Population · Asia

Sri Lanka population 2026

Right now · estimate

23,387,246

Births today: 0
Deaths today: 0
Births this year: 265,543
Births minus deaths this year: +123,259

Sri Lanka has an estimated 23,348,315 people on 1 July 2026, the UN's projection, 118,845 more than a year earlier (+0.51%). It is the 60th most populous country in the world. It is projected to keep growing until 2051, peaking at 24.8 million, then decline to 21.2 million by 2100.

UN projection The counter interpolates the UN’s 1 July figures to the second; it is an estimate, not a count.

Rank in the world

Year	Population	Rank
1950	7.8 million	44th
2000	19.3 million	51st
2026*	23.3 million	60th
2050*	24.8 million	67th
2100*	21.2 million	74th

* UN medium-variant projection. Ranks among 237 countries and areas.

Sri Lanka in numbers, 2026

Births in 2026: 316 thousand 866 a day
Deaths in 2026: 170 thousand 464 a day
Net migration: −31 thousand more departures than arrivals
Growth rate: +0.50% growing
Fertility rate: 1.93per woman below replacement (2.1)
Median age: 33.6years world: 31.1
Life expectancy: 78.0years
Aged 65 and over: 12.8% 20.3% by 2050

Land, people and health

Capital: Colombo
Area: 65,610 km² 123rd largest of 237
Population density: 372per km² 37th most crowded
Urban population: 20.6% 22.6% by 2050
Men and women: 11.3 million / 12.1 million 93.7 men per 100 women
Life expectancy, women: 81.0years men: 74.9 years
Infant mortality: 4.7per 1,000 births under-5: 5.8
Birth rate: 13.6per 1,000 death rate: 7.3
Net migration rate: −1.3per 1,000 net departures

Population of Sri Lanka, 1950–2100

Projected peak: 2051, 24.8 million. By 2050: 24.8 million (+6.3% from today).

UN estimate
UN projection

21.2M 2026

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Year	Population
1950	7,811,047
1951	7,956,334
1952	8,111,560
1953	8,275,144
1954	8,445,936
1955	8,623,330
1956	8,807,219
1957	9,000,996
1958	9,208,818
1959	9,430,152
1960	9,661,389
1961	9,899,372
1962	10,143,754
1963	10,395,040
1964	10,653,396
1965	10,916,964
1966	11,183,928
1967	11,457,328
1968	11,736,088
1969	12,013,858
1970	12,287,110
1971	12,551,910
1972	12,809,205
1973	13,060,916
1974	13,305,693
1975	13,548,984
1976	13,796,770
1977	14,049,372
1978	14,310,128
1979	14,579,614
1980	14,847,974
1981	15,099,414
1982	15,286,568
1983	15,388,794
1984	15,441,860
1985	15,544,154
1986	15,731,256
1987	15,916,576
1988	16,078,621
1989	16,248,557
1990	16,352,458
1991	16,475,354
1992	16,739,284
1993	17,025,918
1994	17,275,773
1995	17,564,068
1996	17,905,018
1997	18,248,200
1998	18,596,003
1999	18,944,731
2000	19,293,054
2001	19,600,362
2002	19,805,752
2003	19,951,521
2004	20,087,605
2005	20,216,524
2006	20,352,411
2007	20,492,545
2008	20,629,378
2009	20,756,435
2010	20,879,089
2011	21,009,048
2012	21,169,458
2013	21,358,827
2014	21,547,456
2015	21,729,971
2016	21,910,772
2017	22,087,522
2018	22,253,118
2019	22,410,552
2020	22,561,807
2021	22,700,372
2022	22,834,965
2023	22,971,617
2024 *	23,103,565
2025 *	23,229,470
2026 *	23,348,315
2027 *	23,461,560
2028 *	23,569,175
2029 *	23,670,637
2030 *	23,767,952
2031 *	23,861,630
2032 *	23,951,250
2033 *	24,037,619
2034 *	24,119,294
2035 *	24,196,475
2036 *	24,269,517
2037 *	24,339,994
2038 *	24,407,043
2039 *	24,469,399
2040 *	24,526,699
2041 *	24,578,647
2042 *	24,625,365
2043 *	24,666,659
2044 *	24,702,869
2045 *	24,736,435
2046 *	24,765,737
2047 *	24,786,708
2048 *	24,800,753
2049 *	24,809,176
2050 *	24,813,690
2051 *	24,814,757
2052 *	24,812,222
2053 *	24,804,892
2054 *	24,794,938
2055 *	24,784,167
2056 *	24,767,426
2057 *	24,744,905
2058 *	24,719,441
2059 *	24,691,035
2060 *	24,659,373
2061 *	24,625,465
2062 *	24,588,826
2063 *	24,547,759
2064 *	24,502,408
2065 *	24,451,440
2066 *	24,398,193
2067 *	24,343,068
2068 *	24,286,152
2069 *	24,229,898
2070 *	24,171,322
2071 *	24,109,928
2072 *	24,046,768
2073 *	23,979,902
2074 *	23,907,583
2075 *	23,833,459
2076 *	23,758,779
2077 *	23,681,151
2078 *	23,600,423
2079 *	23,514,635
2080 *	23,424,964
2081 *	23,333,082
2082 *	23,239,506
2083 *	23,144,157
2084 *	23,046,216
2085 *	22,944,819
2086 *	22,840,247
2087 *	22,734,998
2088 *	22,628,781
2089 *	22,520,551
2090 *	22,409,403
2091 *	22,297,748
2092 *	22,186,409
2093 *	22,073,390
2094 *	21,959,070
2095 *	21,843,305
2096 *	21,725,828
2097 *	21,607,571
2098 *	21,488,019
2099 *	21,368,143
2100 *	21,249,406

