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Sri Lanka

Updated: December 2025
 
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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(Out-of-date)		 Statistical Capacity
(Index, 0-100)		 Registration of Births
(% of total)




Denmark 1 100.0 A 0 95.3 100.0
Finland 2 99.3 A 0 95.1 100.0
Norway 3 96.2 A 0 93.6 100.0
Sweden 4 96.0 A 0 94.4 100.0
Singapore 5 95.0 A 5 88.8 99.9
Netherlands 6 94.8 A 4 94.3 100.0
Australia 7 94.0 A 4 90.9 100.0
Estonia 8 93.9 A 4 92.8 100.0
Switzerland 9 93.6 A 1 90.3 100.0
Germany 10 93.5 A 0 92.5 100.0
New Zealand 11 93.5 A 2 91.3 100.0
Luxembourg 12 93.2 A 4 88.9 100.0
Iceland 13 92.1 A 0 81.7 100.0
Canada 14 91.2 A 4 93.5 100.0
Austria 15 90.9 A 0 92.6 100.0
Japan 16 89.2 A 5 90.9 100.0
Korea, Rep. 17 88.3 A 5 91.5 100.0
Slovenia 18 88.3 A 4 94.2 100.0
United States 19 88.2 A 5 93.4 100.0
Ireland 20 88.0 A 17 89.4 100.0
Belgium 21 87.6 A 4 90.5 100.0
United Arab Emirates 22 87.4 A 2 77.6 100.0
Portugal 23 86.9 A 3 93.8 100.0
United Kingdom 24 86.8 A 4 88.9 100.0
Poland 25 86.7 A 4 94.7 100.0
Uruguay 26 86.7 A 2 81.1 99.8
Spain 27 86.4 A 4 94.3 100.0
Latvia 28 86.3 A 4 91.4 100.0
Lithuania 29 85.8 B 4 91.5 100.0
Czechia 30 85.3 B 4 91.0 100.0
France 31 85.1 B 5 92.8 100.0
Costa Rica 32 84.7 B 3 88.5 99.6
Slovak Republic 33 84.7 B 4 89.8 100.0
Saudi Arabia 34 84.1 B 3 81.5 99.2
Chile 35 83.9 B 8 86.8 99.4
Malaysia 36 83.5 B 5 80.4 100.0
Taiwan 37 83.5 B 5 0.0 91.3
Romania 38 83.3 B 3 88.6 100.0
Italy 39 82.9 B 13 93.6 100.0
Greece 40 82.4 B 4 90.6 100.0
Oman 41 82.3 B 5 58.2 100.0
Bulgaria 42 82.0 B 4 88.4 100.0
Cabo Verde 43 81.4 B 4 60.5 91.4
Israel 44 81.3 B 16 87.9 100.0
Hungary 45 80.9 B 3 92.2 100.0
Georgia 46 80.7 B 11 89.3 98.5
Moldova 47 80.7 B 1 86.1 99.6
Cyprus 48 80.6 B 14 88.0 100.0
Hong Kong 49 80.4 B 4 0.0 100.0
Botswana 50 79.8 B 3 63.3 87.5
Qatar 51 79.7 B 5 66.8 100.0
North Macedonia 52 79.4 B 4 85.3 99.8
Serbia 53 79.2 B 3 84.4 99.9
Malta 54 79.0 B 4 84.8 100.0
Albania 55 78.7 B 2 85.1 98.4
Brunei 56 78.0 B 14 63.2 99.9
Kazakhstan 57 78.0 B 4 79.8 99.7
Mongolia 58 77.9 B 5 84.0 99.6
Croatia 59 77.6 B 14 87.0 100.0
Colombia 60 77.1 B 7 87.3 96.8
Mauritius 61 77.1 B 14 78.3 100.0
Armenia 62 76.9 B 3 85.0 99.3
Türkiye 63 76.7 B 3 86.7 98.4
Mexico 64 76.6 B 5 91.6 97.0
South Africa 65 76.5 B 3 82.4 88.6
Kuwait 66 75.8 B 2 62.4 100.0
