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Sri-Lanka

Updated: June 2026
 
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POPULATION DATA QUALITY

The Population Data Quality Rating is derived from three factors: a country's latest Census Year; its Capacity for producing statistical data; and its Registration of Births data. Read more...

The three components are weighted to form the Population Data Quality Index.


Population Data Quality Ratings
Index: 0 = Extremely poor quality, 100 = Good as it gets
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 Rank
Order		 Population
Data Quality
(Index, 0-100)		 Population
Data Quality
(Rating, A-E)		 Census
Years
(Out-of-date)		 Statistical Resources
(Index, 0-100)		 Registration of Births
(% of total)




Denmark 1 98.2 A 0 94.8 100.0
Finland 2 97.1 A 0 92.5 100.0
Singapore 3 96.8 A 5 99.5 99.9
Norway 4 95.1 A 0 93.1 100.0
Switzerland 5 94.7 A 1 81.4 100.0
Germany 6 93.2 A 0 88.1 100.0
Canada 7 92.8 A 4 92.4 100.0
New Zealand 8 92.3 A 2 85.4 100.0
Australia 9 91.2 A 4 87.6 100.0
Estonia 10 91.1 A 4 86.2 100.0
Netherlands 11 90.9 A 4 90.3 100.0
Iceland 12 90.8 A 0 80.9 100.0
Austria 13 88.9 A 0 81.4 100.0
Japan 14 88.9 A 5 81.6 100.0
Luxembourg 15 88.9 A 4 78.3 100.0
Belgium 16 87.6 A 4 82.2 100.0
United States 17 87.6 A 5 91.5 100.0
United Kingdom 18 87.2 A 4 80.7 100.0
Lithuania 19 86.4 A 4 81.6 100.0
Sweden 20 86.0 A 0 74.7 100.0
Ireland 21 85.5 A 17 85.4 100.0
Portugal 22 85.2 A 3 86.2 100.0
Slovenia 23 85.1 A 4 90.1 100.0
Korea, Rep. 24 85.0 A 5 82.4 100.0
United Arab Emirates 25 84.9 A 2 77.6 100.0
Poland 26 84.2 A 4 91.2 100.0
Czechia 27 83.8 A 4 73.7 100.0
Latvia 28 83.7 A 4 83.5 100.0
Hong Kong 29 92.7 B 4 96.4 100.0
Taiwan 30 88.2 B 5 80.8 91.3
Uruguay 31 86.4 B 2 68.1 99.8
France 32 85.7 B 5 78.4 100.0
Saudi Arabia 33 85.2 B 3 85.9 99.2
Chile 34 84.8 B 8 76.2 99.4
Costa Rica 35 83.9 B 3 76.1 99.6
Malta 36 82.9 B 4 84.4 100.0
Israel 37 82.8 B 16 85.7 100.0
Romania 38 82.1 B 3 88.4 100.0
Italy 39 81.9 B 13 86.5 100.0
Cabo Verde 40 81.7 B 4 69.7 91.4
Malaysia 41 81.7 B 5 88.8 100.0
Greece 42 81.3 B 4 69.7 100.0
Slovak Republic 43 80.6 B 4 84.0 100.0
Botswana 44 80.5 B 3 68.0 87.5
Spain 45 80.4 B 4 77.8 100.0
Georgia 46 79.5 B 11 82.4 98.5
Hungary 47 79.5 B 3 84.9 100.0
Cyprus 48 78.4 B 14 72.0 100.0
Bulgaria 49 78.3 B 4 81.3 100.0
North Macedonia 50 78.2 B 4 80.7 99.8
Qatar 51 78.2 B 5 54.6 100.0
Armenia 52 78.0 B 3 71.6 99.3
Brazil 53 77.9 B 3 80.5 96.4
Kazakhstan 54 77.4 B 4 81.4 99.7
Colombia 55 76.9 B 7 81.1 96.8
Oman 56 76.9 B 5 76.3 100.0
Albania 57 76.7 B 2 69.8 98.4
Mexico 58 76.2 B 5 91.2 97.0
Croatia 59 76.1 B 14 76.8 100.0
Moldova 60 76.1 B 1 77.9 99.6
Kuwait 61 75.5 B 2 57.3 100.0
Argentina 62 75.0 B 3 70.1 99.7
Mongolia 63 75.0 B 5 88.0 99.6
Brunei 64 74.8 B 14 60.8 99.9
Sri Lanka 65 74.7 B 2 66.3 97.2
Mauritius 66 73.9 B 14 67.3 100.0
Panama 67 73.8 B 5 74.4 96.7
