Urban population growth (annual %) (modelled estimate) (World Bank WDI)
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Data source: World Bank, wdi_lka.zip (8 Oct 2026)
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- Source World Bank, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit Per cent
- Date range 1961 – 2025
- Last checked 8 Oct 2026
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- Urban population growth (annual %) (modelled estimate) (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
- A modelled estimate (ILO or UN) of a measure DCS also publishes; the two can differ. World Bank, World Development Indicators, SP.URB.GROW, Sri Lanka. Data source (as the World Bank gives it): World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wup/, note: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects, National definitions, publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB), note: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects, National definitions Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: The World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka.
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