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Population: 19,576,783
Age structure:
0-14 years: 25.6% (male 2,559,246; female 2,446,393)
15-64 years: 67.7% (male 6,446,320; female 6,802,515)
65 years and over: 6.7% (male 628,398; female 693,911) (2002 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.85% (2002 est.)
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Census of Population
and Housing 2001
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Birth rate:
16.36 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Death rate:
6.45 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2002 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
15.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.35 years
female: 75 years (2002 est.)
male: 69.83 years
Total fertility rate:
1.93 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Sri Lankan(s)
adjective: Sri Lankan
Ethnic groups:
Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
Religions:
Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999)
Languages:
Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language)
18%, other 8%
note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently
by about 10% of the population
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.2%
male: 93.4%
female: 87.2% (1995 est.)
HIV/AIDS -
adult prevalence rate:
0.07% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS
- deaths: 490 (1999)
Government:
Sri Lank is a Democratic Socialist Republic with a parliamentary system
of Government.
Country Name:
conventional long form: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri
Lanka
conventional short form: Sri Lanka
former: Serendib, Ceylon
Capital: Colombo; note - Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte is the
legislative capital
Time:
Sri Lanka is 6 1/2 hours ahead of GMT. Sri Lanka time was advanced by 30
minutes in end of 1996.
Monetary System: The decimal currency of the Sri Lankan rupee is
divided into a hundred cents. Sri lanka has a unified exchange rate for
foreign currency which floats in response to basic exchange market
developments.
Administrative Division:
8 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western,
Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western; note - North Eastern province may
have been divided in two - Northern and Eastern
Legal System:
A highly complex mixture of English common law, Roman-Dutch, Muslim,
Sinhalese, and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court; Court of Appeals; judges for both courts are appointed by
the president
Currency:
Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
INFRASTRUCTURE
Railways:
total: 1,463 km
broad gauge: 1,404 km 1.676-m gauge
narrow gauge: 59 km 0.762-m gauge (2001)
Highways:
total: 11,285 km
paved: 10,721 km
unpaved: 564 km (1998 est.)
Waterways:
430 km (navigable by shallow-draft craft)
Pipelines:
crude oil and petroleum products 62 km (1987)
Ports and harbors:
Colombo, Galle, Jaffna, Trincomalee
Merchant marine:
total: 18 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 137,321 GRT/233,367 DWT
ships by type: bulk 1, cargo 15, container 1, petroleum tanker 1,
includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of
convenience: Germany 9, Hong Kong 1, United Arab Emirates 1 (2002 est.)
Airports:
15 (2001)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 14
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 7
914 to 1,523 m: 6 (2001)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (2001)
Telephones - main lines in use:
494,509 (1998)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
228,604 (1999)
Telephone system:
general assessment: very inadequate domestic service, particularly in
rural areas; likely improvement with privatization of national telephone
company and encouragement to private investment; good international
service
domestic: national trunk network consists mostly of digital microwave
radio relay; fiber-optic links now in use in Colombo area and two fixed
wireless local loops have been installed; competition is strong in
mobile cellular systems; telephone density remains low at 2.6 main lines
per 100 persons
international: submarine cables to Indonesia and Djibouti; satellite
earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 26, FM 45, shortwave 1
Radios:
3.85 million
Television broadcast stations:
21
Televisions:
1.53 million
Internet country code:
.lk
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
5
Internet users:
121,500 (2001)
Population
| Demographic Information |
| Population |
| Year |
Population ('000) |
Annual Growhy Rate (%) |
Age Composition (Years) ('000) |
Population Density (No. Per Sq.Km.) |
| <20 |
20-64 |
>64 |
| 1990 |
17015 |
1.1 |
7828 |
8452 |
735 |
271 |
| 1991 |
17267 |
1.5 |
7943 |
8579 |
745 |
277 |
| 1992 |
17426 |
0.9 |
8017 |
8657 |
752 |
279 |
| 1993 |
17646 |
1.2 |
8119 |
8765 |
762 |
283 |
| 1994 |
17891 |
1.4 |
8230 |
8888 |
773 |
287 |
| 1995 |
18136 |
1.5 |
8343 |
9010 |
783 |
289 |
| 1996 |
18336 |
1.1 |
8436 |
9108 |
792 |
292 |
| 1997 |
18552 |
1.3 |
8535 |
9216 |
801 |
296 |
| 1998 |
18774 |
1.2 |
8637 |
9327 |
810 |
299 |
| 1999(a) |
19043 |
1.4 |
8762 |
9460 |
821 |
304 |
| 2000(a) |
19359 |
1.7 |
8906 |
9618 |
835 |
309 |
| (a) provisional |
LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (2000 est)
| Males |
69.33 years |
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| Females |
74.45 years |
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| Total |
71.9 years |
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Break up of Population by Religion
| Bhuddhist |
69.3% |
| Hindu |
15.5% |
| Christian |
7.6% |
| Islam |
7.5% |
| Others |
0.1 |
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