Jamaica 67 75.5 B 3 67.4 98.0
Belarus 68 75.3 B 6 78.7 100.0
Thailand 69 75.3 B 5 81.1 99.8
Tunisia 70 75.0 B 11 75.8 99.9
Bahrain 71 74.9 B 15 51.6 100.0
Ukraine 72 74.7 B 5 78.7 99.8
Brazil 73 74.6 B 3 80.6 96.4
Panama 74 73.8 B 5 72.3 96.7
Argentina 75 73.6 B 3 79.5 99.7
Sri Lanka 76 73.0 B 2 80.2 97.2
Morocco 77 72.5 B 11 75.4 96.9
Russia 78 71.3 C 4 82.9 100.0
Egypt 79 71.1 C 8 80.1 99.4
Guatemala 80 70.3 C 7 74.3 96.4
Kyrgyzstan 81 69.6 C 2 76.8 98.9
Algeria 82 69.2 C 7 62.7 99.6
Suriname 83 69.2 C 13 57.2 98.3
China 84 69.1 C 5 59.5 100.0
El Salvador 85 68.6 C 18 74.9 91.2
Trinidad and Tobago 86 67.8 C 14 56.1 96.5
Uzbekistan 87 67.6 C 36 80.3 99.9
India 88 67.3 C 14 73.6 89.1
Jordan 89 67.0 C 10 78.1 98.0
Nigeria 90 67.0 C 7 60.9 42.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 91 66.9 C 12 69.4 99.5
Azerbaijan 92 65.6 C 16 66.8 93.6
Philippines 93 64.3 C 5 85.2 91.8
Ecuador 94 63.1 C 3 79.1 87.2
Bahamas, The 95 62.0 C 15 49.8 100.0
Peru 96 57.8 C 8 76.5 96.4
Rwanda 97 57.3 C 3 73.1 85.6
Bhutan 98 56.9 C 8 63.1 99.9
Bolivia 99 56.7 C 13 72.5 91.9
Guyana 100 56.5 C 13 58.1 98.1
Paraguay 101 55.8 C 13 75.6 71.0
Bangladesh 102 53.5 D 3 70.8 56.0
Senegal 103 51.8 D 2 77.2 78.7
Tajikistan 104 51.8 D 5 48.6 95.8
Cote d'Ivoire 105 50.7 D 4 68.9 71.7
Tanzania 106 49.8 D 3 69.9 26.4
Ghana 107 49.7 D 4 68.2 70.6
Indonesia 108 49.5 D 5 81.4 77.0
Burkina Faso 109 48.3 D 6 74.3 76.9
Zambia 110 48.2 D 3 62.5 14.0
Benin 111 47.5 D 12 68.0 85.6
Kenya 112 47.4 D 6 70.6 66.9
Dominican Republic 113 47.0 D 15 74.1 92.2
Namibia 114 47.0 D 14 58.7 78.1
Vietnam 115 47.0 D 6 72.3 96.1
Niger 116 45.6 D 13 68.9 63.9
Malawi 117 45.2 D 7 65.6 67.2
Uganda 118 45.2 D 1 72.0 32.2
Nicaragua 119 45.0 D 20 53.6 84.7
Sierra Leone 120 44.9 E 3 61.8 90.4
Nepal 121 44.6 E 4 64.0 77.2
Lesotho 122 43.9 E 9 58.0 44.5
Gambia 123 43.4 E 12 67.9 59.0
Laos 124 42.7 E 10 60.9 73.0
Mali 125 42.2 E 6 63.0 86.7
Mauritania 126 41.9 E 12 62.5 44.8
Mozambique 127 41.9 E 8 60.8 55.0
Zimbabwe 128 41.5 E 3 69.7 48.7
Pakistan 129 41.1 E 2 68.6 42.2
Angola 130 41.0 E 11 62.3 25.0
Togo 131 40.9 E 15 66.1 82.9
Cambodia 132 40.5 E 6 65.0 73.3
Eswatini 133 40.1 E 8 61.2 53.5
Guinea 134 39.3 E 11 49.7 62.0
Madagascar 135 39.1 E 7 53.4 73.8
Comoros 136 38.9 E 8 46.7 87.3
Myanmar 137 37.9 E 11 68.6 81.3
Ethiopia 138 37.8 E 18 60.7 2.7
Cameroon 139 37.7 E 20 58.5 61.9
Gabon 140 37.7 E 12 46.8 89.6