* UN projection

Population of Sri Lanka by year

19.3 million in 2000, 23.3 million in 2026. Every year for the last decade, then every five years to 1950. * UN projection; earlier years are UN estimates.

Year	Population	Yearly change	Change	Net migrants	Median age	Fertility	Density (km²)	Urban	World share	World rank
2026*	23,348,315	+0.51%	+118,845	−30,760	33.6	1.93	372	21%	0.28%	60
2025*	23,229,470	+0.54%	+125,905	−30,724	33.3	1.94	371	21%	0.28%	60
2024*	23,103,565	+0.57%	+131,948	−27,245	33.1	1.95	368	20%	0.28%	61
2023	22,971,617	+0.60%	+136,652	−28,011	32.8	1.97	366	20%	0.28%	61
2022	22,834,965	+0.59%	+134,593	−27,435	32.6	1.98	364	20%	0.28%	59
2021	22,700,372	+0.61%	+138,565	−29,586	32.3	2.00	362	20%	0.29%	58
2020	22,561,807	+0.67%	+151,255	−29,875	32.1	2.01	360	20%	0.29%	58
2019	22,410,552	+0.71%	+157,434	−28,426	31.8	2.02	357	20%	0.29%	58
2018	22,253,118	+0.75%	+165,596	−28,607	31.6	2.03	355	19%	0.29%	57
2017	22,087,522	+0.81%	+176,750	−22,324	31.3	2.04	352	19%	0.29%	57
2016	21,910,772	+0.83%	+180,801	−18,388	31.0	2.06	349	19%	0.29%	57
2015	21,729,971	+0.85%	+182,515	−29,797	30.7	2.09	347	19%	0.29%	57
2010	20,879,089	+0.59%	+122,654	−98,060	29.2	2.13	333	17%	0.30%	57
2005	20,216,524	+0.64%	+128,919	−118,594	27.7	2.26	322	15%	0.31%	54
2000	19,293,054	+1.84%	+348,323	+123,894	26.2	2.21	308	15%	0.31%	51
1995	17,564,068	+1.67%	+288,295	+117,416	24.3	2.35	280	16%	0.30%	49
1990	16,352,458	+0.64%	+103,901	−195,736	22.6	2.54	261	18%	0.31%	50
1985	15,544,154	+0.66%	+102,294	−80,950	21.1	2.89	248	20%	0.32%	48
1980	14,847,974	+1.84%	+268,360	−63,541	20.4	3.72	237	22%	0.33%	46
1975	13,548,984	+1.83%	+243,291	−37,475	19.7	3.82	216	22%	0.33%	46
1970	12,287,110	+2.27%	+273,252	−16,299	19.0	4.39	196	22%	0.33%	44
1965	10,916,964	+2.47%	+263,568	−7,249	18.5	4.93	174	20%	0.33%	44
1960	9,661,389	+2.45%	+231,237	−12,610	18.5	5.35	154	18%	0.32%	44
1955	8,623,330	+2.10%	+177,394	−11,698	19.1	5.31	138	16%	0.31%	47
1950	7,811,047	–	–	+7,785	19.9	5.46	125	15%	0.31%	44

Population forecast for Sri Lanka

UN medium-variant projection: 24.8 million in 2050 (+6.3% from 2026), 21.2 million in 2100.

