Sri Lanka ranks 89th among the 193 countries featured in the 2025 Human Development Index (HDI) released recently by the ...

It is a decrease in annual growth rate from 1.43 to 0.17 per cent. The population of Sri Lanka in 1871 was recorded at 2,400,380 by the Department of Census and Statistics. Country Representative ...

Srilanka, April 8 -- The Census of Population and Housing 2024 has determined that Sri Lanka's population now ... the average annual population growth rate has slowed to 0.5 percent, down from ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Colombo, April 7 (IANS) The total population of Sri Lanka reported in the Census ... The average annual growth rate of the population over the 2012-2024 intercensal period is ...

The highest average annual growth rate of the population in the last 153 years, 2.8 percent, was recorded in the 1953 census. The population in Sri Lanka was 2,400,380 at the first census conducted in ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is on track to post growth of 3.5% this year, the World Bank said in its latest report on ...

Sri Lanka’s first census was carried out in 1871 and the result was 24,00,380 people. A century later in 1971, the total population was 1,26,89,897 people. The highest annual growth rate ...

COLOMBO, April 23, 2025—Sri Lanka ... impediments to growth, amid global headwinds and unprecedented trade policy uncertainty. "While Sri Lanka's economy is bouncing back stronger than expected, a ...

COLOMBO, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The total population of Sri Lanka reported in the Census of ... The average annual growth rate of the population over the 2012-2024 intercensal period is 0.5 percent.