Share of immigrants in the population — all countries

Share of immigrants in the population — Sri Lanka

Share of immigrants in the population in Sri Lanka in 2024 — 0.2%. Ranked 206 in the world out of 216. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 0.1 pp.

2024 0.2% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank 206of 216
Period maximum 0.3%1990
Period minimum 0.2%1995

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of population

Share of immigrants in the population — Sri Lanka, 1990–20240.20.230.250.280.319901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 0.3%1995: 0.2%2000: 0.2%2005: 0.2%2010: 0.2%2015: 0.2%2020: 0.2%2024: 0.2%
Change over the period: −0.1 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Sri Lanka 0.2%
World 3.73%
South Asia 0.47%
Southern Asia computed 0.78%
Share of immigrants in the population — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.2
2020 0.2
2015 0.2
2010 0.2
2005 0.2
2000 0.2
1995 0.2
1990 0.3

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of foreign-born people as a percent of the whole population of a country. On this measure the world looks quite different from the picture given by the absolute number: the largest receiving countries by number of immigrants are large states, while by share the top rows go to small countries and territories where newcomers make up half of the population and more.

Important: The indicator does not distinguish the reasons for moving: labor migration, family reunification and forced displacement all fall into one figure. Forced migration is covered by the refugee indicators.

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