Sri Lanka - Population Growth 1991
0.75%
+0.11pp from 1990
Sri Lanka's population growth was 0.75% in 1991, increased +0.11pp from 0.64% in 1990. This was the 58th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1991▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kuwait | -22.05% | 19.7% |
| 2nd | Liberia | -12.80% | -3.0% |
| 3rd | Eritrea | -5.73% | -351.8% |
| 4th | Serbia | -3.90% | -7,525.5% |
| 5th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | -3.87% | -758.9% |
| 6th | Bahrain | -2.31% | -166.8% |
| 7th | Croatia | -1.87% | -981.3% |
| 8th | Gibraltar | -1.12% | 11.2% |
| 9th | Bulgaria | -0.99% | 45.1% |
| 10th | Romania | -0.87% | -598.7% |
| 11th | Curaçao | -0.69% | 34.6% |
| 12th | Faroe Islands | -0.62% | -35.1% |
| 13th | Albania | -0.60% | -133.5% |
| 14th | Estonia | -0.50% | -855.2% |
| 15th | Dominica | -0.48% | 36.7% |
| 16th | Latvia | -0.47% | -231.5% |
| 17th | North Macedonia | -0.37% | -195.7% |
| 18th | Guyana | -0.27% | 58.9% |
| 19th | Czechia | -0.24% | 10.4% |
| 20th | Portugal | -0.23% | -5.8% |
| 21st | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.18% | 77.2% |
| 22nd | Greenland | -0.18% | -133.3% |
| 23rd | Hungary | -0.01% | 99.5% |
| 24th | Belarus | 0.05% | -75.7% |
| 25th | Slovenia | 0.06% | -30.0% |
| 26th | Italy | 0.07% | -17.3% |
| 27th | Slovak Republic | 0.08% | -82.4% |
| 28th | Montenegro | 0.12% | 468.2% |
| 29th | Moldova | 0.12% | -53.7% |
| 30th | Lithuania | 0.17% | -53.8% |
| 31st | Samoa | 0.19% | 18.8% |
| 32nd | Tonga | 0.20% | -34.5% |
| 33rd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.22% | -34.1% |
| 34th | Ukraine | 0.22% | -14.4% |
| 35th | Spain | 0.25% | 150.0% |
| 36th | Denmark | 0.26% | 59.7% |
| 37th | Russian Federation | 0.29% | 70.6% |
| 38th | European Union | 0.29% | -14.8% |
| 39th | Barbados | 0.31% | 66.8% |
| 40th | United Kingdom | 0.31% | 3.5% |
| 41st | Poland | 0.35% | -9.6% |
| 42nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.37% | -24.4% |
| 43rd | Belgium | 0.37% | 24.6% |
| 44th | Japan | 0.39% | 18.4% |
| 45th | Norway | 0.48% | 38.5% |
| 46th | France | 0.50% | -8.3% |
| 47th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.51% | 223.9% |
| 48th | Finland | 0.55% | 23.2% |
| 49th | Ireland | 0.57% | 581.1% |
| 50th | Uruguay | 0.58% | -1.7% |
| 51st | Suriname | 0.61% | -38.8% |
| 52nd | Sweden | 0.68% | -11.8% |
| 53rd | Georgia | 0.70% | 2,698.9% |
| 54th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.71% | -20.5% |
| 55th | Kazakhstan | 0.72% | -21.3% |
| 56th | Germany | 0.73% | -15.5% |
| 57th | Bermuda | 0.74% | -1.9% |
| 58th | Sri Lanka | 0.75% | 17.5% |
| 59th | Netherlands | 0.79% | 14.4% |
| 60th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.79% | -6.8% |
| 61st | Cuba | 0.80% | -13.7% |
| 62nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.81% | -71.6% |
| 63rd | Fiji | 0.82% | -10.1% |
| 64th | Channel Islands | 0.82% | -26.2% |
| 65th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.83% | 158.1% |
| 66th | Grenada | 0.83% | -0.8% |
| 67th | Monaco | 0.88% | -3.4% |
| 68th | Jamaica | 0.88% | 15.9% |
| 69th | Korea | 0.99% | 0.5% |
| 70th | Austria | 1.00% | 31.0% |
| 71st | Iraq | 1.05% | -15.1% |
| 72nd | Mauritius | 1.08% | 51.5% |
| 73rd | Iceland | 1.16% | 49.1% |
| 74th | Sierra Leone | 1.17% | -70.4% |
