Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka), LK

Sri Lanka: Independent country in South Asia, situated on an island in the Indian Ocean

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Quick Facts about Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Population : 21,444,000
Country : Dutch Empire, Sri Lanka, Portuguese Empire, British Empire
Head of government : Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, President of Sri Lanka
Plate code : CL
Area : 65610 km2
Official name : la République socialiste démocratique de Sri Lanka, ශ්රී ලංකාව, இலங்கை சனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு, ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය
Has part : history of Sri Lanka
Water as percent of area : 1.3%
Land as percent of area : 98.7%
Continent : Asia
Northernmost point : Point(80.23 9.82)
Legislative body : Parliament of Sri Lanka
Official language : Tamil, Sinhala
Capital : Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Establishment : May 05, 1972 (51 years ago)
Time Zone : UTC+05:30
Local time : 12:27:45 (19th March 2024)
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Topography Sri Lanka
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Geography

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is located at 7°45'0"N 80°45'0"E (7.7500000, 80.7500000).

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The largest city of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is Colombo with a population of 648,034. Other cities include, Negombo population 142,136, Trincomalee population 99,135, Galle population 93,118 and Anuradhapura population 60,943. See all Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka cities & populated places.

    Ranil Wickremesinghe ,

  • Central Province
  • Northern Province
  • Uva Province
  • North Western Province
  • Western Province
  • Sabaragamuwa Province
  • North Central Province
  • Southern Province
  • Eastern Province

Demographics

Year Population % Change Method
1960 9,874,476 - (Worldbank)
1961 10,111,637 2.35% (Worldbank)
1962 10,352,179 2.32% (Worldbank)
1963 10,597,511 2.31% (Worldbank)
1964 10,849,975 2.33% (Worldbank)
1965 11,110,820 2.35% (Worldbank)
1966 11,380,670 2.37% (Worldbank)
1967 11,657,650 2.38% (Worldbank)
1968 11,937,600 2.35% (Worldbank)
1969 12,214,956 2.27% (Worldbank)
1970 12,485,740 2.17% (Worldbank)
1971 12,747,821 2.06% (Worldbank)
1972 13,002,231 1.96% (Worldbank)
1973 13,252,036 1.89% (Worldbank)
1974 13,501,935 1.85% (Worldbank)
1975 13,755,146 1.84% (Worldbank)
1976 14,012,899 1.84% (Worldbank)
1977 14,273,495 1.83% (Worldbank)
1978 14,533,690 1.79% (Worldbank)
1979 14,788,862 1.73% (Worldbank)
1980 15,035,834 1.64% (Worldbank)
1981 15,272,831 1.55% (Worldbank)
1982 15,501,207 1.47% (Worldbank)
1983 15,724,651 1.42% (Worldbank)
1984 15,948,487 1.4% (Worldbank)
1985 16,176,280 1.41% (Worldbank)
1986 16,408,859 1.42% (Worldbank)
1987 16,643,952 1.41% (Worldbank)
1988 16,878,189 1.39% (Worldbank)
1989 17,106,753 1.34% (Worldbank)
1990 17,325,773 1.26% (Worldbank)
1991 17,535,729 1.2% (Worldbank)
1992 17,736,821 1.13% (Worldbank)
1993 17,924,823 1.05% (Worldbank)
1994 18,094,477 0.94% (Worldbank)
1995 18,242,912 0.81% (Worldbank)
1996 18,367,288 0.68% (Worldbank)
1997 18,470,900 0.56% (Worldbank)
1998 18,564,599 0.5% (Worldbank)
1999 18,663,284 0.53% (Worldbank)
2000 18,777,601 0.61% (Worldbank)
2001 18,911,730 0.71% (Worldbank)
2002 20,277,597 6.74% 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
2003 19,224,037 -5.48% (Worldbank)
2004 19,387,153 0.84% (Worldbank)
2005 19,544,988 0.81% (Worldbank)
2006 19,695,972 0.77% (Worldbank)
2007 19,842,044 0.74% (Worldbank)
2008 19,983,984 0.71% (Worldbank)
2009 20,123,508 0.69% (Worldbank)
2010 20,261,737 0.68% (Worldbank)
2011 20,398,670 0.67% (Worldbank)
2012 20,425,000 0.13% (Worldbank)
2013 20,585,000 0.78% (Worldbank)
2014 20,778,000 0.93% (Worldbank)
2015 20,970,000 0.92% (Worldbank)
2016 21,203,000 1.1% (Worldbank)
2017 21,444,000 1.12% 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
2018 21,670,000 1.04% (Worldbank)
2019 21,803,000 0.61% (Worldbank)

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