 | 19,805,752 |
| 2001 | 19,600,362 |
| 2000 | 19,293,054 |
| 1999 | 18,944,731 |
| 1998 | 18,596,003 |
| 1997 | 18,248,200 |
| 1996 | 17,905,018 |
| 1995 | 17,564,068 |
| 1994 | 17,275,773 |
| 1993 | 17,025,918 |
| 1992 | 16,739,284 |
| 1991 | 16,475,354 |
| 1990 | 16,352,458 |
| 1989 | 16,248,557 |
| 1988 | 16,078,621 |
| 1987 | 15,916,576 |
| 1986 | 15,731,256 |
| 1985 | 15,544,154 |
| 1984 | 15,441,860 |
| 1983 | 15,388,794 |
| 1982 | 15,286,567 |
| 1981 | 15,099,414 |
| 1980 | 14,847,974 |
| 1979 | 14,579,614 |
| 1978 | 14,310,128 |
| 1977 | 14,049,371 |
| 1976 | 13,796,770 |
| 1975 | 13,548,984 |
| 1974 | 13,305,693 |
| 1973 | 13,060,916 |
| 1972 | 12,809,205 |
| 1971 | 12,551,910 |
| 1970 | 12,287,110 |
| 1969 | 12,013,858 |
| 1968 | 11,736,088 |
| 1967 | 11,457,328 |
| 1966 | 11,183,928 |
| 1965 | 10,916,965 |
| 1964 | 10,653,397 |
| 1963 | 10,395,040 |
| 1962 | 10,143,754 |
| 1961 | 9,899,372 |
| 1960 | 9,661,389 |