Sri Lanka - Population Density 2023
356.2
−2.3 from 2022
Sri Lanka's population density was 356.2 in 2023, decreased +2.3 from 358.6 in 2022. This was the 183rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2023▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 2.2 | 1.3% |
| 3rd | Australia | 3.5 | 2.5% |
| 4th | Namibia | 3.6 | 2.5% |
| 5th | Iceland | 3.8 | 1.0% |
| 6th | Guyana | 3.9 | 0.6% |
| 7th | Suriname | 3.9 | 0.9% |
| 8th | Libya | 4.2 | 1.1% |
| 9th | Botswana | 4.4 | 1.7% |
| 10th | Canada | 4.6 | 2.9% |
| 11th | Mauritania | 4.9 | 3.0% |
| 12th | Kazakhstan | 7.5 | 1.5% |
| 13th | Central African Republic | 8.3 | 1.1% |
| 14th | Russian Federation | 8.8 | -0.3% |
| 15th | Gabon | 9.6 | 2.2% |
| 16th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 11.3 | 1.4% |
| 17th | Norway | 15.2 | 1.1% |
| 18th | Chad | 15.3 | 4.7% |
| 19th | Turkmenistan | 15.7 | 1.9% |
| 20th | Saudi Arabia | 15.7 | 4.7% |
| 21st | New Caledonia | 15.9 | 1.0% |
| 22nd | Oman | 16.3 | 6.7% |
| 23rd | Argentina | 16.6 | 0.3% |
| 24th | Paraguay | 17.3 | 1.2% |
| 25th | Belize | 18.0 | 2.1% |
| 26th | Congo, Republic of | 18.1 | 2.4% |
| 27th | South Sudan | 18.2 | 4.2% |
| 28th | Finland | 18.4 | 0.5% |
| 29th | Uruguay | 19.4 | -0.1% |
| 30th | Algeria | 19.4 | 1.5% |
| 31st | Mali | 19.5 | 3.0% |
| 32nd | New Zealand | 19.7 | 2.3% |
| 33rd | Bhutan | 20.6 | 0.7% |
| 34th | Niger | 20.7 | 3.3% |
| 35th | Papua New Guinea | 22.9 | 1.8% |
| 36th | Brazil | 25.3 | 0.4% |
| 37th | Sweden | 25.9 | 0.5% |
| 38th | Vanuatu | 26.3 | 2.4% |
| 39th | Peru | 26.4 | 1.1% |
| 40th | Chile | 26.5 | 0.5% |
| 41st | Sudan | 26.8 | 1.3% |
| 42nd | Zambia | 27.9 | 2.8% |
| 43rd | Solomon Islands | 28.6 | 2.4% |
| 44th | Eritrea | 28.6 | 1.8% |
| 45th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 29.3 | 3.1% |
| 46th | Angola | 29.5 | 3.1% |
| 47th | Latvia | 30.3 | 0.2% |
| 48th | Estonia | 32.1 | 1.6% |
| 49th | Lao PDR | 33.2 | 1.4% |
| 50th | United States | 36.8 | 0.8% |
| 51st | Kyrgyz Republic | 37.0 | 1.8% |
| 52nd | Palau | 38.5 | -0.2% |
| 53rd | Faroe Islands | 39.7 | 0.9% |
| 54th | Bahamas, The | 39.9 | 0.5% |
| 55th | Zimbabwe | 42.2 | 1.7% |
| 56th | Mozambique | 42.8 | 3.0% |
| 57th | Belarus | 45.2 | -0.5% |
| 58th | Lithuania | 45.9 | 1.4% |
| 59th | Montenegro | 46.4 | 0.0% |
| 60th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 46.7 | 3.3% |
| 61st | Colombia | 47.2 | 1.1% |
| 62nd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 48.6 | 0.8% |
| 63rd | Djibouti | 49.7 | 1.4% |
| 64th | Fiji | 50.6 | 0.5% |
| 65th | South Africa | 52.1 | 1.3% |
| 66th | Madagascar | 53.6 | 2.5% |
| 67th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 55.8 | 1.2% |
| 68th | Nicaragua | 56.7 | 1.4% |
| 69th | Liberia | 57.0 | 2.2% |
| 70th | Guinea | 58.6 | 2.5% |
| 71st | Bulgaria | 59.4 | -0.3% |
| 72nd | Cameroon | 60.0 | 2.7% |
| 73rd | Panama | 60.1 | 1.3% |
| 74th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62.2 | -0.6% |
| 75th | Afghanistan | 63.6 | 2.2% |
| 76th | Georgia | 65.0 | 0.1% |
| 77th | Ukraine | 65.1 | -8.1% |
