Peru vs Sri Lanka: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people

Peru

3.04 million people

in 2023

Sri Lanka

2.70 million people

in 2023

Peru rank

38th

Sri Lanka rank

41st

Number of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

Peru currently reports 3.04 million people against 2.70 million people in Sri Lanka, a difference of 345,050 people.

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

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

Peru ranks 38th and Sri Lanka ranks 41st of 236 countries.

Indicator: Number of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit: people
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: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 65+.