Sri Lanka 'Analytics'

Language

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

Mother Tongue : Sinhalese

Literacy Rate (%) : 92.3

Country Capital	:	Colombo
GDP Per Capita	:	3,698
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	128^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	77
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. 1^stSri Lanka is the highest ranked in Doctors (Per 10,000) out of 195 countries in the world.
2. 117^thThe average Literacy Rate (%) of 195 countries in the world is 86. Sri Lanka is the highest ranked country out of 195 countries. 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 68^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 HIV Infections (Per 1000) of the countries in the world is 0. Sri Lanka is the 68^th worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies a poorer healthcare infrastructure in the country or lesser health awareness among people compared to other countries.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, Sri Lanka is the 78^th worst ranked in Pharmacists (Per 10,000) . This may indicate worse healthcare infrastructure investment by the country or may indicate lower population.

Sri Lanka Metrics

Culture

Nature

Internet

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Sinhalese	# People	72,231	1	1130
2	Sinhalese as a % of total Sinhalese speakers	% People	0	1	1128
3	Tamil	# People	459,389	2	1125
4	Tamil as a % of total Tamil speakers	% People	0	2	1130
Below 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 World Average
1	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	7	1	1126
2	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	61	1127
Below World Average
1	HIV Infections (Per 1000)	People Per 1,000	0	119	1235
2	Pharmacists (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	4	118	1235
3	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	113	1232
4	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	46	113	1235
5	#Dentists	# People	13,328	86	1234
6	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	78	1235
7	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	73	1230
8	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	69	1235
9	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	164,032	69	1235
10	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	62	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	1	1126
2	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	10	1128
Below World Average
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	186	1234
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1234
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1232
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1232
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1235
6	Urban Population (2021)	# People	23,726,053	106	1233
7	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	89	1232
8	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	86	1235
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	31	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members)	Count	1	1	1130
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	5	1127
3	Buddhist Population	# People	1,911,974	6	1126
4	Hindu Pop./Total Hindu Pop.%	% People	0	6	1129
5	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	6	1125
6	Hindu Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	2	10	1127
7	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	41	1128
Below World Average
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	128	1232
2	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	104	1234
3	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	101	1230
4	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	100	1233
5	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	77	1233
6	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	66	1234
7	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	65	1234
8	Hindu Population	# People	6,207,784	6	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Tree density.	Density	9	1	1125
2	Tree density .	Density	8	1	1125
Below World Average
1	Cow Beef Production (% of Total Cow Beef Production)	Percent	0	119	1233
2	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	114	1233
3	Cow Beef Production (in tonnes)	Weight	320,761	119	1235
4	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	115	1230
5	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	101	1234
6	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	104	1235
7	Number of Cows	Count	8,697,624	104	1234
8	Cow Milk Production (% of Total Cow Milk Production)	Percent	0	93	1230
9	Cow Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	3,855,383	95	1230
10	Orange Production (% of Total Orange Production)	Percent	0	76	1231
11	Goat Meat Production (% of Total Goat Meat Production)	Percent	0	81	1230
12	Goat Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	46,111	85	1235
13	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	83	1234
14	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	76	1230
15	Orange Production (in tonnes)	Weight	618,959	79	1231
16	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	77	1230
17	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	72	1235
18	Goat Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	196,989	65	1233
19	Goat Milk Production (% of Total Goat Milk Production)	Percent	0	64	1234
20	Cotton Production (in 1000 480 lb. Bales)	Weight	1,707	59	1230
21	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	57	1231
22	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	56	1234
23	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	54	1234
24	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	54	1232
25	Chicken Meat Production (% of Total Chicken Meat Production)	Percent	0	52	1232
26	Chicken Meat Production (in tonnes)	Weight	588,164	52	1233
27	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	23	1235
28	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	23	1235
29	Buffalo Milk Production (% of Total Buffalo Milk Production)	Percent	4	10	1235
30	Buffalo Milk Production (in tonnes)	Weight	7,516,792	10	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	18	1126
2	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	42	1130
Below World Average
1	GDP Per Capita at PPP (USD)	$	30,228	166	1230
2	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		53	148	1230
3	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		46	135	1234
4	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	6,447	128	1232
5	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	98	1234
6	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	98	1232
7	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	91	1231
8	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	91	1235
9	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	84	1230
10	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	85	1234
11	GDP (Billions USD) 2025	$ Billions	597	84	1231
12	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	80	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	265	25	1128
2	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	25	1128
3	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	26	1129
Below World Average
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	170	1233
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	124	1233
3	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	70	1235
4	Total Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	42,003	60	1231
5	Male Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	21,226	60	1233
6	Female Population (2025)	# People (In Thousands)	20,993	60	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	31	1125
Below World Average
1	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	65	1233
2	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	66	1230
3	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	36	1234
4	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	36	1235
5	Police Officers	# People	138,224	32	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	36	1129
Below World Average
1	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	44	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	66	1130
2	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	71	1128
3	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	71	1127
Below World Average
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	130	1235
2	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	126	1232
3	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	126	1233
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	123	1231
5	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	107	1231
6	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	102	1234
7	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	76	1234
8	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	20,409,734	59	1235
9	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	58	1232
10	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	57	1232
11	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	53	1235
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	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	31	95	1126
2	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	31	95	1129
Below World Average
1	Facebook CPC in Rs.	Absolute	5	172	1231
2	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	70	145	1234
3	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	13	140	1234
4	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	14	139	1235
5	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	25	119	1232
6	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	32	110	1232
7	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	90	1230
8	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	36	99	1230
9	Twitter users	# People	2,940,933	98	1231
10	Internet Users	# People	28,408,774	55	1230
11	LinkedIn users	# People	6,723,222	55	1233
12	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	55	1235
13	Facebook users	# People	6,811,338	47	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above World Average
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	117	1129
Below World Average
1	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	127	1233
2	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	123	1230
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	117	1230
4	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	111	1235
5	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	109	1232
6	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	97	1230
7	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	75	1235
8	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	73	1234
9	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	72	1235
10	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	61	1234
11	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	59	1231
12	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	55	1230
13	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	54	1231
14	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	53	1234
15	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	42	1230
16	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	41	1234
17	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	37	1233
18	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	21	1232
19	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	11	1231

Sri Lanka Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	Sinhalese	60.24 %
2	Tamil	17.08 %
3	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

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