๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Migration to & from Sri Lanka

Historic Net Migration for Sri Lanka (1950-2024)

Sri Lanka has seen a decrease in net migrations since the 1950's.

Year Net Migration Overall Population +/-
1950 7,785 139,852
1951 3,218 150,722
1952 -1,169 159,731
1953 -5,301 167,436
1954 -8,834 174,147
1955 -11,698 180,643
1956 -13,735 187,133
1957 -14,836 200,423
1958 -14,903 215,219
1959 -14,024 227,450
1960 -12,610 235,024
1961 -10,144 240,943
1962 -8,909 247,819
1963 -8,118 254,753
1964 -7,614 261,961
1965 -7,249 265,175
1966 -6,794 268,753
1967 -6,696 278,047
1968 -7,163 279,472
1969 -10,152 276,067
1970 -16,299 270,438
1971 -22,021 259,161
1972 -27,071 255,428
1973 -30,582 247,994
1974 -33,979 241,560
1975 -37,475 245,021
1976 -41,258 250,551
1977 -45,383 254,653
1978 -50,189 266,860
1979 -57,683 272,112
1980 -63,541 264,608
1981 -89,824 238,272
1982 -163,987 136,035
1983 -209,362 68,419
1984 -225,450 37,711
1985 -80,950 166,877
1986 -26,460 207,329
1987 -63,105 163,310
1988 -58,415 160,780
1989 -33,305 179,092
1990 -195,736 28,709
1991 -1,047 217,083
1992 88,542 310,777
1993 36,232 262,493
1994 8,323 237,217
1995 117,416 339,371
1996 127,236 342,530
1997 135,636 343,834
1998 150,724 351,772
1999 138,799 345,683
2000 123,894 350,963
2001 19,273 263,655
2002 -105,718 147,124
2003 -107,573 144,415
2004 -84,795 127,752
2005 -118,594 130,086
2006 -107,045 141,686
2007 -109,695 138,582
2008 -97,144 135,084
2009 -81,130 119,030
2010 -98,060 126,278
2011 -90,839 133,640
2012 -41,955 187,180
2013 -37,754 191,558
2014 -33,672 185,700
2015 -29,797 179,331
2016 -18,388 182,271
2017 -22,324 171,228
2018 -28,607 159,964
2019 -28,426 154,903
2020 -29,875 147,608
2021 -29,586 129,521
2022 -27,435 139,664
2023 -28,011 133,640
2024 -27,245 130,255

How is Net Migrations calculated?

The difference between immigrants and emigrants makes up the net migrations of a country. If the net migration numbers for the year are positive and indicated above with green coloring. Then more people immigrated than emigrated to Sri Lanka for that year, equal to the number displayed.

Future Net Migration for Sri Lanka (2024-2100)

Sri Lanka will see an increase of net migrations by the year 2100.

Year Net Migration Overall Population +/-
2024 -27,245 130,255
2025 -30,724 121,557
2026 -30,760 116,132
2027 -31,370 110,359
2028 -31,832 104,869
2029 -33,850 98,056
2030 -30,852 96,574
2031 -32,092 90,783
2032 -30,357 88,457
2033 -30,380 84,279
2034 -31,374 79,073
2035 -30,925 75,287
2036 -31,159 70,798
2037 -27,296 70,155
2038 -28,642 63,944
2039 -27,018 60,768
2040 -29,129 53,832
2041 -28,221 50,064
2042 -29,665 43,372
2043 -28,590 39,215
2044 -29,305 33,205
2045 -23,483 33,929
2046 -27,623 24,674
2047 -29,654 17,267
2048 -31,021 10,825
2049 -30,656 6,019
2050 -28,105 3,010
2051 -27,322 -875
2052 -25,980 -4,195
2053 -27,711 -10,466
2054 -22,711 -9,442
2055 -21,704 -12,099
2056 -27,519 -21,385
2057 -26,398 -23,656
2058 -26,876 -27,273
2059 -25,979 -29,539
2060 -26,878 -33,785
2061 -24,302 -34,029
2062 -26,666 -39,250
2063 -27,185 -42,884
2064 -29,107 -47,818
2065 -32,413 -54,119
2066 -27,669 -52,375
2067 -29,940 -57,874
2068 -25,174 -55,958
2069 -22,698 -56,550
2070 -23,634 -60,601
2071 -22,537 -62,189
2072 -21,573 -64,130
2073 -24,543 -69,605
2074 -27,183 -75,032
2075 -22,411 -73,216
2076 -22,333 -76,145
2077 -23,035 -79,110
2078 -23,339 -82,346
2079 -27,770 -89,231
2080 -26,094 -90,111
2081 -26,963 -93,652
2082 -24,248 -93,499
2083 -25,236 -97,201
2084 -24,311 -98,679
2085 -27,453 -104,117
2086 -25,794 -105,027
2087 -23,882 -105,471
2088 -23,391 -106,963
2089 -23,432 -109,497
2090 -24,539 -112,798
2091 -19,978 -110,512
2092 -19,861 -112,167
2093 -20,093 -113,870
2094 -19,225 -114,771
2095 -19,692 -116,758
2096 -20,160 -118,195
2097 -18,983 -118,321
2098 -20,218 -120,782
2099 -17,631 -118,970
2100 -16,149 -118,505

Why is the chart for future net migrations mostly flat?

Predicting and projecting future movements of population is extremely hard. Especially, the further you move into the future. Thus, the scientist and data collectors of the United Nations tend to add a flat number when reasonable projections can't be made.

Causes of Migration

Causes of Immigration to Sri Lanka

Causes of Emigration from Sri Lanka

Common Questions

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Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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