Liberia 141 37.3 E 17 65.1 66.3
Honduras 142 37.1 E 19 65.8 97.0
Papua New Guinea 143 37.0 E 14 45.9 13.4
Chad 144 36.4 E 16 56.4 25.7
Central African Republic 145 35.6 E 22 47.3 44.8
Guinea-Bissau 146 35.0 E 16 45.9 46.0
Burundi 147 34.2 E 17 47.3 83.5
Haiti 148 34.1 E 11 39.6 84.8
Congo, Rep. 149 34.0 E 18 43.2 95.9
Sudan 150 32.2 E 17 44.7 67.3
Yemen, Rep. 151 29.5 E 21 35.7 30.7
Turkmenistan 152 28.8 E 5 30.7 99.9
Libya 153 28.5 E 19 33.1 99.0
Congo, Dem. Rep 154 27.9 E 41 52.4 40.1
Afghanistan 155 25.4 E 46 57.1 42.3
Lebanon 156 17.4 E 82 58.2 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 1,459.5 27.6 2.0% 35.4% 10.8% 46.1%
China 1,412.9 37.9 1.0% 22.1% 21.4% 43.5%
United States 346.4 37.7 1.6% 26.5% 28.5% 55.0%
Indonesia 284.9 29.4 2.0% 35.5% 11.1% 46.6%
Pakistan 254.5 20.2 3.7% 61.0% 7.3% 68.4%
Nigeria 236.9 17.0 4.8% 71.8% 5.4% 77.3%
Brazil 212.2 32.8 1.5% 28.0% 16.6% 44.6%
Bangladesh 175.1 26.3 2.1% 42.1% 10.2% 52.2%
Russia 143.7 38.8 1.4% 26.1% 27.3% 53.4%
Ethiopia 135.1 18.5 4.3% 66.9% 5.7% 72.6%
Mexico 131.5 29.0 1.8% 35.8% 12.6% 48.4%
Japan 122.9 48.4 1.2% 19.1% 51.0% 70.2%
Egypt 118.0 23.9 2.7% 50.0% 8.3% 58.3%
Philippines 116.4 24.5 2.0% 40.4% 8.5% 48.9%
Congo, Dem. Rep 112.6 15.6 6.3% 90.2% 6.1% 96.2%
Vietnam 101.3 32.0 1.7% 33.8% 14.0% 47.8%
Türkiye 87.4 30.9 1.6% 30.7% 15.5% 46.2%
Germany 83.9 44.9 1.3% 22.2% 38.0% 60.2%
Thailand 71.4 39.3 1.1% 20.7% 23.0% 43.7%
United Kingdom 69.4 39.6 1.5% 26.8% 31.1% 57.9%
Tanzania 70.4 16.8 4.7% 77.5% 5.6% 83.1%
France 66.5 41.6 1.6% 26.5% 36.8% 63.3%
South Africa 64.6 27.1 2.1% 38.2% 10.2% 48.4%
Italy 59.0 46.8 1.1% 18.4% 39.7% 58.1%
Kenya 57.4 19.2 3.3% 59.7% 5.0% 64.7%
Myanmar 54.7 29.0 2.0% 35.2% 11.0% 46.2%
Colombia 53.3 30.8 1.5% 28.6% 14.6% 43.3%
Korea, Rep. 51.5 43.4 0.7% 14.7% 29.3% 44.0%
Sudan 51.5 18.4 4.4% 71.3% 6.0% 77.3%
Uganda 51.2 15.9 4.7% 78.9% 4.1% 82.9%
Spain 47.8 43.9 1.1% 19.2% 32.9% 52.1%
Algeria 47.3 27.8 2.5% 47.3% 10.8% 58.1%
Argentina 45.7 31.3 1.7% 31.7% 19.0% 50.7%
Afghanistan 43.7 16.7 5.2% 77.4% 4.4% 81.8%
Yemen, Rep. 41.7 18.7 4.6% 72.7% 4.5% 77.2%
Canada 40.0 40.2 1.3% 23.1% 31.3% 54.4%
Poland 38.1 40.9 1.2% 22.3% 32.0% 54.4%
Morocco 38.3 28.7 2.1% 38.0% 12.7% 50.7%
Angola 38.9 16.2 5.4% 83.2% 5.5% 88.7%
Ukraine 38.9 40.8 1.0% 20.3% 28.2% 48.5%
Uzbekistan 37.0 26.6 3.0% 50.0% 9.7% 59.6%
Malaysia 35.9 29.9 1.5% 30.2% 11.4% 41.5%
