Population density (people per sq. km of land area) (World Bank WDI)
World Bank indicators. People per square kilometer of land area, annual.
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Data source: World Bank, wdi_lka.zip (8 Oct 2026)
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About this series
- Source World Bank, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit People per square kilometer of land area
- Date range 1961 – 2024
- Last checked 8 Oct 2026
Checks: no discrepancies recorded.
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- Population density (people per sq. km of land area) (World Bank WDI)
- Read from
- World Bank: World Development Indicators and International Debt Statistics (World Bank)
- Source page
- https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka
- Licence
- Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Notes
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, EN.POP.DNST, Sri Lanka. Data source (as the World Bank gives it): FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); World Bank population estimates, World Bank (WB), publisher: World Bank (WB) Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: The World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka.
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One vintage so far, published 8 Oct 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.