Belarus 68 73.6 B 6 78.1 100.0
Jamaica 69 73.6 B 3 60.5 98.0
Bahrain 70 73.3 B 15 70.3 100.0
Serbia 71 73.1 B 3 73.7 99.9
Türkiye 72 73.0 B 3 71.2 98.4
Thailand 73 71.8 B 5 71.5 99.8
Tunisia 74 70.7 B 11 66.5 99.9
Morocco 75 70.3 B 11 72.8 96.9
Ukraine 76 70.1 B 5 64.9 99.8
South Africa 77 60.2 B 3 33.6 88.6
India 78 73.0 C 14 69.2 89.1
Egypt 79 71.6 C 8 70.8 99.4
Kyrgyzstan 80 71.4 C 2 62.3 98.9
Guatemala 81 69.4 C 7 64.4 96.4
Russia 82 67.8 C 4 68.0 100.0
China 83 67.3 C 5 41.0 100.0
Azerbaijan 84 67.1 C 16 64.2 93.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 85 65.9 C 12 56.3 99.5
Algeria 86 64.7 C 7 41.4 99.6
Jordan 87 64.6 C 10 76.0 98.0
El Salvador 88 64.3 C 18 54.3 91.2
Trinidad and Tobago 89 64.2 C 14 51.9 96.5
Uzbekistan 90 61.9 C 36 76.9 99.9
Nigeria 91 60.8 C 7 54.1 42.6
Philippines 92 60.3 C 5 77.0 91.8
Ecuador 93 57.7 C 3 63.0 87.2
Bahamas, The 94 57.5 C 15 41.7 100.0
Suriname 95 56.8 C 13 36.9 98.3
Peru 96 56.1 C 8 68.6 96.4
Bolivia 97 53.1 C 13 57.8 91.9
Bhutan 98 52.6 C 8 48.4 99.9
Paraguay 99 52.5 C 13 68.3 71.0
Rwanda 100 52.4 C 3 60.0 85.6
Guyana 101 49.3 C 13 43.5 98.1
Bangladesh 102 56.7 D 3 61.5 56.0
Tajikistan 103 52.5 D 5 57.1 95.8
Senegal 104 49.1 D 2 67.0 78.7
Ghana 105 47.2 D 4 63.6 70.6
Tanzania 106 45.5 D 3 61.8 26.4
Indonesia 107 44.6 D 5 71.8 77.0
Burkina Faso 108 43.5 D 6 48.0 76.9
Vietnam 109 43.5 D 6 55.3 96.1
Benin 110 43.3 D 12 53.9 85.6
Cote d'Ivoire 111 43.3 D 4 57.0 71.7
Zambia 112 41.4 D 3 41.9 14.0
Malawi 113 41.2 D 7 48.9 67.2
Sierra Leone 114 40.2 D 3 41.2 90.4
Nicaragua 115 39.8 D 20 47.6 84.7
Namibia 116 39.5 D 14 48.5 78.1
Kenya 117 39.0 D 6 57.3 66.9
Dominican Republic 118 38.8 D 15 56.6 92.2
Lesotho 119 42.9 E 9 53.1 44.5
Nepal 120 41.3 E 4 49.3 77.2
Pakistan 121 41.1 E 2 47.5 42.2
Gambia 122 40.4 E 12 54.1 59.0
Angola 123 39.1 E 11 49.7 25.0
Laos 124 38.9 E 10 47.7 73.0
Uganda 125 38.8 E 1 59.3 32.2
Mali 126 37.8 E 6 52.5 86.7
Togo 127 36.4 E 15 52.2 82.9
Cambodia 128 36.1 E 6 44.8 73.3
Niger 129 35.9 E 13 53.8 63.9
Sudan 130 35.9 E 17 62.9 67.3
Zimbabwe 131 35.7 E 3 48.3 48.7
Mozambique 132 35.6 E 8 48.5 55.0
Ethiopia 133 34.8 E 18 40.6 2.7
Myanmar 134 34.8 E 11 57.1 81.3
Madagascar 135 34.7 E 7 38.2 73.8
Liberia 136 34.6 E 17 43.8 66.3
Guinea 137 33.1 E 11 39.6 62.0
Gabon 138 32.3 E 12 38.4 89.6
Eswatini 139 32.0 E 8 38.3 53.5
Cameroon 140 31.8 E 20 53.3 61.9
Mauritania 141 31.4 E 12 34.6 44.8
Honduras 142 30.0 E 19 43.4 97.0
Chad 143 27.3 E 16 35.8 25.7
Congo, Rep. 144 26.8 E 18 24.2 95.9
Papua New Guinea 145 26.3 E 14 31.1 13.4
Turkmenistan 146 25.9 E 5 7.2 99.9
Guinea-Bissau 147 25.6 E 16 35.1 46.0
Comoros 148 24.9 E 8 67.0 87.3
Haiti 149 24.8 E 11 28.3 84.8
Burundi 150 23.6 E 17 41.4 83.5
Central African Republic 151 21.9 E 22 27.3 44.8
Yemen, Rep. 152 21.6 E 21 23.0 30.7
Libya 153 19.4 E 19 20.6 99.0
Congo, Dem. Rep 154 19.0 E 41 31.5 40.1
Afghanistan 155 15.0 E 46 28.9 42.3
Lebanon 156 14.4 E 82 48.7 98.9

