Vital statistics

Vital statistics: population, growth, births, deaths, migration and density. Annual, 1950–2025.

Published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and the RGD; read from CBSL Economic and Social Statistics and CBSL SDDS 'More Data' workbooks.

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Mid-year population (SDDS historical series) ended21,203'000 persons+1.1%
Vital statistics
Mid-year population, ’00021,756as named−0.7%
0 - 14 years4,502as named−18.7%
15 - 54 years12,064as named−3.7%
55 years & over5,190as named+35.0%
Mid-year population growth rate, %−0.1%+0.4 pts
Crude birth rate per 1,0009.9as named−2.0%
Crude death rate per 1,0007.9as named+1.3%
Rate of natural increase per 1,0001.9as named−17.4%
Mid-year in-migration, ’0003,788as named+27.7%
Mid-year out-migration, ’0003,878as named+23.3%
Mid-year net migration rate per 1,000−4.1as named–
Density of population, (persons per sq. km)349as named−0.3%
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births ended6as named−6.2%

Mid-year population (SDDS historical series)

'000 persons, annual. 2016: 21,203, +1.1% on a year earlier

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Published by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka and the RGD; read from CBSL Economic and Social Statistics and CBSL SDDS 'More Data' workbooks.

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.