Sri Lanka
Urban population (% of total population)
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.
Historical trend
Analytical takeaways
- Sri Lanka records 20 for Urban population (% of total population) in 2025, ranking #212 globally out of 217 countries.
- Urban population (% of total population) increased from 18 in 1960 to 20 in 2025, a gain of 3.
- The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.
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