Share of the population that is female in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Share of the population that is female was 51.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of the population that is female in Sri Lanka, 1960–2025
Source: United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2025, share of the population that is female in Sri Lanka stood at 51.6%. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population that is female in Sri Lanka peaked at 51.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 47.3%, in 1960.
Sri Lanka ranks 33rd of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47.7% | 47.3% | 48.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 48.6% | 48.2% | 48.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.2% | 48.9% | 49.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 49.9% | 49.6% | 50.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.7% | 50.3% | 51.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.5% | 51.3% | 51.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 51.6% | 51.6% | 51.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More gender data for Sri Lanka
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 155,366 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 162,031 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 156,342 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 163,015 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 157,484 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 164,192 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 158,342 (2025)
- Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 165,089 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 159,386 (2025)
- Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 166,159 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population that is female in Sri Lanka?
- Share of the population that is female in Sri Lanka was 51.6% in 2025, according to United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population that is female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 51.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of the population that is female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.3% in 1960.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for share of the population that is female?
- Sri Lanka ranks 33rd out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of the population that is female rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Population Division and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population that is female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 66 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).