Year	Population	Yearly change	Net migrants	Median age	Fertility	Density (km²)	Urban	World share	World rank
2030	23,767,952	+0.41%	−30,852	34.8	1.88	379	21%	0.28%	63
2035	24,196,475	+0.32%	−30,925	36.1	1.84	386	22%	0.27%	64
2040	24,526,699	+0.23%	−29,129	37.3	1.81	391	22%	0.27%	65
2045	24,736,435	+0.14%	−23,483	38.7	1.79	395	22%	0.26%	66
2050	24,813,690	+0.02%	−28,105	40.2	1.77	396	23%	0.26%	67
2060	24,659,373	−0.13%	−26,878	42.9	1.74	393	–	0.25%	72
2070	24,171,322	−0.24%	−23,634	45.0	1.72	386	–	0.24%	71
2080	23,424,964	−0.38%	−26,094	46.7	1.71	374	–	0.23%	70
2090	22,409,403	−0.49%	−24,539	48.6	1.70	357	–	0.22%	73
2100	21,249,406	−0.56%	−16,149	50.0	1.69	339	–	0.21%	74

Largest cities in Sri Lanka

Urban area in 2026: the whole built-up city, measured the same way for every country (UN, 2025). * UN projection. Largest cities in the world

#	City	Population 2026	2050*
1	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte - Colombo (capital)	5,264,063	5,816,080
2	Kandy	790,785	880,569
3	Galle	348,523	404,907
4	Matara	294,175	324,577
5	Jaffna	198,222	157,266
6	Kalmunai	156,690	167,313
7	Batticaloa	148,758	161,907
8	Wennappuwa	108,239	123,546
9	Matale	104,392	122,666
10	Akkaraipattu	102,227	108,871

Age structure

Median age 33.6. 12.8% are 65 or older, 20.3% by 2050; 21.4% are under 15.

Sri Lanka, 2026 Men 2026 Women 2026 2050 (projection)

Share of the total population in each age group (%)

Births per woman

1.93 in 2026; about 2.1 keeps a population stable without migration. Below 2.1 since 2015.

UN estimate
UN projection

1.7 2026

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Year	Fertility rate
1950	5.46
1951	5.46
1952	5.43
1953	5.39
1954	5.35
1955	5.31
1956	5.26
1957	5.34
1958	5.40
1959	5.41
1960	5.35
1961	5.24
1962	5.18
1963	5.12
1964	5.06
1965	4.93
1966	4.83
1967	4.79
1968	4.66
1969	4.50
1970	4.39
1971	4.27
1972	4.16
1973	4.00
1974	3.85
1975	3.82
1976	3.78
1977	3.74
1978	3.81
1979	3.82
1980	3.72
1981	3.65
1982	3.32
1983	3.11
1984	3.01
1985	2.89
1986	2.74
1987	2.64
1988	2.57
1989	2.58
1990	2.54
1991	2.51
1992	2.49
1993	2.44
1994	2.41
1995	2.35
1996	2.29
1997	2.22
1998	2.14
1999	2.14
2000	2.21
2001	2.28
2002	2.31
2003	2.30
2004	2.27
2005	2.26
2006	2.29
2007	2.30
2008	2.23
2009	2.18
2010	2.13
2011	2.14
2012	2.17
2013	2.18
2014	2.13
2015	2.09
2016	2.06
2017	2.04
2018	2.03
2019	2.02
2020	2.01
2021	2.00
2022	1.98
2023	1.97
2024 *	1.95
2025 *	1.94
2026 *	1.93
2027 *	1.91
2028 *	1.90
2029 *	1.89
2030 *	1.88
2031 *	1.87
2032 *	1.86
2033 *	1.85
2034 *	1.85
2035 *	1.84
2036 *	1.83
2037 *	1.83
2038 *	1.82
2039 *	1.81
2040 *	1.81
2041 *	1.80
2042 *	1.80
2043 *	1.80
2044 *	1.79
2045 *	1.79
2046 *	1.79
2047 *	1.78
2048 *	1.78
2049 *	1.77
2050 *	1.77
2051 *	1.77
2052 *	1.76
2053 *	1.75
2054 *	1.75
2055 *	1.75
2056 *	1.75
2057 *	1.75
2058 *	1.74
2059 *	1.74
2060 *	1.74
2061 *	1.74
2062 *	1.74
2063 *	1.73
2064 *	1.73
2065 *	1.73
2066 *	1.73
2067 *	1.73
2068 *	1.73
2069 *	1.72
2070 *	1.72
2071 *	1.72
2072 *	1.72
2073 *	1.72
2074 *	1.72
2075 *	1.72
2076 *	1.72
2077 *	1.72
2078 *	1.71
2079 *	1.71
2080 *	1.71
2081 *	1.71
2082 *	1.71
2083 *	1.71
2084 *	1.71
2085 *	1.71
2086 *	1.71
2087 *	1.71
2088 *	1.71
2089 *	1.70
2090 *	1.70
2091 *	1.70
2092 *	1.70
2093 *	1.70
2094 *	1.70
2095 *	1.70
2096 *	1.70
2097 *	1.70
2098 *	1.69
2099 *	1.69
2100 *	1.69

