Age dependency ratio in Sri Lanka
In 2025, Sri Lanka had 51.9 people under 15 or over 64 for every 100 people aged 15 to 64. The value for 2025 is the highest since 1997.
Sri Lanka, 2025
51.9
Change from 2024
+0.1per 100 working-age people
World, 2025
54.5 per 100 working-age people
Position in 2025
140th of 217
Age dependency ratio in Sri Lanka over time
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Dependants per 100 people aged 15 to 64. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51.9 per 100 working-age people | 54.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2024 | 51.8 per 100 working-age people | 54.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2023 | 51.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2022 | 51.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2021 | 51.7 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2020 | 51.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2019 | 51.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2018 | 51.5 per 100 working-age people | 55.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2017 | 51.3 per 100 working-age people | 55.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2016 | 51.1 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2015 | 50.8 per 100 working-age people | 55.1 per 100 working-age people |
| 2014 | 50.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2013 | 50.0 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2012 | 49.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2011 | 49.2 per 100 working-age people | 55.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2010 | 48.9 per 100 working-age people | 55.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2009 | 48.6 per 100 working-age people | 55.5 per 100 working-age people |
| 2008 | 48.4 per 100 working-age people | 55.8 per 100 working-age people |
| 2007 | 48.2 per 100 working-age people | 56.2 per 100 working-age people |
| 2006 | 48.1 per 100 working-age people | 56.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2005 | 48.1 per 100 working-age people | 57.3 per 100 working-age people |
| 2004 | 48.1 per 100 working-age people | 58.0 per 100 working-age people |
| 2003 | 48.3 per 100 working-age people | 58.7 per 100 working-age people |
| 2002 | 48.5 per 100 working-age people | 59.4 per 100 working-age people |
| 2001 | 49.0 per 100 working-age people | 60.1 per 100 working-age people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 from 51.8 per 100 working-age people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 50.8 per 100 working-age people, the figure has changed by +1.1.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Sri Lanka has the 140th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 54.5 per 100 working-age people.
More for Sri Lanka
All statistics for Sri Lanka
Population aged 0 to 14
21.7%
2025 · World Bank
Population estimates and projections
22,971,617 people
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Median age estimates and projections
32.8 years
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Fertility rate estimates and projections
1.97 births per woman
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Population growth estimates and projections
0.58%
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Population
21,756,000 people
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