Sri Lanka - Population Growth 1970
2.25%
−0.09pp from 1969
Sri Lanka's population growth was 2.25% in 1970, decreased +0.09pp from 2.34% in 1969. This was the 115th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1970▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | St. Kitts and Nevis | -2.49% | 23.5% |
| 2nd | Portugal | -0.89% | 1.2% |
| 3rd | Malta | -0.54% | 53.8% |
| 4th | Equatorial Guinea | -0.53% | -146.6% |
| 5th | Czechia | -0.39% | -290.5% |
| 6th | Finland | -0.38% | -552.6% |
| 7th | Montenegro | -0.18% | 77.4% |
| 8th | Aruba | -0.17% | -500.6% |
| 9th | Barbados | -0.02% | -106.3% |
| 10th | Belgium | 0.10% | -65.2% |
| 11th | Grenada | 0.21% | 66.4% |
| 12th | Greece | 0.23% | -37.6% |
| 13th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.27% | 474.6% |
| 14th | Liechtenstein | 0.27% | -77.7% |
| 15th | Germany | 0.33% | -58.0% |
| 16th | Austria | 0.35% | 1.1% |
| 17th | Poland | 0.36% | -54.5% |
| 18th | Hungary | 0.38% | -9.0% |
| 19th | United Kingdom | 0.40% | -4.1% |
| 20th | Slovak Republic | 0.43% | -43.8% |
| 21st | Croatia | 0.47% | -20.1% |
| 22nd | Guinea-Bissau | 0.48% | -19.2% |
| 23rd | Luxembourg | 0.49% | 0.8% |
| 24th | Cambodia | 0.52% | -75.2% |
| 25th | Iceland | 0.52% | -43.6% |
| 26th | Italy | 0.53% | -6.6% |
| 27th | Botswana | 0.56% | 4.8% |
| 28th | European Union | 0.57% | -18.1% |
| 29th | Tuvalu | 0.57% | 355.6% |
| 30th | Russian Federation | 0.57% | 0.0% |
| 31st | Serbia | 0.58% | -64.3% |
| 32nd | Ukraine | 0.60% | -21.8% |
| 33rd | Uruguay | 0.60% | -13.7% |
| 34th | Slovenia | 0.64% | 17.4% |
| 35th | Bulgaria | 0.65% | -14.8% |
| 36th | Latvia | 0.68% | -18.8% |
| 37th | Switzerland | 0.72% | -35.8% |
| 38th | Norway | 0.73% | -10.8% |
| 39th | Denmark | 0.75% | 35.9% |
| 40th | San Marino | 0.78% | -14.7% |
| 41st | Macao SAR, China | 0.82% | 179.6% |
| 42nd | Ireland | 0.84% | 42.8% |
| 43rd | Belarus | 0.89% | -7.9% |
| 44th | France | 0.91% | 10.4% |
| 45th | Sweden | 0.93% | 32.8% |
| 46th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.94% | -9.9% |
| 47th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.95% | -4.0% |
| 48th | Faroe Islands | 0.95% | 3.4% |
| 49th | Georgia | 0.97% | 3.2% |
| 50th | Cyprus | 0.97% | 2.7% |
| 51st | Channel Islands | 1.02% | -0.8% |
| 52nd | Lithuania | 1.04% | 12.6% |
| 53rd | Bahrain | 1.05% | -26.2% |
| 54th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.09% | -9.0% |
| 55th | Estonia | 1.10% | 4.5% |
| 56th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.10% | -30.7% |
| 57th | Spain | 1.11% | 12.7% |
| 58th | Japan | 1.15% | -3.1% |
| 59th | United States | 1.17% | 19.2% |
| 60th | Romania | 1.20% | 14.0% |
| 61st | Moldova | 1.20% | -18.8% |
| 62nd | Jamaica | 1.24% | 6.7% |
| 63rd | Netherlands | 1.24% | 7.0% |
| 64th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.25% | 51.7% |
| 65th | St. Lucia | 1.25% | 5.5% |
| 66th | South Sudan | 1.30% | -1.1% |
| 67th | New Zealand | 1.36% | 51.7% |
| 68th | Canada | 1.40% | 2.8% |
| 69th | Dominica | 1.42% | -20.3% |
| 70th | Kosovo | 1.46% | 3.4% |
| 71st | Curaçao | 1.50% | -6.9% |
| 72nd | Angola | 1.53% | 44.2% |
| 73rd | Singapore | 1.55% | 3.3% |
| 74th | Samoa | 1.56% | -3.6% |
| 75th | Argentina | 1.56% | 1.6% |
| 76th | Bermuda | 1.58% | -10.8% |
