Nationality:
noun: Sri Lankan(s)
adjective:
Sri Lankan
Ethnic groups:
Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
Languages:
Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%
note:
English, spoken competently by about 10% of the population, is commonly used in government and is referred to as the link language in the constitution
Religions:
Buddhist (official) 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
Population: Age structure: Dependency ratios: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio: Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source: Sanitation facility access: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Sri Lanka on this page is re-published from the 2014 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sri Lanka People 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sri Lanka People 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.
21,675,648 (July 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 59
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years: 24.8% (male 2,741,879/female 2,632,613)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
15.1% (male 1,659,566/female 1,615,616)
25-54 years:
42.4% (male 4,484,738/female 4,697,355)
55-64 years:
9.3% (male 939,174/female 1,084,108)
65 years and over:
8.4% (male 778,629/female 1,041,970) (2013 est.)
total dependency ratio: 50.7 %
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio:
37.9 %
elderly dependency ratio:
12.8 %
potential support ratio:
7.8 (2013)
total: 31.4 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
30.3 years
female:
32.5 years (2013 est.)
0.89% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 126
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
16.64 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 120
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
6.01 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 163
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-1.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 157
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 15.1% of total population (2011)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
1.36% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
COLOMBO (capital) 681,000 (2009)
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.95 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.87 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.75 male(s)/female
total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
22.6
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2000 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
35 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 119
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 9.24 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 147
male:
10.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
8.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
total population: 76.15 years
country comparison to the world: 83
male:
72.64 years
female:
79.79 years (2013 est.)
2.15 children born/woman (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 107
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
68% (2006/07)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
3.4% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 177
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.49 physicians/1,000 population (2006)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
3.1 beds/1,000 population (2004)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
unimproved:
improved:
unimproved:
less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 132
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
2,800 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 129
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
fewer than 200 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
vectorborne disease:
dengue fever
water contact disease:
leptospirosis
animal contact disease:
rabies (2013)
5.1% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 155
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
21.6% (2009)
country comparison to the world: 27
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
2% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 166
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
91.2%
male:
92.6%
female:
90% (2010 census)
total: 14 years
male:
14 years
female:
14 years (2011)
total: 17.3%
country comparison to the world: 74
male:
14%
female:
23.5% (2012)
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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