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Data Notes
Population Data Quality Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
         0 = Poor, 100 = Excellent.

Rating definitions:
         A: As good as it gets
         B: Good
         C: Use with caution
         D: Poor
         E: Extremely poor quality

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POPULATION PROFILE

World Economics has collated key demographic data for Sri-Lanka in the table below. The data covers Population size, average age and dependency ratios.


Population Profile
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 Population
Size
(Millions, 2025)		 Median
Age
(Years)		 Fertility
Rate
(2025)		 Age
Dependency
(Young)		 Age
Dependency
(Old)		 Age
Dependency
(Total)




India 1469.4 28.8 1.7% 34.7% 11.1% 45.8%
China 1407.6 40.1 0.8% 21.1% 21.6% 42.7%
United States 347.6 38.5 1.4% 26.3% 29.3% 55.6%
Indonesia 286.6 30.4 1.9% 34.9% 11.4% 46.4%
Pakistan 258.1 20.6 3.3% 59.9% 7.4% 67.3%
Nigeria 241.4 18.1 4.1% 70.3% 5.4% 75.8%
Brazil 212.6 34.8 1.4% 27.7% 17.3% 45.0%
Bangladesh 176.8 26.0 1.9% 41.5% 10.4% 51.9%
Russia 142.9 40.3 1.2% 25.8% 28.3% 54.1%
Ethiopia 138.2 19.1 3.6% 66.3% 5.8% 72.1%
Mexico 132.3 29.6 1.6% 35.1% 13.0% 48.1%
Japan 122.0 49.8 1.0% 18.8% 51.4% 70.2%
Egypt 119.5 24.5 2.5% 49.0% 8.6% 57.5%
Philippines 117.1 26.1 1.6% 39.1% 8.8% 47.9%
Congo, Dem. Rep 116.0 15.8 5.7% 89.7% 6.1% 95.8%
Vietnam 101.7 33.4 1.6% 33.2% 14.6% 47.8%
Türkiye 87.5 33.5 1.4% 30.0% 15.9% 45.9%
Germany 83.3 45.5 1.2% 22.4% 39.2% 61.6%
Thailand 71.3 40.6 1.0% 20.3% 24.1% 44.4%
United Kingdom 69.7 40.1 1.3% 26.4% 31.5% 57.9%
Tanzania 72.2 17.5 4.2% 76.9% 5.5% 82.4%
France 66.5 42.3 1.4% 26.1% 37.5% 63.6%
South Africa 65.1 28.7 1.9% 38.0% 10.5% 48.5%
Italy 58.7 48.2 1.0% 18.2% 40.7% 58.8%
Kenya 58.3 20.0 2.9% 58.4% 5.0% 63.4%
Myanmar 54.9 30.1 1.8% 34.9% 11.3% 46.2%