| 75th | St. Lucia | 1.20% | 22.3% |
| 76th | Greece | 1.20% | 13.5% |
| 77th | Canada | 1.24% | -17.6% |
| 78th | Switzerland | 1.25% | 21.7% |
| 79th | Australia | 1.27% | -13.9% |
| 80th | Isle of Man | 1.29% | -21.9% |
| 81st | Azerbaijan | 1.33% | -3.9% |
| 82nd | Seychelles | 1.33% | 171.6% |
| 83rd | Cyprus | 1.33% | -4.4% |
| 84th | United States | 1.34% | 18.3% |
| 85th | Luxembourg | 1.34% | 7.0% |
| 86th | San Marino | 1.36% | -1.1% |
| 87th | China | 1.36% | -7.0% |
| 88th | Argentina | 1.44% | -3.6% |
| 89th | Myanmar | 1.44% | -5.7% |
| 90th | Tuvalu | 1.47% | -5.8% |
| 91st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.49% | 1.3% |
| 92nd | Kosovo | 1.59% | 13.3% |
| 93rd | Afghanistan | 1.59% | 10.9% |
| 94th | Liechtenstein | 1.61% | 8.2% |
| 95th | Thailand | 1.63% | -0.5% |
| 96th | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.64% | -15.1% |
| 97th | Chile | 1.66% | -0.3% |
| 98th | Brazil | 1.72% | -3.9% |
| 99th | Bahamas, The | 1.72% | -1.3% |
| 100th | Morocco | 1.72% | -4.6% |
| 101st | Armenia | 1.73% | -44.6% |
| 102nd | El Salvador | 1.75% | -7.1% |
| 103rd | Türkiye | 1.76% | -6.0% |
| 104th | Guam | 1.76% | -14.0% |
| 105th | Bhutan | 1.77% | -34.6% |
| 106th | Indonesia | 1.77% | -2.4% |
| 107th | Lesotho | 1.79% | -6.4% |
| 108th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.83% | -2.8% |
| 109th | Bangladesh | 1.91% | -4.0% |
| 110th | Mexico | 1.93% | 0.4% |
| 111th | French Polynesia | 1.93% | -5.9% |
| 112th | Mozambique | 1.95% | 34.9% |
| 113th | Mali | 1.99% | 0.9% |
| 114th | Kiribati | 2.00% | -13.4% |
| 115th | Colombia | 2.01% | -2.8% |
| 116th | Sudan | 2.02% | -0.7% |
| 117th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.02% | -68.8% |
| 118th | Lebanon | 2.03% | 3.4% |
| 119th | Rwanda | 2.04% | -22.3% |
| 120th | Haiti | 2.04% | -1.1% |
| 121st | Dominican Republic | 2.06% | -2.2% |
| 122nd | South Sudan | 2.07% | 300.6% |
| 123rd | Burundi | 2.07% | -0.8% |
| 124th | Marshall Islands | 2.08% | -12.0% |
| 125th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.08% | -0.9% |
| 126th | Viet Nam | 2.10% | 0.1% |
| 127th | Tunisia | 2.11% | 0.5% |
| 128th | Peru | 2.11% | -4.8% |
| 129th | Panama | 2.12% | -0.4% |
| 130th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.13% | 29.6% |
| 131st | Belize | 2.14% | -2.3% |
| 132nd | Ecuador | 2.16% | -3.5% |
| 133rd | India | 2.17% | -2.0% |
| 134th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.19% | -11.5% |
| 135th | Libya | 2.21% | -5.3% |
| 136th | South Africa | 2.28% | -17.9% |
| 137th | Palau | 2.30% | 10.6% |
| 138th | Nicaragua | 2.31% | -1.3% |
| 139th | Timor-Leste | 2.33% | 13.3% |
| 140th | Nauru | 2.34% | -4.0% |
| 141st | Algeria | 2.38% | -3.8% |
| 142nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.40% | -50.3% |
| 143rd | Philippines | 2.40% | -6.2% |
| 144th | Uzbekistan | 2.40% | -0.3% |
| 145th | Cabo Verde | 2.41% | 17.5% |
| 146th | Comoros | 2.44% | -7.0% |
| 147th | Zambia | 2.48% | -3.2% |
| 148th | Vanuatu | 2.49% | -0.9% |
| 149th | Turkmenistan | 2.50% | -5.3% |
| 150th | Ghana | 2.52% | -1.2% |
| 151st | Tanzania | 2.53% | -2.7% |
| 152nd | Burkina Faso | 2.54% | -3.7% |
| 153rd | Costa Rica | 2.55% | 0.7% |
| 154th | Nepal | 2.59% | 7.0% |
| 155th | Tajikistan | 2.60% | 5.6% |
| 156th | Zimbabwe | 2.60% | -4.4% |