| 78th | Equatorial Guinea | 65.9 | 2.4% |
| 79th | Mexico | 66.7 | 0.9% |
| 80th | Croatia | 69.0 | 0.1% |
| 81st | Eswatini | 71.5 | 1.0% |
| 82nd | Ecuador | 72.4 | 0.9% |
| 83rd | North Macedonia | 72.5 | -0.2% |
| 84th | Yemen, Republic of | 74.6 | 3.1% |
| 85th | Tajikistan | 74.9 | 2.0% |
| 86th | Tanzania | 75.2 | 2.9% |
| 87th | Lesotho | 76.1 | 1.1% |
| 88th | Guinea-Bissau | 76.6 | 2.3% |
| 89th | Ireland | 77.1 | 1.9% |
| 90th | Samoa | 77.9 | 0.7% |
| 91st | Tunisia | 78.5 | 0.7% |
| 92nd | Serbia | 78.8 | -0.6% |
| 93rd | Greece | 80.7 | -0.3% |
| 94th | Uzbekistan | 80.9 | 2.0% |
| 95th | French Polynesia | 81.0 | 0.3% |
| 96th | Romania | 82.8 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Myanmar | 82.9 | 0.7% |
| 98th | Burkina Faso | 84.2 | 2.3% |
| 99th | Morocco | 84.5 | 1.0% |
| 100th | Moldova | 85.4 | -3.0% |
| 101st | Brunei Darussalam | 87.1 | 0.8% |
| 102nd | Albania | 88.1 | -1.5% |
| 103rd | Dominica | 88.7 | -0.5% |
| 104th | Timor-Leste | 93.1 | 1.1% |
| 105th | Senegal | 93.9 | 2.4% |
| 106th | Honduras | 95.1 | 1.7% |
| 107th | Kenya | 95.3 | 2.0% |
| 108th | Spain | 96.8 | 1.2% |
| 109th | Côte d'Ivoire | 98.0 | 2.5% |
| 110th | Northern Mariana Islands | 98.1 | -2.0% |
| 111th | Cambodia | 98.7 | 1.3% |
| 112th | Costa Rica | 100.0 | 0.5% |
| 113th | Iraq | 103.8 | 2.3% |
| 114th | Hungary | 105.1 | -0.1% |
| 115th | Armenia | 105.1 | -0.2% |
| 116th | Slovenia | 105.3 | 0.4% |
| 117th | Cuba | 106.2 | -0.4% |
| 118th | Malaysia | 106.9 | 1.2% |
| 119th | Austria | 110.7 | 1.0% |
| 120th | Türkiye | 110.9 | 0.4% |
| 121st | Slovak Republic | 112.9 | -0.1% |
| 122nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 115.1 | 1.7% |
| 123rd | Portugal | 115.5 | 1.4% |
| 124th | Sierra Leone | 117.2 | 2.2% |
| 125th | Poland | 119.8 | -0.4% |
| 126th | Azerbaijan | 122.9 | 0.1% |
| 127th | Benin | 125.1 | 2.6% |
| 128th | France | 126.9 | 0.3% |
| 129th | Syrian Arab Republic | 128.5 | 5.0% |
| 130th | Jordan | 128.8 | 1.6% |
| 131st | Cabo Verde | 129.6 | 0.5% |
| 132nd | Thailand | 140.3 | 0.0% |
| 133rd | Czechia | 140.8 | 1.8% |
| 134th | Tonga | 145.3 | -0.4% |
| 135th | Cyprus | 145.6 | 1.0% |
| 136th | United Arab Emirates | 147.6 | 4.1% |
| 137th | Isle of Man | 147.7 | 0.0% |
| 138th | Ghana | 148.5 | 1.9% |
| 139th | Indonesia | 148.6 | 0.8% |
| 140th | Denmark | 148.7 | 0.7% |
| 141st | China | 150.3 | -0.1% |
| 142nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 160.9 | 0.5% |
| 143rd | Kiribati | 163.6 | 1.6% |
| 144th | Guatemala | 169.1 | 1.6% |
| 145th | Togo | 171.1 | 2.4% |
| 146th | Andorra | 172.0 | 1.4% |
| 147th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 179.8 | 0.1% |
| 148th | Italy | 199.5 | 0.0% |
| 149th | Nepal | 207.1 | -0.1% |
| 150th | Antigua and Barbuda | 212.1 | 0.5% |
| 151st | Marshall Islands | 215.7 | -3.1% |
| 152nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 219.4 | 0.3% |
| 153rd | Malawi | 223.8 | 2.6% |
| 154th | Switzerland | 225.0 | 1.3% |
| 155th | Qatar | 231.2 | 0.0% |
| 156th | Dominican Republic | 235.1 | 0.9% |
| 157th | American Samoa | 237.6 | -1.7% |
