Sri Lanka vs Zambia: Population

Sri Lanka

22.97 million people

in 2023

Zambia

20.72 million people

in 2023

Sri Lanka rank

61st

Zambia rank

63rd

Population over time

Sri Lanka currently reports 22.97 million people against 20.72 million people in Zambia, a difference of 2.25 million people.

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

Across all 241 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.

Sri Lanka ranks 61st and Zambia ranks 63rd of 238 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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