Poland vs Sri Lanka: Number of births, by world region

Poland
317,916 births
in 2023
Sri Lanka
324,102 births
in 2023
Poland rank
71st
Sri Lanka rank
70th

Number of births, by world region over time

  • Poland
  • Sri Lanka
0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k195019862023

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 324,102 births against 317,916 births in Poland, a difference of 6,186 births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Poland ahead.

Poland ranks 71st and Sri Lanka ranks 70th of 236 countries.

Poland has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Poland Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1950s 765,648 births 311,797 births 453,852 births Poland
1960s 566,122 births 367,246 births 198,876 births Poland
1970s 628,097 births 390,858 births 237,239 births Poland
1980s 659,820 births 366,275 births 293,545 births Poland
1990s 460,914 births 338,080 births 122,835 births Poland
2000s 376,542 births 375,424 births 1,118 births Poland
2010s 392,926 births 350,191 births 42,735 births Poland
2020s 330,619 births 327,477 births 3,142 births Poland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, by world region, Poland or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 324,102 births against 317,916 births in Poland as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births, by world region between Poland and Sri Lanka?
6,186 births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and Sri Lanka?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Poland and Sri Lanka rank globally for number of births, by world region?
Poland ranks 71st and Sri Lanka ranks 70th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births, by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Poland vs Sri Lanka: Number of births, by world region. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/annual-number-of-births-by-world-region/poland/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/annual-number-of-births-by-world-region/poland/sri-lanka/">Poland vs Sri Lanka: Number of births, by world region</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of births, by world region
Unit
births
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Number of live births in a calendar year.