Geographic coordinates: 7 00 N, 81 00 E Area: Total: 65,610 sq km Land: 64,740 sq km Water: 870 sq km Coastline: 1,340 km Climate: Tropical monsoon; northeast (December-March); southwest (June-October) Elevation extremes: Lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m Highest point: Pidurutalagala 2,524 m Natural resources: Limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower Land use: Arable land: 13.96% Permanent crops: 15.24% Other: 70.8% Irrigated land: 7,430 sq km Renewable water resources: 50 cu km Freshwater withdrawal: Total: 12.61 cu km/yr Per capita: 608 cu m/yr Natural hazards: Occasional cyclones and tornadoes Population: 21,128,773 Median age: Total: 30.4 years Male: 29.5 years Female: 31.4 years Population growth rate: 0.943% Birth rate: 16.63 births / 1,000 population Death rate: 6.07 deaths / 1,000 population Sex ratio: 0.97 male(s) / female Infant mortality rate: 19.01 deaths / 1,000 live births Life expectancy: Total population: 74.97 years Male: 72.95 years Female: 77.08 years Total fertility rate: 2.02 children born / woman HIV/AIDS prevalence rate: Less than 0.1% Major infectious diseases: Food or waterborne diseases: Bacterial diarrhea and Hepatitis A
Ethnic groups: Sinhalese 73.8% Moors 7.2% Tamil 8.5% Other 0.5% Unspecified 10% Religions: Buddhist 69%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.3%, Unspecified 10% Languages: Sinhala 74%, Tamil 18%, Other 8% (English is commonly spoken) Literacy: 90.7% (Definition: Age 15 and over can read and write) Former names: Serendib, Ceylon Capital: Colombo Legislative Capital: Sri Jayewardenepura, Kotte
Labor force - by occupation: Agriculture: 34.3% Industry: 25.3% Services: 40.4% Unemployment rate: 6.3% Population below poverty line: 22% Inflation rate: 15.6% Budget: Revenues: $5.379 billion Expenditures: $7.611 billion Public debt: 85.9% of GDP Airports: Total 18 With paved runways: 14 With unpaved runways: 4 Military branches: Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force Railways (length of track): Total: 1,449 km Roadways: Total: 97,287 km Paved: 78,802 km Unpaved: 18,485 km Waterways: 160 km (primarily on rivers in southwest) Electricity: Production: 8.411 billion kWh Consumption: 7.072 billion kWh Reserves: Foreign exchange and gold: $3.252 billion Debt - external: $13.52 billion Television broadcast stations: 14 Internet country code: .lk |
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