- Population Pyramid of Sri Lanka at 2026

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

At year 2026, population distribution of Sri Lanka is:

Total Population 23,348,314 100%
Young Population 4,993,550 21.39%
Working Age Population 15,357,162 65.77%
Elderly Population 2,997,602 12.84%

The population growth rate of Sri Lanka in 2026 is 0.51%, sex ratio is 0.94 (0.96 for working age), dependency ratio is 52%.

Working age population will be less than 60% of total population at year 2068. Elderly population will be more than twice of the young population at 2080. Total population reaches its peak in 2051 at 24,814,756.

In 2050, the population growth rate of Sri Lanka is 0.02%, sex ratio is 0.95 (1 for working age), dependency ratio is 60.3%.The elderly population will account for 20.29% of Sri Lanka's population in 2050, the problem of population aging is serious.