* UN projection

Births and deaths each year

Deaths are projected to outnumber births from 2058.

Births
Deaths
UN estimate
UN projection

179k281k 2026

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Year	Births	Deaths
1950	280,651	148,586
1951	289,322	141,811
1952	296,067	135,169
1953	302,216	129,484
1954	307,274	124,285
1955	312,004	119,665
1956	316,297	115,433
1957	327,500	112,241
1958	339,094	108,967
1959	347,545	106,065
1960	350,999	103,367
1961	352,100	101,014
1962	356,064	99,345
1963	361,121	98,246
1964	367,218	97,643
1965	369,071	96,648
1966	371,564	96,010
1967	380,300	95,563
1968	382,157	95,520
1969	381,866	95,646
1970	382,894	96,168
1971	379,454	98,261
1972	380,516	98,017
1973	377,411	98,826
1974	375,065	99,536
1975	381,947	99,448
1976	390,804	98,992
1977	398,213	98,175
1978	415,361	98,317
1979	426,916	97,126
1980	424,706	96,559
1981	424,830	96,738
1982	396,732	96,704
1983	375,766	97,988
1984	362,742	99,572
1985	348,540	100,717
1986	336,476	102,688
1987	331,586	105,171
1988	327,043	107,851
1989	334,326	121,928
1990	335,791	111,344
1991	332,081	113,954
1992	335,740	113,508
1993	340,144	113,879
1994	344,907	116,010
1995	344,690	122,734
1996	340,970	125,677
1997	336,714	128,522
1998	331,320	130,273
1999	338,438	131,551
2000	355,040	127,969
2001	371,424	127,045
2002	379,721	126,881
2003	380,930	128,930
2004	378,170	165,638
2005	378,376	129,681
2006	383,691	134,970
2007	385,456	137,177
2008	375,547	143,312
2009	365,886	165,721
2010	358,011	133,680
2011	359,070	134,597
2012	363,017	133,879
2013	363,696	134,376
2014	356,005	136,638
2015	348,168	139,039
2016	342,918	142,269
2017	339,514	145,953
2018	337,145	148,574
2019	334,362	151,041
2020	331,170	153,684
2021	328,525	169,414
2022	326,112	159,011
2023	324,102	162,453
2024 *	320,429	162,934
2025 *	318,489	166,204
2026 *	316,459	169,566
2027 *	314,866	173,136
2028 *	313,284	176,584
2029 *	312,034	180,125
2030 *	311,150	183,726
2031 *	310,127	187,247
2032 *	309,526	190,713
2033 *	309,081	194,422
2034 *	308,281	197,842
2035 *	307,430	201,209
2036 *	306,432	204,483
2037 *	304,990	207,533
2038 *	303,173	210,582
2039 *	301,372	213,581
2040 *	299,294	216,338
2041 *	297,100	218,821
2042 *	294,478	221,446
2043 *	291,831	224,020
2044 *	288,819	226,309
2045 *	285,851	228,444
2046 *	282,800	230,497
2047 *	279,536	232,621
2048 *	276,455	234,608
2049 *	273,006	236,326
2050 *	269,537	238,427
2051 *	266,674	240,223
2052 *	263,534	241,761
2053 *	260,711	243,455
2054 *	258,287	245,023
2055 *	256,258	246,651
2056 *	254,302	248,163
2057 *	252,368	249,630
2058 *	250,839	251,239
2059 *	249,083	252,643
2060 *	247,498	254,408
2061 *	246,179	255,902
2062 *	244,970	257,549
2063 *	243,593	259,295
2064 *	242,252	260,966
2065 *	240,841	262,540
2066 *	239,274	263,989
2067 *	237,760	265,691
2068 *	236,160	266,943
2069 *	234,434	268,286
2070 *	232,614	269,576
2071 *	230,885	270,543
2072 *	228,945	271,501
2073 *	227,131	272,185
2074 *	225,141	272,996
2075 *	222,847	273,657
2076 *	220,395	274,203
2077 *	218,348	274,426
2078 *	215,908	274,919
2079 *	213,626	275,072
2080 *	211,224	275,255
2081 *	208,846	275,524
2082 *	206,738	275,991
2083 *	204,500	276,469
2084 *	202,538	276,906
2085 *	200,690	277,349
2086 *	198,658	277,893
2087 *	196,784	278,378
2088 *	195,297	278,872
2089 *	193,462	279,523
2090 *	191,935	280,189
2091 *	190,272	280,808
2092 *	188,862	281,171
2093 *	187,571	281,353
2094 *	186,224	281,760
2095 *	184,868	281,940
2096 *	183,709	281,746
2097 *	182,511	281,847
2098 *	181,207	281,777
2099 *	179,961	281,294
2100 *	178,724	281,079

