Sri Lanka Facts

Name: Sri Lanka
(long form) Democratic Socialist Rep. of Sri Lanka
Capital City: Colombo (647,100 pop.)
(5,648,000 metro)

Note: Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Kotte (the official administrative capital) is a satellite city, or suburb of Colombo
Sri Lanka Population: 21,675,648 (2013 est.)
World Populations (all countries)
Currency: Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
(conversion rates)

20 rupees
Ethnicity: Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10%
GDP total: $59.2 billion (2012 est.)
GDP per capita: $6,100 (2012 est.)
Land Sizes
Language: Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%

note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by 10% of the population
Largest Cities: (by population) Colombo, Galkissa, Moratuwa, Jaffna, Negombo, Pita Kotte, Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte
Name: Sanskrit sri (venerable) and lanka (island), from ancient Indian epics
National Day: February 4
Religion: Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10%
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This page was last updated on April 7, 2017.