Mozambique 35.5 16.8 4.9% 83.2% 5.1% 88.3%
Ghana 35.0 20.4 3.4% 58.3% 6.2% 64.5%
Peru 34.5 28.2 1.9% 35.3% 14.1% 49.4%
Saudi Arabia 34.5 29.8 2.3% 32.2% 4.2% 36.4%
Madagascar 32.6 19.0 4.0% 67.6% 6.0% 73.6%
Cote d'Ivoire 32.6 17.6 4.4% 71.1% 4.7% 75.8%
Nepal 29.5 23.7 2.0% 42.9% 10.1% 53.1%
Cameroon 29.8 17.5 4.5% 73.3% 5.0% 78.4%
Niger 27.9 14.5 6.4% 90.4% 5.1% 95.5%
Australia 26.9 37.0 1.6% 27.5% 28.2% 55.7%
Mali 25.1 15.1 5.9% 88.3% 4.6% 92.9%
Burkina Faso 24.0 16.6 4.7% 73.3% 4.8% 78.1%
Taiwan 23.1 41.3 0.8% 16.8% 29.3% 46.1%
Sri Lanka 23.2 32.5 1.8% 33.0% 19.0% 51.9%
Malawi 22.1 16.8 3.9% 70.0% 4.5% 74.6%
Zambia 21.9 16.9 4.3% 71.8% 3.5% 75.4%
Kazakhstan 20.8 29.5 2.7% 47.1% 14.6% 61.7%
Chad 21.0 15.0 6.5% 88.5% 4.1% 92.6%
Chile 19.8 34.9 1.2% 24.0% 21.2% 45.2%
Romania 18.9 41.9 1.6% 24.2% 31.3% 55.5%
Senegal 18.9 17.8 4.0% 64.4% 6.2% 70.6%
Guatemala 18.6 22.1 2.4% 48.5% 7.8% 56.2%
Netherlands 18.3 41.7 1.4% 23.3% 32.5% 55.8%
Ecuador 18.2 27.6 1.8% 35.4% 12.7% 48.1%
Cambodia 17.8 26.5 2.6% 46.0% 9.9% 55.9%
Zimbabwe 16.9 18.1 3.5% 71.7% 6.3% 78.1%
Guinea 15.1 17.7 4.5% 72.4% 6.2% 78.6%
Benin 14.8 17.5 4.8% 74.2% 5.7% 79.9%
Rwanda 14.5 19.0 3.8% 62.8% 6.8% 69.6%
Burundi 14.4 15.6 5.2% 82.3% 4.8% 87.0%
Bolivia 12.5 23.9 2.6% 45.4% 8.9% 54.3%
Tunisia 12.3 31.7 1.7% 35.4% 14.9% 50.4%
Haiti 11.9 23.0 2.7% 47.8% 7.4% 55.2%
Belgium 11.7 40.9 1.4% 24.8% 33.1% 57.9%
Jordan 11.5 23.4 2.6% 46.4% 7.3% 53.7%
Dominican Republic 11.5 27.1 2.0% 39.9% 12.5% 52.4%
United Arab Emirates 11.3 32.8 1.2% 19.4% 2.2% 21.6%
Honduras 11.0 23.4 2.5% 46.4% 7.0% 53.4%
Czechia 10.6 42.6 1.4% 23.7% 33.2% 56.9%
Sweden 10.6 39.5 1.5% 26.8% 33.5% 60.3%
Tajikistan 10.8 21.5 3.0% 59.7% 6.8% 66.5%
Papua New Guinea 10.7 21.8 3.2% 52.4% 5.7% 58.1%
Portugal 10.4 45.0 1.3% 20.4% 40.0% 60.4%
Azerbaijan 10.4 31.4 1.5% 30.4% 13.2% 43.6%
Greece 9.9 44.7 1.3% 20.5% 38.9% 59.4%
Hungary 9.6 42.7 1.4% 22.3% 32.8% 55.1%
Togo 9.7 18.7 4.2% 68.0% 5.7% 73.7%
Israel 9.5 29.0 2.7% 45.2% 21.1% 66.3%
Austria 9.1 42.8 1.3% 21.8% 32.6% 54.4%
Belarus 9.0 40.2 1.2% 24.1% 27.8% 51.9%
Switzerland 8.9 41.8 1.4% 23.0% 31.6% 54.6%
Sierra Leone 8.8 18.8 4.2% 63.7% 5.6% 69.3%
Laos 7.8 23.8 2.5% 45.7% 7.4% 53.0%
Turkmenistan 7.6 25.8 2.5% 48.8% 7.5% 56.3%
Hong Kong 7.4 44.9 0.7% 15.6% 35.8% 51.5%
Libya 7.4 26.3 2.2% 39.5% 7.6% 47.1%
Kyrgyzstan 7.3 23.7 2.7% 51.4% 9.6% 61.0%
Paraguay 7.0 25.6 2.3% 43.7% 10.4% 54.1%
