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Kazakhstan vs Sri Lanka: Population

Kazakhstan
20.33 million people
in 2023
Sri Lanka
22.97 million people
in 2023
Kazakhstan rank
64th
Sri Lanka rank
61st

Population over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • Sri Lanka
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M100015112023

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 22.97 million people against 20.33 million people in Kazakhstan, a difference of 2.64 million people.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Kazakhstan's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Kazakhstan ranks 64th and Sri Lanka ranks 61st of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Kazakhstan averaged higher in 29 and Sri Lanka in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kazakhstan Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1000s 920,000 people 800,000 people 120,000 people Kazakhstan
1100s 940,000 people 900,000 people 40,000 people Kazakhstan
1200s 960,000 people 1.00 million people 40,000 people Sri Lanka
1300s 1.07 million people 970,000 people 100,000 people Kazakhstan
1400s 1.20 million people 930,000 people 270,000 people Kazakhstan
1500s 1.34 million people 1.00 million people 340,000 people Kazakhstan
1600s 1.53 million people 1.25 million people 280,000 people Kazakhstan
1700s 1.72 million people 1.50 million people 220,000 people Kazakhstan
1710s 1.70 million people 1.51 million people 195,430 people Kazakhstan
1720s 1.69 million people 1.48 million people 208,640 people Kazakhstan
1730s 1.67 million people 1.45 million people 221,270 people Kazakhstan
1740s 1.65 million people 1.42 million people 233,340 people Kazakhstan
1750s 1.64 million people 1.39 million people 244,840 people Kazakhstan
1760s 1.62 million people 1.37 million people 255,800 people Kazakhstan
1770s 1.61 million people 1.34 million people 266,230 people Kazakhstan
1780s 1.59 million people 1.31 million people 276,130 people Kazakhstan
1790s 1.57 million people 1.29 million people 285,520 people Kazakhstan
1800s 2.04 million people 1.61 million people 427,572 people Kazakhstan
1810s 2.04 million people 1.34 million people 696,775 people Kazakhstan
1820s 2.13 million people 1.33 million people 795,014 people Kazakhstan
1830s 2.33 million people 1.63 million people 704,527 people Kazakhstan
1840s 2.55 million people 1.99 million people 566,904 people Kazakhstan
1850s 2.79 million people 2.07 million people 724,052 people Kazakhstan
1860s 3.05 million people 2.30 million people 748,791 people Kazakhstan
1870s 3.33 million people 2.94 million people 392,868 people Kazakhstan
1880s 3.63 million people 3.25 million people 388,715 people Kazakhstan
1890s 3.97 million people 3.71 million people 253,913 people Kazakhstan
1900s 4.33 million people 4.41 million people 84,257 people Sri Lanka
1910s 4.73 million people 5.16 million people 429,968 people Sri Lanka
1920s 5.17 million people 5.72 million people 548,296 people Sri Lanka
1930s 5.67 million people 6.19 million people 522,315 people Sri Lanka
1940s 6.22 million people 7.09 million people 870,503 people Sri Lanka
1950s 7.90 million people 8.57 million people 663,411 people Sri Lanka
1960s 10.82 million people 10.81 million people 13,961 people Kazakhstan
1970s 13.65 million people 13.43 million people 216,170 people Kazakhstan
1980s 16.01 million people 15.56 million people 449,460 people Kazakhstan
1990s 16.64 million people 17.51 million people 874,990 people Sri Lanka
2000s 15.97 million people 20.12 million people 4.15 million people Sri Lanka
2010s 17.98 million people 21.64 million people 3.65 million people Sri Lanka
2020s 19.90 million people 22.77 million people 2.87 million people Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Kazakhstan or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 22.97 million people against 20.33 million people in Kazakhstan as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka?
2.64 million people, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka rank globally for population?
Kazakhstan ranks 64th and Sri Lanka ranks 61st of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.