SRI LANKA

Basic data about Sri lanka

Country Name:

Conventional long form: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Conventional short form : Sri Lanka

Size :

Area: 65,610 sq km

Length: 445 km

Breadth: 225 km

Capital:

Sri Jayewardenepura

Commercial Capital :Colombo

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Population: 20.3 million

Population Density:296 people per sq km

Life Expectancy at Birth: 76.4 female, 71.7 male

Literacy Rate : 92.7%

Languages: Sinhala & Tamil is widely spoken throughout Sri Lanka.

Religion: Buddhism 70.19%; Hinduism 12.61%; Christianity 7.45%; Islam

9.71%

Industries: Processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural

commodities; clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco.

Agriculture - Products:

Rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, roots, spices, tea, rubber, coconuts;

milk.

Demography

Sri Lanka has a population of

20.3 million of whom the

majority are

Sinhalese (74%)

Sri Lankan Tamils (11%),

Indian Tamils (7%),

Moors, Malays, Burghers (of

Portuguese & Dutch descent)

and others (7.9%).

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21,866,445 (July 2014 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 24.7% (male 2,758,360/female 2,648,073)

15-24 years: 14.9% (male 1,651,901/female 1,606,465)

25-54 years: 42.1% (male 4,504,395/female 4,708,288)

55-64 years: 9.5% (male 966,295/female 1,117,310)

65 years and over: 8.7% (male 812,669/female 1,092,689) (2014 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.86% (2014 est.)

Economy

GDP $67.1 2013

GDP growth 7.3% 2013

Major Industries

Processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco

and other agricultural commodities;

telecommunications, insurance, banking;

tourism, shipping; clothing, textiles;

cement, petroleum refining, information

technology services, construction.

Economic Sectors:

Tourism

Tea industry

Apparel and textile industry

Agriculture

Education The Constitution of Sri Lanka provide for education as a fundamental

right.

The Sri Lanka's population has a literacy rate of 92%, higher than that

expected for a third world country; it has the highest literacy rate in South

Asia and overall, one of the highest literacy rates in Asia.

There are currently only 15 state universities in Sri Lanka.

The prominent ones are University of Colombo, University of

Peradeniya, University of Ruhuna, University of Kelaniya, University of

Sri Jayawardhenapura and University of Moratuwa.

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To regularize, expand and develop the institutions under the Higher

Education System; the government established the Ministry of Higher

Education.

The public school network in Sri Lanka is vast, with about 4.2 million

children enrolled in over 9,790 public schools around the country.

These schools contain a teaching force about 200,000. The government

spends 2.8% of GDP for education amounting to Rs 14 billion.

Employment

Unemployment Rate in Sri Lanka increased to 4.50 percent in the second

quarter of 2014 from 4.10 percent in the first quarter of 2014.

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Sri Lanka

Labour Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit

Unemployment

Rate

4.50 4.10 11.30 3.90 percent

Employed

Persons

8129.00 7430.00 8129.00 4951.00 Thousand

Unemployed

Persons

384.00 336.00 964.00 308.00 Thousand

Population 20.48 20.33 20.87 9.90 Million

Tourism

Statistics released by Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority

(SLTDA) showed that Sri Lanka had met its tourist arrival target of 1.5

million for the year 2014.

According to SLTDA figures, Sri Lanka's tourist arrivals rose 16.1

percent in December last year compared to the same period in 2013 with

the arrival of 178,672 tourists compared to the 153,918 arrived in

December 2013.

For the year a total of 1,527,153 tourists arrived in the island recording

a 19.8 percent increase from the 1,274,593 came during 2013.

Best Tourist Places in Sri Lanka

Airlines from India to Sri lanka

Direct from India

Jet Airways flights

SriLankan Airlines flights

Mihin Lanka flights

Air India flights

SpiceJet flights

flydubai flights

Other airlines flying to Sri Lanka

Emirates flights

Oman Air flights

Thai Airways flights

Etihad Airways flights

Malaysia Airlines flights

Cathay Pacific flights

Qatar Airways flights

Singapore Airlines flights

Saudia flights

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