Colombia 53.7 32.5 1.4% 28.4% 15.3% 43.6%
Korea, Rep. 51.4 45.6 0.5% 14.3% 31.2% 45.5%
Sudan 53.0 18.5 3.9% 70.2% 6.1% 76.3%
Uganda 52.5 16.9 3.8% 77.5% 4.1% 81.6%
Spain 47.7 45.9 1.0% 18.8% 33.8% 52.7%
Algeria 47.8 28.6 2.4% 46.4% 11.1% 57.5%
Argentina 45.8 32.9 1.3% 30.6% 19.3% 49.9%
Afghanistan 44.9 17.3 4.4% 76.3% 4.4% 80.7%
Yemen, Rep. 42.8 18.4 4.2% 72.4% 4.6% 77.0%
Canada 40.3 40.6 1.1% 23.1% 32.2% 55.3%
Poland 37.7 42.5 1.1% 21.9% 32.9% 54.8%
Morocco 38.6 29.8 1.9% 37.2% 13.2% 50.4%
Angola 40.0 16.6 4.7% 82.3% 5.5% 87.8%
Ukraine 39.4 41.8 0.8% 19.9% 28.4% 48.3%
Uzbekistan 37.6 27.0 3.2% 50.5% 10.1% 60.6%
Malaysia 36.2 31.0 1.3% 29.4% 11.8% 41.2%
Mozambique 36.5 16.5 4.4% 82.1% 5.1% 87.1%
Ghana 35.5 21.3 3.1% 57.3% 6.4% 63.7%
Peru 34.8 30.2 1.7% 34.7% 14.5% 49.2%
Saudi Arabia 35.0 29.6 2.0% 31.9% 4.3% 36.2%
Madagascar 33.4 19.2 3.6% 66.8% 6.1% 72.9%
Cote d'Ivoire 33.3 18.3 3.9% 69.9% 4.7% 74.7%
Nepal 29.5 25.3 1.7% 42.2% 10.3% 52.5%
Cameroon 30.5 18.0 3.9% 72.4% 5.0% 77.4%
Niger 28.7 15.6 5.5% 89.0% 5.1% 94.1%
Australia 27.1 38.3 1.4% 27.4% 28.8% 56.2%
Mali 25.8 15.7 5.2% 87.0% 4.5% 91.5%
Burkina Faso 24.5 17.7 3.8% 71.4% 4.8% 76.2%
Taiwan 22.9 44.8 0.6% 16.6% 30.9% 47.5%
Sri Lanka 23.2 33.3 1.7% 32.5% 19.5% 52.0%
Malawi 22.7 18.1 3.3% 68.4% 4.5% 72.9%
Zambia 22.4 17.9 3.7% 70.5% 3.6% 74.1%
Kazakhstan 21.0 29.7 2.7% 46.7% 15.1% 61.8%
Chad 21.5 15.8 5.7% 88.7% 4.1% 92.9%
Chile 19.9 36.9 0.9% 23.4% 21.9% 45.3%
Romania 18.7 43.2 1.5% 24.0% 31.5% 55.5%
Senegal 19.3 19.6 3.5% 63.3% 6.2% 69.5%
Guatemala 18.9 23.4 2.0% 47.3% 7.9% 55.2%
Netherlands 18.4 41.5 1.2% 23.3% 33.3% 56.6%
Ecuador 18.4 29.3 1.5% 34.4% 13.1% 47.5%
Cambodia 18.0 26.2 2.3% 45.5% 10.3% 55.8%
Zimbabwe 17.2 18.1 3.4% 69.7% 6.2% 75.9%
Guinea 15.4 18.3 3.8% 71.4% 6.2% 77.6%
Benin 15.1 18.0 4.2% 73.3% 5.7% 79.0%
Rwanda 14.8 19.9 3.3% 62.0% 6.9% 68.9%
Burundi 14.7 16.4 4.4% 79.7% 4.7% 84.4%
Bolivia 12.7 25.2 2.3% 44.7% 9.0% 53.7%