| 77th | Mali | 1.59% | 2.6% |
| 78th | Monaco | 1.66% | -0.6% |
| 79th | Mauritius | 1.66% | -4.5% |
| 80th | North Macedonia | 1.69% | -0.1% |
| 81st | Chile | 1.69% | -2.0% |
| 82nd | Burkina Faso | 1.75% | 1.0% |
| 83rd | Timor-Leste | 1.77% | 0.7% |
| 84th | Guyana | 1.79% | -12.9% |
| 85th | Northern Mariana Islands | 1.80% | 138.3% |
| 86th | Cuba | 1.80% | -1.4% |
| 87th | Tonga | 1.81% | -2.8% |
| 88th | Palau | 1.86% | 161.2% |
| 89th | Haiti | 1.87% | 0.2% |
| 90th | Guinea | 1.87% | -2.5% |
| 91st | Sierra Leone | 1.90% | 0.3% |
| 92nd | Nauru | 1.94% | -50.5% |
| 93rd | Gibraltar | 1.95% | -7.1% |
| 94th | Australia | 1.97% | -5.9% |
| 95th | Fiji | 1.98% | -5.7% |
| 96th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.01% | 14.9% |
| 97th | Kiribati | 2.02% | 36.0% |
| 98th | Chad | 2.08% | 3.1% |
| 99th | Armenia | 2.11% | -11.0% |
| 100th | Azerbaijan | 2.13% | -7.3% |
| 101st | Gabon | 2.13% | 11.8% |
| 102nd | Kazakhstan | 2.14% | -7.2% |
| 103rd | Burundi | 2.17% | 0.0% |
| 104th | Viet Nam | 2.18% | 3.2% |
| 105th | Korea | 2.18% | -3.5% |
| 106th | Nepal | 2.19% | 1.0% |
| 107th | Benin | 2.20% | 2.2% |
| 108th | Central African Republic | 2.22% | -3.1% |
| 109th | India | 2.22% | 5.0% |
| 110th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.22% | -17.0% |
| 111th | Isle of Man | 2.24% | 1.4% |
| 112th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.24% | 0.2% |
| 113th | Guam | 2.24% | 4.2% |
| 114th | Paraguay | 2.25% | -1.4% |
| 115th | Sri Lanka | 2.25% | -3.9% |
| 116th | Mozambique | 2.25% | 3.0% |
| 117th | Algeria | 2.26% | -0.8% |
| 118th | Belize | 2.26% | -21.0% |
| 119th | Myanmar | 2.26% | -0.2% |
| 120th | Nigeria | 2.28% | 2.9% |
| 121st | Malaysia | 2.30% | 1.7% |
| 122nd | Seychelles | 2.33% | -2.0% |
| 123rd | Türkiye | 2.35% | -4.1% |
| 124th | Solomon Islands | 2.35% | -4.5% |
| 125th | Papua New Guinea | 2.37% | 2.2% |
| 126th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.37% | -2.5% |
| 127th | Lao PDR | 2.38% | 1.1% |
| 128th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 2.43% | 52.3% |
| 129th | American Samoa | 2.44% | -16.7% |
| 130th | Afghanistan | 2.45% | 2.2% |
| 131st | Lebanon | 2.46% | -8.6% |
| 132nd | Malawi | 2.46% | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Brazil | 2.47% | -1.4% |
| 134th | Tunisia | 2.50% | -1.0% |
| 135th | Peru | 2.51% | -10.2% |
| 136th | Colombia | 2.53% | -3.5% |
| 137th | El Salvador | 2.55% | -6.1% |
| 138th | Albania | 2.55% | -11.9% |
| 139th | Liberia | 2.56% | 0.2% |
| 140th | Eritrea | 2.56% | 1.3% |
| 141st | Mongolia | 2.58% | -0.6% |
| 142nd | Philippines | 2.59% | -8.5% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | 2.59% | -8.9% |
| 144th | Eswatini | 2.60% | 3.0% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 2.61% | -1.5% |
| 146th | Cameroon | 2.61% | 2.9% |
| 147th | Guatemala | 2.63% | -2.0% |
| 148th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 2.64% | 0.5% |
| 149th | Morocco | 2.65% | -0.4% |
| 150th | Oman | 2.66% | 3.1% |
| 151st | Ghana | 2.67% | 6.9% |
| 152nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.71% | -1.9% |
| 153rd | Niger | 2.71% | -0.7% |
| 154th | Yemen, Republic of | 2.72% | -0.5% |
| 155th | Costa Rica | 2.74% | -2.5% |
| 156th | Indonesia | 2.75% | -0.4% |
