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Sri Lanka: Urban population growth

0.01percent · 2025-99.7% since 2015

Annual urban population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear urban population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank total population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1961 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20250.006
20240.212
20230.135
20220.922
20211.908
20201.386
20191.49
20181.907
20172.067
20162.079
20151.887
20141.922
2013-1.87
20123.388
20113.7
20103.565
20093.44
20083.291
20073.057
20062.73
20052.33
20041.944
20031.516
20021.295
20011.267
20000.978
19990.549
19980.183
1997-0.132
1996-0.364
1995-0.822
1994-1.149
1993-0.979
1992-1.108
1991-1.922
1990-1.965
1989-1.446
1988-1.345
1987-1.016
1986-0.792
1985-1.103
1984-1.167
1983-0.567
19820.319
19810.976
19801.158
19791.224
19781.237
19771.269
19761.338
19751.425
19741.573
19731.78
19722.041
19712.82
19703.71
19694.399
19684.9
19675.174
19665.246
19655.131
19644.767
19634.643
19624.88
19615.032

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Urban population growth. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-urban-population-growth (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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