Tunisia 12.4 32.9 1.6% 34.6% 15.5% 50.1%
Haiti 12.0 24.1 2.3% 46.9% 7.5% 54.5%
Belgium 11.7 41.9 1.1% 24.4% 33.8% 58.2%
Jordan 11.5 24.7 2.3% 45.3% 7.6% 52.9%
Dominican Republic 11.6 28.3 2.0% 39.3% 12.9% 52.2%
United Arab Emirates 11.5 31.6 1.0% 19.3% 2.2% 21.6%
Honduras 11.1 24.2 2.2% 45.7% 7.1% 52.9%
Czechia 10.5 43.8 1.2% 23.3% 33.7% 56.9%
Sweden 10.7 40.3 1.2% 26.3% 33.7% 60.0%
Tajikistan 10.9 22.2 2.7% 58.8% 7.1% 65.9%
Papua New Guinea 10.9 22.8 2.8% 51.7% 5.9% 57.5%
Portugal 10.4 46.9 1.3% 20.4% 40.9% 61.3%
Azerbaijan 10.4 33.6 1.4% 29.6% 14.0% 43.6%
Greece 9.9 46.8 1.1% 20.0% 39.4% 59.5%
Hungary 9.6 43.9 1.3% 22.3% 33.1% 55.4%
Togo 9.9 19.1 3.8% 67.0% 5.7% 72.7%
Israel 9.6 29.2 2.5% 44.6% 21.3% 65.9%
Austria 9.1 43.6 1.1% 21.9% 33.6% 55.5%
Belarus 8.9 41.3 1.0% 23.5% 28.8% 52.3%
Switzerland 9.0 42.9 1.2% 23.0% 32.5% 55.5%
Sierra Leone 9.0 19.7 3.4% 62.6% 5.6% 68.2%
Laos 7.9 24.9 2.1% 45.0% 7.6% 52.5%
Turkmenistan 7.7 26.9 2.4% 48.1% 7.9% 56.0%
Hong Kong 7.3 47.4 0.5% 15.3% 37.8% 53.1%
Libya 7.5 27.7 2.0% 38.3% 7.9% 46.3%
Kyrgyzstan 7.4 25.4 2.5% 50.5% 10.0% 60.5%
Paraguay 7.1 27.0 2.2% 43.3% 10.6% 54.0%
Nicaragua 7.1 26.0 1.9% 42.1% 8.9% 50.9%
Bulgaria 6.6 44.8 1.5% 22.7% 35.5% 58.2%
Serbia 6.6 44.4 1.3% 22.8% 37.5% 60.2%
El Salvador 6.4 27.9 1.5% 35.5% 12.6% 48.0%
Congo, Rep. 6.6 18.6 3.8% 68.6% 5.5% 74.1%
Denmark 6.0 41.3 1.3% 24.5% 33.9% 58.4%
Singapore 5.9 36.2 0.7% 16.0% 20.1% 36.1%
Lebanon 5.9 28.8 2.0% 38.8% 16.7% 55.5%
Finland 5.6 43.2 1.1% 22.8% 39.9% 62.7%
Liberia 5.8 18.8 3.5% 66.6% 5.8% 72.4%
Norway 5.6 39.8 1.2% 24.2% 29.9% 54.1%
Slovak Republic 5.4 42.3 1.3% 23.6% 29.9% 53.5%
Central African Republic 5.7 14.5 5.6% 97.4% 4.5% 101.9%
Oman 5.6 29.7 2.2% 32.8% 3.7% 36.6%
Ireland 5.3 39.0 1.4% 26.8% 25.1% 51.9%
New Zealand 5.3 37.7 1.4% 27.4% 28.0% 55.5%
Mauritania 5.4 17.4 4.3% 76.9% 6.0% 82.9%
Costa Rica 5.2 35.2 1.1% 25.9% 19.3% 45.2%