| 158th | Germany | 238.4 | 0.1% |
| 159th | São Tomé and Principe | 240.5 | 2.0% |
| 160th | Uganda | 242.7 | 2.8% |
| 161st | Liechtenstein | 249.0 | 0.9% |
| 162nd | Nigeria | 250.2 | 2.1% |
| 163rd | Luxembourg | 258.9 | 2.0% |
| 164th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 259.8 | -0.7% |
| 165th | British Virgin Islands | 259.9 | 1.7% |
| 166th | Seychelles | 260.4 | -0.1% |
| 167th | Jamaica | 262.2 | 0.0% |
| 168th | Trinidad and Tobago | 266.6 | 0.1% |
| 169th | Gambia, The | 266.6 | 2.3% |
| 170th | Kuwait | 272.4 | 5.7% |
| 171st | United Kingdom | 283.1 | 1.3% |
| 172nd | St. Lucia | 293.9 | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 299.8 | -0.5% |
| 174th | Cayman Islands | 304.3 | 2.0% |
| 175th | El Salvador | 304.5 | 0.5% |
| 176th | Guam | 308.3 | 0.8% |
| 177th | Viet Nam | 320.2 | 0.7% |
| 178th | Pakistan | 321.1 | 1.6% |
| 179th | Tuvalu | 327.2 | -1.8% |
| 180th | Japan | 341.5 | -0.5% |
| 181st | Grenada | 344.4 | 0.1% |
| 182nd | Curaçao | 348.3 | 0.9% |
| 183rd | Sri Lanka | 356.2 | -0.6% |
| 184th | Puerto Rico (US) | 361.2 | -0.5% |
| 185th | Philippines | 385.3 | 0.8% |
| 186th | Belgium | 386.3 | 0.9% |
| 187th | Haiti | 422.3 | 1.2% |
| 188th | Israel | 455.1 | 3.0% |
| 189th | Comoros | 457.0 | 1.9% |
| 190th | India | 483.7 | 0.9% |
| 191st | Korea | 529.8 | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Netherlands | 531.0 | 1.0% |
| 193rd | Burundi | 533.1 | 2.8% |
| 194th | St. Martin (French part) | 550.3 | -4.7% |
| 195th | San Marino | 564.3 | 0.3% |
| 196th | Lebanon | 564.4 | 0.5% |
| 197th | Rwanda | 565.6 | 2.2% |
| 198th | Nauru | 593.8 | 0.6% |
| 199th | Aruba | 596.4 | 0.0% |
| 200th | Mauritius | 625.3 | -1.1% |
| 201st | Barbados | 656.6 | 0.0% |
| 202nd | West Bank and Gaza | 857.4 | 2.4% |
| 203rd | Bermuda | 1,198.1 | -0.1% |
| 204th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,257.3 | 1.4% |
| 205th | Bangladesh | 1,319.2 | 1.4% |
| 206th | Malta | 1,727.3 | 4.1% |
| 207th | Maldives | 1,765.1 | 1.0% |
| 208th | Bahrain | 1,971.3 | 2.1% |
| 209th | Gibraltar | 3,847.1 | 2.3% |
| 210th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 7,177.2 | 2.6% |
| 211th | Singapore | 8,241.8 | 5.0% |
| 212th | Monaco | 18,692.9 | 0.1% |
| 213th | Macao SAR, China | 20,569.7 | 0.2% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's population density in 2023?▾
Sri Lanka's population density in 2023 was 356.2. This ranked 183rd globally.
How did Sri Lanka's population density change in 2023?▾
Sri Lanka's population density decreased by 0.6% in 2023 compared to 2022.
Which country had the highest population density in 2023?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2023 at 20,569.7.
What is the population density of Sri Lanka in 2023?▾
The population density of Sri Lanka in 2023 was 356.2. This ranked 183rd globally.
How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Sri Lanka's population density?▾
Sri Lanka's population density went from 358.6 in 2022 to 356.2 in 2023, a 0.6% decrease.
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