World Bank · Agriculture
Sri Lanka: Rural population
79.55percent · 2025-2.0% since 2015
Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1960 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.55 | |
| 2024 | 79.7 | |
| 2023 | 79.854 | |
| 2022 | 80.012 | |
| 2021 | 80.173 | |
| 2020 | 80.338 | |
| 2019 | 80.505 | |
| 2018 | 80.676 | |
| 2017 | 80.849 | |
| 2016 | 81.025 | |
| 2015 | 81.204 | |
| 2014 | 81.385 | |
| 2013 | 81.568 | |
| 2012 | 81.738 | |
| 2011 | 82.212 | |
| 2010 | 82.751 | |
| 2009 | 83.257 | |
| 2008 | 83.724 | |
| 2007 | 84.146 | |
| 2006 | 84.517 | |
| 2005 | 84.833 | |
| 2004 | 85.087 | |
| 2003 | 85.274 | |
| 2002 | 85.389 | |
| 2001 | 85.426 | |
| 2000 | 85.38 | |
| 1999 | 85.256 | |
| 1998 | 85.062 | |
| 1997 | 84.805 | |
| 1996 | 84.493 | |
| 1995 | 84.135 | |
| 1994 | 83.737 | |
| 1993 | 83.308 | |
| 1992 | 82.855 | |
| 1991 | 82.386 | |
| 1990 | 81.909 | |
| 1989 | 81.432 | |
| 1988 | 80.963 | |
| 1987 | 80.508 | |
| 1986 | 80.077 | |
| 1985 | 79.677 | |
| 1984 | 79.316 | |
| 1983 | 79.001 | |
| 1982 | 78.74 | |
| 1981 | 78.545 | |
| 1980 | 78.394 | |
| 1979 | 78.249 | |
| 1978 | 78.109 | |
| 1977 | 77.977 | |
| 1976 | 77.857 | |
| 1975 | 77.751 | |
| 1974 | 77.665 | |
| 1973 | 77.602 | |
| 1972 | 77.564 | |
| 1971 | 77.567 | |
| 1970 | 77.721 | |
| 1969 | 78.044 | |
| 1968 | 78.492 | |
| 1967 | 79.022 | |
| 1966 | 79.593 | |
| 1965 | 80.162 | |
| 1964 | 80.688 | |
| 1963 | 81.129 | |
| 1962 | 81.539 | |
| 1961 | 81.984 | |
| 1960 | 82.447 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Channel Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Korea, Republic of
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Viet Nam
- Virgin Islands, British
- Virgin Islands, U.S.
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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