Nicaragua 7.0 24.5 2.1% 42.9% 8.6% 51.5%
Bulgaria 6.7 44.5 1.6% 22.7% 35.1% 57.8%
Serbia 6.7 42.9 1.4% 22.7% 36.8% 59.5%
El Salvador 6.3 26.3 1.7% 36.2% 12.3% 48.6%
Congo, Rep. 6.5 18.2 4.2% 70.1% 5.4% 75.5%
Denmark 6.0 41.3 1.5% 24.6% 33.4% 57.9%
Singapore 5.9 41.8 0.9% 15.8% 19.2% 35.0%
Lebanon 5.8 28.3 2.1% 40.0% 16.3% 56.3%
Finland 5.6 42.4 1.3% 23.3% 39.4% 62.7%
Liberia 5.7 17.9 4.2% 67.9% 5.8% 73.7%
Norway 5.6 39.3 1.4% 24.5% 29.4% 53.9%
Slovak Republic 5.5 40.6 1.4% 23.8% 29.1% 52.9%
Central African Republic 5.5 14.7 6.0% 99.1% 4.5% 103.6%
Oman 5.5 28.8 2.5% 33.3% 3.7% 37.0%
Ireland 5.3 37.6 1.5% 27.5% 24.7% 52.2%
New Zealand 5.2 36.5 1.6% 27.7% 27.3% 55.0%
Mauritania 5.3 17.6 4.8% 78.0% 6.0% 83.9%
Costa Rica 5.1 32.9 1.3% 26.6% 18.5% 45.1%
Kuwait 5.0 38.3 1.5% 22.8% 4.0% 26.8%
Panama 4.6 28.8 2.0% 37.3% 14.7% 51.9%
Croatia 3.8 43.7 1.4% 21.9% 37.7% 59.5%
Georgia 3.8 36.4 1.7% 32.3% 25.2% 57.4%
Mongolia 3.5 26.8 2.4% 50.1% 8.6% 58.7%
Uruguay 3.4 35.2 1.5% 27.2% 24.7% 51.9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.1 41.8 1.3% 20.0% 35.6% 55.5%
Qatar 3.1 33.0 1.7% 18.0% 2.0% 20.1%
Moldova 3.0 36.1 1.6% 30.7% 26.5% 57.2%
Namibia 3.1 21.3 3.2% 61.5% 6.4% 67.9%
Armenia 2.9 34.4 1.5% 28.5% 21.7% 50.2%
Lithuania 2.8 43.7 1.2% 22.4% 32.0% 54.4%
Jamaica 2.8 30.8 1.3% 25.0% 11.7% 36.7%
Albania 2.8 37.3 1.3% 25.2% 26.8% 52.0%
Gambia 2.8 16.8 4.3% 69.6% 5.6% 75.2%
Gabon 2.6 21.6 3.9% 60.8% 6.9% 67.7%
Botswana 2.6 23.5 2.6% 50.0% 6.4% 56.3%
Lesotho 2.4 22.1 2.7% 55.0% 6.3% 61.2%
Guinea-Bissau 2.2 18.3 4.2% 65.6% 5.5% 71.1%
Slovenia 2.1 43.2 1.4% 22.9% 35.1% 58.0%
Latvia 1.8 43.6 1.3% 24.3% 35.4% 59.7%
North Macedonia 1.8 38.3 1.4% 25.5% 28.5% 54.0%
Bahrain 1.6 32.7 1.7% 23.7% 5.2% 28.9%
Trinidad and Tobago 1.5 35.5 1.4% 25.1% 18.6% 43.7%
Estonia 1.3 41.5 1.4% 24.2% 34.6% 58.9%
Cyprus 1.4 37.6 1.3% 23.3% 21.6% 45.0%
Mauritius 1.3 36.8 1.1% 20.4% 19.8% 40.2%
Eswatini 1.3 21.5 2.7% 52.7% 6.9% 59.6%
Comoros 0.9 20.1 4.0% 62.8% 7.6% 70.4%
Guyana 0.8 25.5 2.3% 45.1% 10.9% 56.0%
Bhutan 0.8 28.2 1.5% 27.9% 9.1% 37.0%
Luxembourg 0.7 38.7 1.4% 23.0% 23.1% 46.1%
Suriname 0.6 27.9 2.1% 38.1% 12.3% 50.4%
Malta 0.5 39.0 1.1% 19.4% 30.9% 50.2%
Cabo Verde 0.5 26.5 1.6% 36.2% 10.5% 46.7%
Brunei 0.5 31.8 1.6% 28.6% 10.0% 38.6%
Bahamas, The 0.4 32.4 1.3% 24.9% 17.2% 42.1%
Iceland 0.4 35.9 1.5% 26.3% 24.0% 50.4%

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