Sri Lanka Analytics

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Official Language:
1. Sinhalese : 13,994,237
2. Tamil : 3,967,000

Mother Tongue : Sinhalese

Literacy Rate (%) : 92.30

Country Capital	:	Colombo
GDP Per capita	:	3,828
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	160^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	78
Unemployment Rate	:	4
Number of Internet Users	:	11,544,561
Internet Users Rank	:	55^th/195
Area	:	62,705
Area Rank	:	120^th/195
Total Population	:	23,229
Total Population Rank	:	60^th/195

Continent: Asia

Cities with > 100K popln: 6

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Sri Lanka Highlights

Sri Lanka is the 60^th ranked country in population and 120^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than World Average-

1. Sri Lanka is the 1^st highest ranked in Sinhalese out of 195 countries in the world. This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Sinhalese when compared to other countries.
2. The average Tamil of 195 countries in the world is 459,389. Sri Lanka is the 2^nd highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that this country has significantly more people speaking Tamil when compared to other countries.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Sri Lanka is the 117^th highest ranked in Literacy Rate (%) . This indicates that there is a better educational infrastructure in this country as compared to other countries.

Worse than World Average-

1. Sri Lanka is the 36^th worst ranked in GDP Per Capita (USD) out of 195 countries in the world. This implies that this country is a developing country.
2. The average Potatoes prod. of the countries in the world is 2,538,925. Sri Lanka is the 81^st worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This is indicative of less focus on the production of potatoes, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Sri Lanka is the 90^th worst ranked in Urban Population (2021) . This may indicate that there is poor economic development or may imply that the formal economy of the country is less compared to other countries.

Sri Lanka Metrics

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Nature

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Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Sinhalese	# People	72,231	1	1127
2	Sinhalese as a % of total Sinhalese speakers	% People	0	1	1128
3	Tamil	# People	459,389	2	1130
4	Tamil as a % of total Tamil speakers	% People	0	2	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Malay	# People	162,307	6	1234
2	Malay as a % of total Malay speakers	% People	0	6	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	1	1128
2	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	10	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	186	1231
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1234
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1231
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1231
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1234
6	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	106	1233
7	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	89	1231
8	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	86	1230
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	31	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members)	Count	1	1	1129
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	5	1127
3	Buddhist Population	# People	1,911,974	6	1126
4	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	6	1130
5	Hindu Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	2	10	1127
6	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	41	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	128	1234
2	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	104	1231
3	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	101	1230
4	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	100	1234
5	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	77	1230
6	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	66	1232
7	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	65	1230
8	Hindu Population	# People	6,207,784	6	1233
9	Hindu Pop./Total Hindu Pop.%	% People	0	6	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	9	1	1130
2	Tree density .	Density	8	1	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	119	1232
2	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	114	1233
3	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	119	1231
4	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	115	1233
5	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	101	1231
6	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	104	1233
7	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	104	1232
8	Cows (% of Total Cows)	Percent	0	104	1234
9	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	93	1235
10	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	95	1231
11	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	76	1231
12	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	81	1233
13	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	85	1235
14	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	83	1232
15	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	76	1231
16	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	79	1230
17	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	77	1231
18	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	72	1233
19	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	65	1234
20	Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production)	Percent	0	64	1233
21	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	59	1234
22	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	57	1233
23	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	56	1235
24	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	54	1233
25	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	54	1231
26	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	52	1231
27	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	52	1230
28	Rice prod.	Tons	6,981,685	23	1234
29	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	23	1230
30	Buffalo Milk Production (% of Total Buffalo Milk Production)	Percent	4	10	1234
31	Buffalo Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	7,516,792	10	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	12	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	164	1232
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	124	1235
3	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	70	1232
4	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	60	1231
5	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	60	1231
6	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	60	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	18	1130
2	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	42	1126
Below than World Average-
1	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	30,070	160	1233
2	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		53	148	1230
3	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		46	135	1234
4	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	98	1235
5	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	98	1232
6	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	91	1234
7	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	91	1235
8	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	84	1233
9	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	613	85	1234
10	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	85	1233
11	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	79	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	31	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	65	1233
2	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	66	1232
3	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	36	1231
4	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	36	1234
5	Police Officers	# People	138,224	32	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	36	1129
Below than World Average-
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	44	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	50	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	113	1233
2	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	78	1235
3	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	73	1230
4	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	62	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	66	1127
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	70	1127
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	71	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	130	1235
2	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	126	1235
3	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	126	1234
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	123	1233
5	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	107	1230
6	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	102	1235
7	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	76	1235
8	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	59	1234
9	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	58	1231
10	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	57	1232
11	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	53	1233
12	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	52	1235
13	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	49	1231
14	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	49	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	117	1129
Below than World Average-
1	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	31	1	1234
2	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	127	1232
3	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	123	1233
4	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	117	1233
5	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	109	1234
6	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	32	1	1232
7	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	97	1230
8	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	75	1235
9	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	72	1234
10	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	61	1233
11	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	55	1231
12	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	53	1230
13	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	41	1230
14	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	37	1233
15	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	21	1232
16	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	11	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	172	1231
2	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	70	145	1232
3	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	141	1232
4	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	140	1232
5	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	25	121	1231
6	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	31	114	1235
7	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	105	1233
8	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	92	1232
9	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	35	100	1230
10	Twitter users	# People	3,173,740	99	1230
11	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	55	1232
12	Internet Users	# People	28,408,774	55	1230
13	LinkedIn users	# People	6,388,891	55	1232
14	Facebook users	# People	6,757,917	52	1231
15	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	51	1234

Sri Lanka Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	Malay	0.22 %

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Colombo	686,461
2	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia	223,304
3	Kandy	115,948
4	Moratuwa	188,403
5	Negombo	129,103
6	Sri Jayawardanapura Kotte	123,480