Sri Lanka
Rural population
Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
Historical trend
Analytical takeaways
- Sri Lanka records 17.31M for Rural population in 2025, ranking #32 globally out of 217 countries.
- Rural population increased from 7.97M in 1960 to 17.31M in 2025, a gain of 9.34M.
- The country sits in the top quartile of the global distribution for this metric, making the page useful for leader-oriented high-intent searches.
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