Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 20-24, total in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 20-24, total was 1,759 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 20-24, total in Sri Lanka, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 20-24, total in Sri Lanka stood at 1,759.
That represents a change of down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 20-24, total in Sri Lanka peaked at 1,930 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 831, in 1960.
Sri Lanka ranks 50th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 895 | 831 | 959 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1,254 | 1,155 | 1,352 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1,552 | 1,533 | 1,570 | 2 |
| 1990s | 1,713 | 1,701 | 1,725 | 2 |
| 2000s | 1,884 | 1,837 | 1,930 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1,759 | 1,759 | 1,759 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More education data for Sri Lanka
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 73,333 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 91.45 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 91.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 20-24, total in Sri Lanka?
- Barro-lee: population in thousands, age 20-24, total in Sri Lanka was 1,759 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 20-24, total recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1,930 in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 20-24, total recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 831 in 1960.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 20-24, total?
- Sri Lanka ranks 50th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 20-24, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population in thousands, age 20-24, total is the total population of 20-24 year olds in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.