Kuwait 5.1 34.8 1.3% 22.5% 4.1% 26.6%
Panama 4.6 30.3 1.8% 36.7% 15.1% 51.8%
Croatia 3.8 45.3 1.2% 21.6% 38.5% 60.1%
Georgia 3.8 37.3 1.5% 31.8% 25.8% 57.6%
Mongolia 3.5 26.9 2.3% 48.7% 9.1% 57.8%
Uruguay 3.4 36.4 1.1% 26.5% 25.1% 51.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.1 45.7 1.3% 19.9% 36.8% 56.8%
Qatar 3.2 33.5 1.5% 18.0% 2.1% 20.1%
Moldova 3.0 38.6 1.5% 30.4% 27.5% 57.9%
Namibia 3.1 21.3 2.9% 60.6% 6.5% 67.2%
Armenia 2.9 36.6 1.5% 28.3% 23.0% 51.2%
Lithuania 2.8 42.3 1.0% 22.2% 33.1% 55.3%
Jamaica 2.8 32.8 1.1% 24.5% 12.3% 36.7%
Albania 2.7 37.3 1.1% 25.0% 28.0% 53.0%
Gambia 2.9 18.6 3.6% 68.0% 5.7% 73.8%
Gabon 2.6 21.5 3.3% 60.0% 7.0% 67.0%
Botswana 2.6 23.4 2.4% 49.6% 6.4% 56.0%
Lesotho 2.4 21.8 2.4% 53.8% 6.2% 60.1%
Guinea-Bissau 2.3 19.4 3.4% 64.3% 5.6% 69.9%
Slovenia 2.1 44.7 1.3% 22.6% 35.9% 58.5%
Latvia 1.8 43.6 1.1% 24.0% 36.3% 60.4%
North Macedonia 1.8 41.0 1.2% 25.1% 29.3% 54.4%
Bahrain 1.7 33.4 1.5% 23.4% 5.4% 28.8%
Trinidad and Tobago 1.5 37.7 1.3% 24.8% 19.5% 44.3%
Estonia 1.3 42.8 1.1% 23.7% 35.4% 59.1%
Cyprus 1.4 38.6 1.1% 23.4% 22.2% 45.6%
Mauritius 1.3 37.8 1.0% 20.2% 20.7% 40.9%
Eswatini 1.3 22.5 2.4% 51.8% 7.0% 58.8%
Comoros 0.9 20.6 3.5% 62.1% 7.5% 69.6%
Guyana 0.8 26.2 2.1% 44.8% 11.3% 56.0%
Bhutan 0.8 30.5 1.2% 27.0% 9.2% 36.2%
Luxembourg 0.7 39.5 1.2% 23.1% 23.8% 46.8%
Suriname 0.6 28.6 2.0% 37.7% 12.8% 50.5%
Malta 0.5 41.1 0.9% 19.3% 31.5% 50.8%
Cabo Verde 0.5 29.0 1.3% 34.7% 10.9% 45.6%
Brunei 0.5 32.7 1.5% 28.3% 10.6% 38.9%
Bahamas, The 0.4 35.3 1.1% 24.5% 17.7% 42.2%
Iceland 0.4 36.2 1.3% 26.1% 24.5% 50.6%

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Data Notes
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Fertility rate data is from the United Nations Population Prospect Database, Actual data to 2024, Medium estimate used for 2024-2050.

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