* UN projection

Economy of Sri Lanka

GDP by country →

GDP 2026: $111 billion 78th largest economy
GDP per person: $5,062 US$, market rates
GDP per person (PPP): Int$ 18,246 at purchasing power parity
Economic growth: +4.0% real GDP
Inflation: 5.3% consumer prices
Unemployment: 3.9% of the labour force
Government debt: 95.2% of GDP
Share of world GDP: 0.1%

IMF estimate
IMF projection

142B 2026

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Year	GDP, US$
1990	9,787,000,000
1991	10,716,000,000
1992	11,553,000,000
1993	12,351,000,000
1994	14,245,000,000
1995	15,127,000,000
1996	16,592,000,000
1997	18,544,000,000
1998	19,050,000,000
1999	19,143,000,000
2000	20,007,000,000
2001	19,236,000,000
2002	20,238,000,000
2003	22,352,000,000
2004	24,423,000,000
2005	28,880,000,000
2006	33,447,000,000
2007	38,270,000,000
2008	48,177,000,000
2009	49,750,000,000
2010	58,643,000,000
2011	67,725,000,000
2012	70,392,000,000
2013	76,934,000,000
2014	82,483,000,000
2015	85,091,000,000
2016	88,000,000,000
2017	94,376,000,000
2018	94,484,000,000
2019	89,015,000,000
2020	84,304,000,000
2021	88,609,000,000
2022	74,584,000,000
2023	84,087,000,000
2024	99,617,000,000
2025	108,860,000,000
2026 *	110,680,000,000
2027 *	113,140,000,000
2028 *	119,623,000,000
2029 *	126,535,000,000
2030 *	133,824,000,000
2031 *	141,548,000,000

* IMF projection

Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026). 2026 and later are IMF projections. GDP per capita by country · Richest countries

CO₂ emissions of Sri Lanka

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CO₂ emissions 2024: 20.8 million tonnes 88th largest emitter
Per person: 0.90 t world: 4.73 t
Share of world CO₂: 0.05% 0.28% of its people
Change since 1990: +448% +79% since 2005

