Sri Lanka - Population, male (% of total population)

Population, male (% of total population) in Sri Lanka was 47.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 52.49 in 1960, while its lowest value was 47.95 in 2020.

Definition: Male population is the percentage of the population that is male. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 52.49
1961 52.35
1962 52.22
1963 52.10
1964 51.98
1965 51.88
1966 51.79
1967 51.71
1968 51.63
1969 51.56
1970 51.49
1971 51.42
1972 51.36
1973 51.29
1974 51.23
1975 51.18
1976 51.13
1977 51.09
1978 51.06
1979 51.02
1980 50.99
1981 50.95
1982 50.92
1983 50.88
1984 50.83
1985 50.79
1986 50.73
1987 50.67
1988 50.61
1989 50.55
1990 50.49
1991 50.44
1992 50.39
1993 50.33
1994 50.28
1995 50.23
1996 50.17
1997 50.11
1998 50.04
1999 49.97
2000 49.88
2001 49.78
2002 49.67
2003 49.56
2004 49.44
2005 49.31
2006 49.19
2007 49.06
2008 48.94
2009 48.81
2010 48.69
2011 48.58
2012 48.47
2013 48.37
2014 48.28
2015 48.20
2016 48.13
2017 48.08
2018 48.03
2019 47.99
2020 47.95

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population structure by age and sex in the World Bank's estimates is based on the population structure by age and sex in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population