Population, female, per capita in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Population, female, per capita was 0.5163 units per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Population, female, per capita in Sri Lanka, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
In 2025, population, female, per capita in Sri Lanka stood at 0.5163 units per person. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, female, per capita in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.5163 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.4727 units per person, in 1960.
That places Sri Lanka 33rd out of 217 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4774 units per person | 0.4727 units per person | 0.4817 units per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4856 units per person | 0.4824 units per person | 0.4885 units per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4917 units per person | 0.489 units per person | 0.4949 units per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4991 units per person | 0.4958 units per person | 0.502 units per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5069 units per person | 0.5026 units per person | 0.5118 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5148 units per person | 0.513 units per person | 0.5156 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.516 units per person | 0.5157 units per person | 0.5163 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More health data for Sri Lanka
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.62 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7332 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,250 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 304 (2100)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita 0.1247 units per person (2025)
- Population, female, annual growth rate -0.7169 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, annual growth rate -0.7441 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population, female, per capita in Sri Lanka?
- Population, female, per capita in Sri Lanka was 0.5163 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest population, female, per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5163 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest population, female, per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4727 units per person in 1960.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for population, female, per capita?
- Sri Lanka ranks 33rd out of 217 countries with data for 2025.
- Is population, female, per capita rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Population, female, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Population, female divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Population, female ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Population, female World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Population, female divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.