Sri Lanka Analytics

Sri Lanka is a mid-size country with 0.3% of the world's population. Sri Lanka is a democratic republic country. It has 8 world heritage sites.

LANGUAGES

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

Mother Tongue : Sinhalese

Literacy Rate (%) : 92

Details

Country Capital	:	Colombo
GDP Per capita	:	3,828
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	160^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. Sri Lanka is the 117^th highest ranked in Literacy Rate (%) out of 195 countries in the world. 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 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 may indicate a better healthcare infrastructure in the country or better health awareness among the 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 than World Average-
1	Sinhalese	# People	72,231	1	1126
2	Sinhalese as a % of total Sinhalese speakers	% People	0	1	1125
3	Tamil	# People	459,389	2	1125
4	Tamil as a % of total Tamil speakers	% People	0	2	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Malay	# People	162,307	6	1233
2	Malay as a % of total Malay speakers	% People	0	6	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	86	1	1130
2	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	40	9	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	60	186	1235
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	94	1235
3	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	86	1234
4	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	73	1230
5	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	65	1234
6	Urban Population	# People	23,726,053	106	1230
7	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	89	1234
8	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	86	1233
9	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	31	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Cricket Playing Nations (ICC Members)	Count	1	1	1130
2	Buddhist Population	# People	1,911,974	6	1130
3	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	41	1125
Below than World Average-
1	# Olympic Medals	Count	157	104	1233
2	Christian Population	# People	11,885,917	101	1232
3	Islamic Population	# People	9,936,734	66	1234
4	Hindu Population	# People	6,207,784	6	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	5	1127
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	6	1130
3	Hindu Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	2	10	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Christian Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	42	128	1233
2	Christian Pop./Total Christian Pop.%	% People	0	100	1231
3	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	77	1231
4	Islamic Pop./Total Islamic Pop.%	% People	0	65	1234
5	Hindu Pop./Total Hindu Pop.%	% People	0	6	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	18	1127
2	Import Ban(Number of products)	Count	12	42	1130
Below than World Average-
1	GDP Per Capita (USD)	$	30,070	160	1231
2	Imports /Total GDP of the Country %.		53	148	1233
3	Exports/Total GDP of the Country %.		46	135	1234
4	FDI / Total FDI of the World %.		0	98	1230
5	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	3,115	98	1234
6	Imports/Total Imports of the World %.		0	91	1235
7	Import of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	183,299	91	1233
8	Exports /Total Exports of the World %.		0	84	1234
9	GDP (Billions USD)	$ Billions	613	85	1235
10	Export of Goods and Services (in Million $)	Amount	186,399	85	1231
11	GDP as a % of Total GDP	Percent	0	79	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Density ( Pop/Land Area Ratio)	Density	312	25	1128
2	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	50	26	1128
3	Gender Ratio	Ratio of female per male, Country total female/ Country total male	1	26	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	170	1234
2	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	0	124	1231
3	Births	# People (In Thousands)	681	70	1233
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	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	1	31	1129
Below than World Average-
1	Military Budget/Total World Military Budget %.	Percent	0	65	1232
2	Military Budget (in Billion $)	$ Billion	15	66	1231
3	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	36	1235
4	Total Military Force	# People	358,465	36	1231
5	Police Officers	# People	138,224	32	1235

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	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	22,685	51	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	114	1231
2	Tree density .	Density	828	116	1231
3	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	115	1234
4	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	101	1234
5	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	104	1230
6	Number of Trees	Count	15,642,617,148	83	1232
7	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Weight	0	76	1232
8	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	77	1231
9	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	72	1232
10	Sugarcane prod.	Tons	52,039,862	57	1233
11	Sugarcane Produced/Total Sugarcane Produced.%	Weight	2	56	1231
12	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Weight	0	54	1231
13	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	54	1230
14	Rice prod.	Tons	6,981,685	23	1235
15	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Weight	0	23	1233

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	73	61	1125
Below than 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	1230
3	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	113	1231
4	Nurses to doctor ratio	Ratio	46	113	1234
5	Doctors (Per 10,000)	People Per 10,000	20	110	1230
6	#Dentists	# People	13,328	86	1231
7	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	19,528	78	1233
8	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	73	1230
9	Total Nursing	# People	163,061	69	1231
10	Nurses(per 10000)	People per 10000	164,032	69	1230
11	Total No. of Doctors	# People	78,648	62	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	66	1126
2	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	23	70	1126
3	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	23	71	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	130	1234
2	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	56	126	1230
3	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	56	126	1231
4	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	25	120	1231
5	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	76	105	1233
6	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	102	1235
7	Unemployment Rate.	% People	7	76	1234
8	Teachers in primary edu.	# People	357,113	59	1232
9	Total Labour Force (2023)	# People	20,409,734	59	1235
10	Employment in Services	# People	10,251,634	58	1234
11	Labour Force Participation	# People	14,659,929	57	1231
12	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	15,067,127	53	1232
13	Unemployed Labour Force.	# People	1,511,199	52	1235
14	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,314,003	49	1232
15	Formal Jobs	# People	10,605,934	49	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	117	1125
Below than World Average-
1	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	127	1233
2	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	123	1234
3	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	117	1230
4	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	109	1235
5	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	97	1233
6	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	73	1233
7	Enrolment in primary edu.	# People	9,629,078	73	1230
8	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	72	1234
9	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	57	71	1230
10	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	61	1233
11	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,678,001	55	1232
12	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	53	1230
13	Enrolment in secondary edu.	# People	9,727,510	42	1235
14	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,895,876	41	1231
15	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	37	1233
16	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	58	28	1234
17	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	21	1235
18	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	1234
2	Int. Users / Total Pop.%	% People	70	145	1230
3	Twitter Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	15	139	1232
4	Twitter Users as a % of Total Population	% People	14	137	1234
5	FB Users / Total Pop. %.	% People	26	118	1235
6	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Population	% People	30	109	1230
7	FB Users / Total Int. Users %.	% People	33	108	1234
8	Twitter Users as a % of Total Twitter Users	% People	0	95	1235
9	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total Internet Users	% People	33	98	1232
10	Twitter users	# People	3,179,254	96	1235
11	Internet Users	# People	28,408,774	55	1235
12	LinkedIn users	# People	6,064,509	55	1231
13	LinkedIn Users as a % of Total LinkedIn Users	% People	0	55	1235
14	Facebook users	# People	7,174,483	52	1231
15	Facebook Users as a % of Total facebook Users	% People	0	52	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