Chile vs Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has 10% more people than Chile: 21,756,000 vs 19,859,921, a gap of 1.9 million. Chile is growing faster (+0.48% vs −0.73% a year), adding about 95,379 people a year against −159,415. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Chile would overtake Sri Lanka in about 8 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2033) — a projection, not a forecast. Chile is the older society: 14.6% aged 65+ against 12.5% in Sri Lanka, while Sri Lanka has more children (21.7% under 15 vs 16.5%). Sri Lanka is 13.5× as densely populated (356.2 vs 26.5 people per km²). People in Chile live 3.7 years longer on average (81.4 vs 77.7). GDP per capita is 3.6× higher in Chile ($17,995 vs $5,002).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Chile) and 2025 (Sri Lanka); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Chile vs Sri Lanka — side by side
 Chile |  Sri Lanka | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 19,859,9212025 | 21,756,0002025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.48%2025 | −0.73%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 8.72024 | 10.12024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.62024 | 7.82024 |
| Children per woman | 1.142024 | 1.952024 |
| Life expectancy | 81.4 yrs2024 | 77.7 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 16.5%2025 | 21.7%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 14.6%2025 | 12.5%2025 |
| Density | 26.5 /km²2023 | 356.2 /km²2023 |
| Area | 757,245 km²2023 | 65,610 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 89.2%2025 | 20.5%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +51,7122025 | -30,7242025 |
| GDP per capita | $17,9952025 | $5,0022025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #65 | #62 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.24% | 0.26% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Chile: 2.4× from 1960 to 2025; Sri Lanka: 2.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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