Japan vs Sri Lanka: Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per square
Japan
0.3411 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.3713 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
29th
Sri Lanka rank
26th
Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per square over time
- Japan
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.3713 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.3411 1000 No per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 0.0302 1000 No per square kilometre.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 29th and Sri Lanka ranks 26th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2756 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.1743 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.1013 1000 No per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.3067 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.2142 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0925 1000 No per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.3304 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.2481 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0823 1000 No per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.3437 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.2793 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0645 1000 No per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.3505 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.3208 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0297 1000 No per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.3497 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.3474 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0023 1000 No per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.3438 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.368 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0242 1000 No per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population - est. & proj. — total population - both sexes, per square, Japan or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.3713 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.3411 1000 No per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — total population - both sexes, per square between Japan and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0302 1000 No per square kilometre, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Sri Lanka rank globally for population - est. & proj. — total population - both sexes, per square?
- Japan ranks 29th and Sri Lanka ranks 26th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.