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Sri Lanka

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Key facts

  • currency: Sri Lankan rupee
  • capital city: Colombo
  • region: Southern Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 61,860 km²
  • population: 22,037,000 people
  • political leader: Gotabaya Rajapaksa (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [7°0′N, 81°0′E]

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Summary

Sri Lanka is a country. The capital city is Colombo, located in the Southern Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 61,860 km², a population of 22,037,000 people and uses the currency Sri Lankan rupee. The President is Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Environment see more

Sri Lanka is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Southern Asia and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 28,120.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 3.43 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 18.54 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 33.71 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 45.28 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 17.82 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 3.19 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 50.27 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.97 births per woman
  • Forest area: 21,098 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 50.55 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 38.80 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 29.00
  • Methane emissions: 17.83 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 1.95 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 11,428,453 people
  • Male population: 10,608,547 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 48.80 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 61,386.13 km²
  • Rural population: 17,803,472 people
  • Urban land area: 3,627.83 km²
  • Urban population: 4,233,528 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.37 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Sri Lanka by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Sri Lanka relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Sri Lanka relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Sri Lanka relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical internet access in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical land area in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical median age in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Sri Lanka relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Sri Lanka relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Sri Lanka relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Sri Lanka relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Sri Lanka relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Sri Lanka relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Sri Lanka relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical male population in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical rural population in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical total urban land in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between date and population over time

Sri Lanka relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Sri Lanka relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Sri Lanka relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Sri Lanka relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Sri Lanka relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Sri Lanka relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Sri Lanka relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Sri Lanka relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Sri Lanka relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Sri Lanka relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Sri Lanka relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Sri Lanka

Distribution of sites in Sri Lanka by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Sri Lanka by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Sri Lanka

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Sri Lanka by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Sri Lanka

Cities in Sri Lanka

Sites in Sri Lanka

Wildfires in Sri Lanka

Business see more

  • Central government debt: 73.51 % of GDP
  • Expense: 15.74 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 84,356,860,421.13 current US$
  • Inflation: 16.54 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 42.15 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 7.28 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 6.36 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 39.65 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Sri Lanka by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical expense in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical GDP in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical self employed in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Sri Lanka

Distribution of shops in Sri Lanka by country

Companies in Sri Lanka

Exchanges in Sri Lanka

Shops from Sri Lanka

Health see more

  • Birth rate: 13.78 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 7.29 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 166.00 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 4.07 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 4.02 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 77
  • Suicide mortality rate: 14.00 per 100,000 population

Distribution of diseases in Sri Lanka by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Sri Lanka by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Sri Lanka relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Sri Lanka relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Sri Lanka relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Sri Lanka relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Sri Lanka relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Sri Lanka

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical covid cases in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Sri Lanka

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Sri Lanka

Diseases in Sri Lanka

Politics see more

  • Armed forces personnel: 317,000 people
  • Democracy score: 6.19
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Military expenditure: 1.43 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 5.33 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Sri Lanka relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Sri Lanka relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Sri Lanka relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Sri Lanka relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Sri Lanka relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Sri Lanka relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Sri Lanka

Distribution of politicians from Sri Lanka by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Sri Lanka by gender

Political parties in Sri Lanka

Politicians from Sri Lanka

Sports see more

Distribution of athletes from Sri Lanka by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Sri Lanka

Distribution of competitions by city in Sri Lanka

Distribution of competitions by country in Sri Lanka

Distribution of competitions in Sri Lanka by start date

Distribution of medals won by Sri Lanka at the Olympics

Athletes from Sri Lanka

Competitions in Sri Lanka

Culture see more

Distribution of artists from Sri Lanka by birth date

Distribution of artists from Sri Lanka by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Sri Lanka by visitors

Artists from Sri Lanka

Museums in Sri Lanka

Research see more

Geographical distribution of universities in Sri Lanka by total students

Distribution of universities in Sri Lanka by foundation year

Universities in Sri Lanka

In literature

There are 410 books written about Sri Lanka in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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