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Sri Lanka

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capitals
Population
21,756,000 in 2025[4]
Other published figures
  • 21,444,000in 2017[5]
Land area
61,860 km²[6]
Total area
65,610 km²[7] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Coast
Yes[12]
Continent
Official names
  • ශ්‍රී ලංකා ප්‍රජාතාන්ත්‍රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය[13]
  • இலங்கை சனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு[14]
  • ශ්‍රී ලංකාව[15]
  • la République socialiste démocratique de Sri Lanka[16]

Parts of Sri Lanka

Loading 25 places.

Through time

Population over time[4]
1960202521.8M

9,661,389 in 1960, 21,756,000 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
19609,661,389
19619,899,372
196210,143,754
196310,395,040
196410,653,397
196510,916,965
196611,183,928
196711,457,328
196811,736,088
196912,013,858
197012,287,110
197112,551,910
197212,809,205
197313,060,916
197413,305,693
197513,548,984
197613,796,770
197714,049,371
197814,310,128
197914,579,614
198014,847,974
198115,099,414
198215,286,567
198315,388,794
198415,441,860
198515,544,154
198615,731,256
198715,916,576
198816,078,621
198916,248,557
199016,352,458
199116,475,354
199216,739,284
199317,025,918
199417,275,773
199517,564,068
199617,905,018
199718,248,200
199818,596,003
199918,944,731
200019,293,054
200119,600,362
200219,805,752
200319,951,521
200420,087,605
200520,216,524
200620,352,411
200720,492,545
200820,629,378
200920,756,435
201020,879,089
201121,009,048
201221,169,458
201320,585,000
201420,778,000
201520,970,000
201621,209,000
201721,453,000
201821,670,000
201921,803,000
202021,919,000
202122,156,000
202222,181,000
202322,037,000
202421,916,000
202521,756,000

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
LK[17]
ISO alpha-3
LKA[18]
ISO numeric
144[19]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), capital: Colombo (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  4. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  5. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), population (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  6. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  7. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), area (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), official language: Sinhala (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Sri Lanka
  9. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), official language: Tamil (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Constitution of Sri Lanka
  10. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), currency: Sri Lankan rupee (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  11. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), continent: Asia (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  12. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  13. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), official name (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  14. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), official name (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  15. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), official name (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), official name (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  17. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  19. Wikidata: Sri Lanka (Q854), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2563723151) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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