Sri Lanka

Location	Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India
Area	total: 65,610 sq km land: 64,630 sq km water: 980 sq km
Natural Resources	Limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower

Nationality
Religions	Buddhist (official) 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, 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
Country name	Conventional long form: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka conventional short form: Sri Lanka local long form: Shri Lanka Prajatantrika Samajavadi Janarajaya/Ilankai Jananayaka Choshalichak Kutiyarachu local short form: Shri Lanka/Ilankai former: Serendib, Ceylon
Government type	Republic
Capital	name: Colombo geographic coordinates: 6 55 N, 79 50 E time difference: UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital)
Administrative divisions	9 provinces; Central, Eastern, North Central, Northern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western
Independence	4 February 1948 (from the UK)
Legal system	mixed legal system of Roman-Dutch civil law, English common law, and Jaffna Tamil customary law

GDP (purchasing power parity)	$124.9 billion (2012 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate)	$58.6 billion (2012 est.)
GDP - real growth rate	6.4% (2012 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$6,000 (2012 est.)
GDP - composition by sector	agriculture: 11.1% industry: 31.5% services: 57.5% (2012 est.)
Labor force - by occupation	agriculture: 31.8% industry: 25.8% services: 42.4% (June 2012)
Population below poverty line	8.9% (2010 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	7.5% (2012 est.)
Agriculture - products	Rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, vegetables, fruit, tea, rubber, coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef; fish
Industries	Processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco and other agricultural commodities; telecommunications, insurance, banking; tourism, shipping; clothing, textiles; cement, petroleum refining, information technology services, construction
Industrial production growth rate	10.3% (2012 est.)
Exports - commodities	Textiles and apparel, tea and spices; rubber manufactures; precious stones; coconut products, fish
Currency (code)	noun: Sri Lankan(s) adjective: Sri Lankan
Fiscal year

Population	21,675,648 (July 2013 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 24.8% (male 2,741,879/female 2,632,613) 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.)
Population growth rate	0.89% (2013 est.)
Birth rate	16.64 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
Death rate	6.01 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female 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.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 9.24 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 76.15 years male: 72.64 years female: 79.79 years (2013 est.)
Total fertility rate	2.15 children born/woman (2013 est.)
Current contraceptive use among married women 15-49 years old(any method)	68% (2007-2012)
Unmet need of contraceptive	7.3% (2007)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	3,000 (2012)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	200 (2012)
Literacy	definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.2% male: 92.6% female: 90% (2010 census)