| 157th | China | 2.76% | 0.8% |
| 158th | Thailand | 2.77% | -1.8% |
| 159th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.77% | -31.7% |
| 160th | Dominican Republic | 2.82% | -0.8% |
| 161st | Panama | 2.83% | -1.1% |
| 162nd | Gambia, The | 2.84% | 0.6% |
| 163rd | Madagascar | 2.85% | 2.2% |
| 164th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2.86% | -1.3% |
| 165th | Pakistan | 2.88% | 0.4% |
| 166th | Namibia | 2.91% | 2.7% |
| 167th | Zambia | 2.93% | -8.1% |
| 168th | Vanuatu | 2.95% | -0.1% |
| 169th | Honduras | 2.97% | 1.1% |
| 170th | Ecuador | 2.97% | -0.4% |
| 171st | Senegal | 2.99% | 0.1% |
| 172nd | Comoros | 2.99% | 3.2% |
| 173rd | St. Martin (French part) | 3.00% | -0.8% |
| 174th | Congo, Republic of | 3.01% | 1.4% |
| 175th | Maldives | 3.01% | 1.7% |
| 176th | Uganda | 3.02% | -2.9% |
| 177th | South Africa | 3.03% | -1.8% |
| 178th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.04% | 1.1% |
| 179th | Rwanda | 3.05% | -1.3% |
| 180th | Cabo Verde | 3.05% | -7.9% |
| 181st | Mauritania | 3.05% | 0.1% |
| 182nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.06% | 2.1% |
| 183rd | Zimbabwe | 3.07% | -3.1% |
| 184th | Uzbekistan | 3.10% | -6.2% |
| 185th | Nicaragua | 3.13% | -0.3% |
| 186th | Mexico | 3.16% | -2.1% |
| 187th | Tajikistan | 3.17% | -3.1% |
| 188th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.27% | 1.2% |
| 189th | Greenland | 3.29% | -3.3% |
| 190th | Israel | 3.32% | 27.3% |
| 191st | Libya | 3.33% | 7.5% |
| 192nd | Suriname | 3.36% | -1.4% |
| 193rd | Bhutan | 3.40% | 0.7% |
| 194th | Cayman Islands | 3.40% | 76.7% |
| 195th | Tanzania | 3.44% | 1.4% |
| 196th | Sudan | 3.45% | 0.6% |
| 197th | Iraq | 3.47% | 0.8% |
| 198th | French Polynesia | 3.48% | 0.2% |
| 199th | Lesotho | 3.60% | -0.9% |
| 200th | Togo | 3.63% | -9.0% |
| 201st | Kenya | 3.85% | -1.9% |
| 202nd | Bahamas, The | 3.86% | -14.9% |
| 203rd | British Virgin Islands | 4.11% | -28.6% |
| 204th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.14% | 4.2% |
| 205th | Saudi Arabia | 4.17% | 3.8% |
| 206th | New Caledonia | 4.19% | 26.9% |
| 207th | Virgin Islands (US) | 5.13% | -35.3% |
| 208th | Marshall Islands | 5.59% | -20.3% |
| 209th | Jordan | 6.06% | -14.3% |
| 210th | Djibouti | 6.47% | 9.2% |
| 211th | Andorra | 7.38% | -4.4% |
| 212th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 7.54% | -3.7% |
| 213th | Kuwait | 7.66% | -10.9% |
| 214th | Qatar | 12.16% | 4.9% |
| 215th | United Arab Emirates | 17.86% | -2.8% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's population growth in 1970?▾
Sri Lanka's population growth in 1970 was 2.25%. This ranked 115th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's population growth change in 1970?▾
Sri Lanka's population growth decreased by 3.9% in 1970 compared to 1969.
Which country had the highest population growth in 1970?▾
United Arab Emirates had the highest population growth in 1970 at 17.86%.
What is the population growth of Sri Lanka in 1970?▾
The population growth of Sri Lanka in 1970 was 2.25%. This ranked 115th globally.
How does 1970 compare to 1969 for Sri Lanka's population growth?▾
Sri Lanka's population growth went from 2.34% in 1969 to 2.25% in 1970, a 3.9% decrease.
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