President: Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005)Prime Minister: Ratnasiri Wickremanayaka (2005)
Land area: 24,996 sq mi (64,740 sq km); total area: 25,332 sq mi (65,610 sq km)
Population (2009 est.): 21,324,791 (growth rate: 1.0%); birth rate: 16.2/1000; infant mortality rate: 18.5/1000; life expectancy: 75.1
Largest city (2003 est.) -Colombo
Legislative and judicial capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Other large cities: Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia; Moratuwa, Kandy
Monetary unit: Sri Lanka Rupee
Languges: Sinhala 74% (official and national), Tamil 18% (national), other 8%; English is commonly used in government and spoken competently by about 10%
Ethnicity/Race:Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors(muslims) 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001)
Religions: Buddhist 70%, Islam 8%, Hindu 7%, Christian 6% (2001)
Literacy rate: 92% (2003 est.)
International disputes: none.Member of Commonwealth of Nations
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