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Demographics of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka population pyramid in 2020 Population 23,187,516 (2022) Density 332/km 2 (2018) Growth rate 0.61% (2022) Birth rate 11.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.) Death rate 8.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.) Life expectancy 75.94 years (2012 est.) • male 72.43 years (2012 est.) • female 79.59 years (2012 est.) Fertility rate 1.97 children born/woman ...
Colombo was the capital of the coastal areas controlled by the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British from the 1700s to 1815 when the British gained control of the entire island following the Kandyan convention. From then until the 1980s the national capital of the island was Colombo.
The following is a list of settlements in Sri Lanka with a population over 50,000. Cities. City Image DS Division District ... Colombo / Thimbirigasyaya: Colombo ...
Population of Colombo District by ethnic group 1946 to 2012 [2] [11] [12] Year Sinhalese Sri Lankan Moors Sri Lankan Tamil Indian Tamil Other Total No. No. % No. %
List of countries by population (United Nations) This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present. [2]
Sri Lanka's population, (1871–2001) Sri Lanka has roughly 22,156,000 people and an annual population growth rate of 0.5%. The birth rate is 13.8 births per 1,000 people, and the death rate is 6.0 deaths per 1,000 people. [270] Population density is highest in western Sri Lanka, especially in and around the capital.
The economy contracted 7.8% in 2022, and the percentage of the population earning less than $3.65 a day doubled to around 25% of the population. On March 20, 2023, the IMF has loaned US$3 billion to the country as part of a 48-month debt relief program. [41]
The 2012 Sri Lanka Census revealed a Buddhist population of 22,254 amongst Sri Lankan Tamils, i.e. roughly 1% of all Sri Lankan Tamils in Sri Lanka. [ 18 ] The Hindu elite, especially the Vellalar , follow the religious ideology of Shaiva Siddhanta (Shaiva school) while the masses practice folk Hinduism , upholding their faith in local village ...