Male population — all countries

Male population — Sri Lanka

Male population in Sri Lanka in 2025 — 10,524,070 people. Ranked 63 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 106.6%.

2025 10.52M people −0.74% vs 2024
World rank 63of 217
Period maximum 10.74M people2022
Period minimum 5.09M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Male population — Sri Lanka, 1960–20254M6M8M10M12M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5,094,837 people1962: 5,326,173 people1964: 5,571,397 people1966: 5,826,909 people1968: 6,093,251 people1970: 6,359,227 people1972: 6,610,018 people1974: 6,847,859 people1976: 7,082,468 people1978: 7,328,545 people1980: 7,587,182 people1982: 7,795,181 people1984: 7,858,111 people1986: 7,984,156 people1988: 8,135,871 people1990: 8,245,167 people1992: 8,412,455 people1994: 8,656,608 people1996: 8,948,700 people1998: 9,271,369 people2000: 9,596,658 people2002: 9,820,731 people2004: 9,918,432 people2006: 10,008,147 people2008: 10,098,026 people2010: 10,168,193 people2012: 10,275,041 people2014: 10,079,419 people2016: 10,282,238 people2018: 10,499,362 people2020: 10,614,757 people2022: 10,735,875 people2024: 10,603,008 people2025: 10,524,070 people
Change over the period: +5.43M (+106.56%) Average annual rate: 1.12 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 10.52M people
World 4.13B people
South Asia 867M people
Southern Asia computed 1.06B people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1.66B people
Male population — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 10.52M −78,938 −0.74%
2024 10.6M −60,580 −0.57%
2023 10.66M −72,287 −0.67%
2022 10.74M +9,130 +0.09%
2021 10.73M +111,988 +1.06%
2020 10.61M +53,802 +0.51%
2019 10.56M +61,593 +0.59%
2018 10.5M +101,949 +0.98%
2017 10.4M +115,175 +1.12%
2016 10.28M +112,808 +1.11%
2015 10.17M +90,011 +0.89%
2014 10.08M +90,799 +0.91%
2013 9.99M −286,421 −2.79%
2012 10.28M +65,987 +0.65%
2011 10.21M +40,861 +0.4%
2010 10.17M +34,207 +0.34%
2009 10.13M +35,960 +0.36%
2008 10.1M +43,167 +0.43%
2007 10.05M +46,712 +0.47%
2006 10.01M +46,136 +0.46%
2005 9.96M +43,579 +0.44%
2004 9.92M +46,840 +0.47%
2003 9.87M +50,861 +0.52%
2002 9.82M +83,723 +0.86%
2001 9.74M +140,350 +1.46%
2000 9.6M +162,689 +1.72%
1999 9.43M +162,600 +1.75%
1998 9.27M +162,358 +1.78%
1997 9.11M +160,311 +1.79%
1996 8.95M +159,397 +1.81%
1995 8.79M +132,695 +1.53%
1994 8.66M +113,059 +1.32%
1993 8.54M +131,094 +1.56%
1992 8.41M +118,903 +1.43%
1991 8.29M +48,385 +0.59%
1990 8.25M +37,965 +0.46%
1989 8.21M +71,331 +0.88%
1988 8.14M +69,598 +0.86%
1987 8.07M +82,117 +1.03%
1986 7.98M +83,807 +1.06%
1985 7.9M +42,238 +0.54%
1984 7.86M +18,632 +0.24%
1983 7.84M +44,298 +0.57%
1982 7.8M +87,656 +1.14%
1981 7.71M +120,343 +1.59%
1980 7.59M +129,007 +1.73%
1979 7.46M +129,630 +1.77%
1978 7.33M +125,149 +1.74%
1977 7.2M +120,928 +1.71%
1976 7.08M +118,442 +1.7%
1975 6.96M +116,167 +1.7%
1974 6.85M +117,070 +1.74%
1973 6.73M +120,771 +1.83%
1972 6.61M +123,463 +1.9%
1971 6.49M +127,328 +2%
1970 6.36M +131,876 +2.12%
1969 6.23M +134,100 +2.2%
1968 6.09M +134,531 +2.26%
1967 5.96M +131,811 +2.26%
1966 5.83M +128,581 +2.26%
1965 5.7M +126,931 +2.28%
1964 5.57M +124,378 +2.28%
1963 5.45M +120,846 +2.27%
1962 5.33M +117,347 +2.25%
1961 5.21M +113,989 +2.24%
1960 5.09M

About the indicator

The male population of a country as of mid-year. The series follows the World Population Prospects revisions of the UN and is compiled on the de facto definition of population, so it may diverge from national statistics that use the concept of resident population. Together with the female population it gives the sex structure, and that structure differs markedly: from a pronounced male surplus in the Gulf states with their labor migration to a female surplus where male mortality is high.

Important: The sum of the male and the female population matches total population — the UN reconciles them to a single total. For comparing countries the share is more useful than the absolute number: it says more about the structure of the population than size does.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.