| 157th | American Samoa | 2.63% | -16.7% |
| 158th | Nigeria | 2.64% | -2.3% |
| 159th | Paraguay | 2.66% | -2.0% |
| 160th | New Caledonia | 2.67% | 5.2% |
| 161st | Malta | 2.70% | 175.5% |
| 162nd | Guatemala | 2.71% | -3.3% |
| 163rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.72% | -6.7% |
| 164th | Gabon | 2.72% | -0.9% |
| 165th | Botswana | 2.72% | -0.9% |
| 166th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.76% | -5.9% |
| 167th | Malaysia | 2.82% | -4.5% |
| 168th | Lao PDR | 2.82% | -1.0% |
| 169th | Brunei Darussalam | 2.82% | -1.8% |
| 170th | Honduras | 2.84% | 0.5% |
| 171st | Senegal | 2.84% | -0.9% |
| 172nd | Congo, Republic of | 2.84% | -0.4% |
| 173rd | Singapore | 2.85% | -26.8% |
| 174th | Togo | 2.88% | -1.6% |
| 175th | Cameroon | 2.92% | -1.0% |
| 176th | Mauritania | 2.92% | 15.3% |
| 177th | Madagascar | 2.99% | 1.3% |
| 178th | British Virgin Islands | 3.03% | -10.7% |
| 179th | Solomon Islands | 3.06% | -1.6% |
| 180th | Malawi | 3.08% | -22.1% |
| 181st | Maldives | 3.08% | -2.9% |
| 182nd | Benin | 3.08% | 0.4% |
| 183rd | Niger | 3.10% | 0.6% |
| 184th | Mongolia | 3.13% | 359.1% |
| 185th | Central African Republic | 3.13% | 0.6% |
| 186th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.14% | -2.8% |
| 187th | Papua New Guinea | 3.17% | 21.3% |
| 188th | Kenya | 3.24% | -5.8% |
| 189th | Qatar | 3.28% | -2.3% |
| 190th | Uganda | 3.28% | 1.4% |
| 191st | Pakistan | 3.31% | -1.1% |
| 192nd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.33% | 0.3% |
| 193rd | Namibia | 3.33% | -44.9% |
| 194th | Angola | 3.36% | -1.0% |
| 195th | Chad | 3.66% | 32.2% |
| 196th | Equatorial Guinea | 3.71% | -1.0% |
| 197th | Yemen, Republic of | 3.83% | -0.3% |
| 198th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.97% | 1.1% |
| 199th | Guinea | 4.00% | 15.8% |
| 200th | Eswatini | 4.02% | -0.8% |
| 201st | Cambodia | 4.14% | -0.6% |
| 202nd | Gambia, The | 4.20% | 0.1% |
| 203rd | West Bank and Gaza | 4.48% | - |
| 204th | Saudi Arabia | 4.77% | -3.3% |
| 205th | Oman | 4.84% | -5.1% |
| 206th | Cayman Islands | 4.86% | 9.9% |
| 207th | Macao SAR, China | 4.87% | 63.0% |
| 208th | Aruba | 4.89% | 30.3% |
| 209th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.14% | 18.9% |
| 210th | United Arab Emirates | 5.55% | -5.5% |
| 211th | Israel | 6.02% | 94.4% |
| 212th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6.83% | -2.1% |
| 213th | Andorra | 7.45% | 94.5% |
| 214th | Jordan | 7.79% | -0.4% |
| 215th | Djibouti | 8.52% | -16.4% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's population growth in 1991?▾
Sri Lanka's population growth in 1991 was 0.75%. This ranked 58th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's population growth change in 1991?▾
Sri Lanka's population growth increased by 17.5% in 1991 compared to 1990.
Which country had the highest population growth in 1991?▾
Djibouti had the highest population growth in 1991 at 8.52%.
What is the population growth of Sri Lanka in 1991?▾
The population growth of Sri Lanka in 1991 was 0.75%. This ranked 58th globally.
How does 1991 compare to 1990 for Sri Lanka's population growth?▾
Sri Lanka's population growth went from 0.64% in 1990 to 0.75% in 1991, a 17.5% increase.
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