Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka - ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය (Sinhala)
- இலங்கை சனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு (Tamil)
| Sinhala: | Śrī Laṅkā Prajātāntrika Samājavādī Janarajaya |
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| Tamil: | Ilaṅkai Jaṉanāyaka Sōsalisak Kuṭiyarasu |
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Anthem: "Sri Lanka Matha"
(English: "Mother Sri Lanka")
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| Capital | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative)[1]
Colombo (executive and judicial)[2]
6°56′N79°52′E / 6.933°N 79.867°E / 6.933; 79.867 |
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| Largest city | Colombo |
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| Official languages | Sinhala
Tamil[3] |
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| Recognised languages | English |
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| Ethnic groups | 74.9% Sinhalese
11.2% Sri Lankan Tamils
9.2% Sri Lankan Moors
4.2% Indian Tamils
0.5% Others (incl. Burghers, Malays, Veddas, Chinese, Indians) |
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| Religion (2012) | 70.2% Buddhism (official)[5]
12.6% Hinduism
9.7% Islam
7.4% Christianity
0.1% Other/None |
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| Demonym(s) | Sri Lankan |
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| Government | Unitarysemi-presidentialconstitutional republic |
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| Gotabaya Rajapaksa |
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| Mahinda Rajapaksa |
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| Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena[6] |
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| Jayantha Jayasuriya |
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| Legislature | Parliament |
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| 543 BCE |
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| 1815 |
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| 4 February 1948 |
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| 22 May 1972 |
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| 7 September 1978 |
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• Total | 65,610 km2 (25,330 sq mi) (120th) |
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• Water (%) | 4.4 |
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• 2020 estimate |  21,919,000[8] (57th) |
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• 2012 census | 20,277,597[9] |
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• Density | 334/km2 (865.1/sq mi) (24th) |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
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• Total | $306.997 billion[10] (56th) |
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• Per capita | $13,909[10] (88th) |
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| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
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• Total | $84.532 billion[10] (64th) |
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• Per capita | $3,830[10] (113th) |
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| Gini (2016) | 39.8[11]
medium |
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| HDI (2019) | 0.782[12]
high · 72nd |
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| Currency | Sri Lankan rupee (Rs) (LKR) |
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| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (SLST) |
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| Date format | |
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| Mains electricity | 230 V–50 Hz |
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| Driving side | left |
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| Calling code | +94 |
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| ISO 3166 code | LK |
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| Internet TLD | |
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