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Sri Lanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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Population
21.76M
Capital
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Area
65,610 km²
Currency
LKR
Sri Lankan rupee
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$98.96B
as of 2024
GDP per capita
$4,516
as of 2024
Population
21.92M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
-0.6%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
-0.4%
as of 2024
Unemployment (% of labor force)
4.2%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
54.6%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
77.67
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
3.7%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
1.8%
as of 2023
Urban population (% of total)
20.3%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
1.95
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
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no data
Trade (% of GDP)
42.4%
as of 2024
Land area (km²)
61,860
as of 2023
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About Sri Lanka
- Languages
- Sinhala, Tamil
- Currencies
- Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
- Timezones
- UTC+05:30
- Demonym
- Sri Lankan
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- LK · LKA
- Map
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