21 2024

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Year	CO₂, million tonnes
1950	1.63
1951	1.55
1952	1.94
1953	2.07
1954	1.78
1955	1.66
1956	1.42
1957	2.32
1958	1.95
1959	2.06
1960	2.26
1961	2.33
1962	2.56
1963	2.53
1964	2.27
1965	2.66
1966	2.66
1967	2.94
1968	3.24
1969	4.32
1970	3.59
1971	3.19
1972	3.53
1973	3.67
1974	2.91
1975	2.88
1976	2.78
1977	2.90
1978	3.41
1979	3.78
1980	3.36
1981	3.97
1982	4.43
1983	4.83
1984	3.82
1985	3.88
1986	3.62
1987	3.99
1988	3.43
1989	3.42
1990	3.80
1991	4.11
1992	5.04
1993	4.91
1994	5.34
1995	5.72
1996	6.86
1997	7.40
1998	7.62
1999	8.38
2000	9.99
2001	10.16
2002	10.79
2003	10.76
2004	11.91
2005	11.67
2006	11.50
2007	11.84
2008	11.65
2009	12.57
2010	12.70
2011	14.48
2012	15.39
2013	14.14
2014	17.08
2015	19.18
2016	22.34
2017	22.17
2018	20.14
2019	21.11
2020	20.41
2021	20.82
2022	18.38
2023	19.17
2024	20.83

By source, 2024

Oil67.7%
Coal29.9%
Cement2.4%

Fossil fuels and industry, territorial; Global Carbon Budget via Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ per capita by country · Historical emissions

Compare with Asia

Country	Population 2026	Growth	Fertility	Median age
Sri Lanka	23.3 million	+0.50%	1.93	33.6
China	1.41 billion	−0.22%	1.03	40.6
Indonesia	288 million	+0.74%	2.08	30.7
Pakistan	259 million	+1.59%	3.44	20.8
Bangladesh	178 million	+1.19%	2.09	26.3
Japan	122 million	−0.56%	1.23	50.2
Philippines	118 million	+0.79%	1.86	26.6
Vietnam	102 million	+0.55%	1.86	33.9
Iran	93.2 million	+0.76%	1.66	34.5

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Questions

What is the population of Sri Lanka in 2026?

23,348,315 on 1 July 2026, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection). That is 23.3 million people, +0.51% on 2025.

Is Sri Lanka's population growing or shrinking?

Growing: 118,845 more people in 2026 than in 2025, with 866 births and 464 deaths a day and net migration of −30,760 a year.

When will Sri Lanka's population peak?

In 2051, at about 24.8 million, on the UN's medium projection; 21.2 million by 2100.

What is the fertility rate in Sri Lanka?

1.93 births per woman in 2026. A population replaces itself at about 2.1. Sri Lanka has been below that since 2015.

How many babies are born in Sri Lanka every day?

About 866 a day (316 thousand in 2026), against about 464 deaths a day.

What is the life expectancy in Sri Lanka?

78.0 years at birth in 2026: 81.0 for women and 74.9 for men, against a world average of 73.8.

How many men and women live in Sri Lanka?

About 11.3 million men and 12.1 million women in 2026, or 93.7 men for every 100 women.

What is the population density of Sri Lanka?

372 people per km² of land in 2026, on a total area of 65,610 km². The world average is 64.

What was the population of Sri Lanka in 2000?

19,293,054 (19.3 million), the UN estimate for 1 July 2000. It has grown by 21% since, to 23.3 million in 2026.

What will the population of Sri Lanka be in 2050?

About 24.8 million on the UN's medium projection (24,813,690), +6.3% from 2026; 21.2 million by 2100.

What are the largest cities in Sri Lanka?

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte - Colombo (5.3 million), Kandy (791 thousand), Galle (349 thousand), Matara (294 thousand), Jaffna (198 thousand). UN figures for 2026, counting each city’s whole built-up area.

What is the GDP of Sri Lanka in 2026?

$111 billion at current prices, the 78th largest economy in the world, on the IMF’s World Economic Outlook (October 2026) figures; real growth of +4.0%.

What is Sri Lanka's GDP per capita?

$5,062 per person at market exchange rates in 2026, or Int$ 18,246 at purchasing power parity, which adjusts for local prices.

How much CO₂ does Sri Lanka emit?

20.8 million tonnes from fossil fuels and industry in 2024, 0.90 t per person and 0.05% of the world total; oil is the largest source (68%).

Source and method

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. Figures for 1950–2023 are UN estimates; later years are the medium-variant projection, which assumes fertility, mortality and migration follow their most likely paths. National statistics offices publish their own counts, which can differ. Reuse under CC BY 3.0 IGO. How we use the data.