Sri Lanka

Facts

Population:  19,408,635 (July 2001 est.) note:  since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island; as of mid-1999, approximately 66,000 were housed in 133 refugee camps in south India, another 40,000 lived outside the Indian camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West
Age structure:  0-14 years:  25.99% (male 2,578,618; female 2,464,928) 15-64 years:  67.39% (male 6,369,881; female 6,708,852) 65 years and over:  6.62% (male 615,253; female 671,103) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.87% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  16.58 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  6.43 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -1.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.92 male(s)/female total population:  0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  16.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  72.09 years male:  69.58 years female:  74.73 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.95 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.07% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  7,500 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  490 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Sri Lankan(s) adjective:  Sri Lankan
Ethnic groups:  Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
Religions:  Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999)
Languages:  Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% note:  English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  90.2% male:  93.4% female:  87.2% (1995 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $62.7 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  5.6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $3,250 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  21% industry:  19% services:  60% (1998)
Population below poverty line:  22% (1997 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  1.8% highest 10%:  39.7% (1995-96 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  8.5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  6.6 million (1998)
Labor force - by occupation:  services 45%, agriculture 38%, industry 17% (1998 est.)
Unemployment rate:  8.8% (1999 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $3 billion expenditures:  $3 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.)
Industries:  processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, and other agricultural commodities; clothing, cement, petroleum refining, textiles, tobacco
Industrial production growth rate:  4% (1999)
Electricity - production:  6.026 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  29.9% hydro:  70.1% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  5.604 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  rice, sugarcane, grains, pulses, oilseed, spices, tea, rubber, coconuts; milk, eggs, hides, beef
Exports:  $5.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:  textiles and apparel, tea, diamonds, coconut products, petroleum products
Exports - partners:  US 39%, UK 13%, Middle East 8%, Germany 5%, Japan 4% (1999)
Imports:  $6.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and equipment, textiles, petroleum, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:  Japan 10%, India 9%, Hong Kong 8%, Singapore 8%, South Korea 6% (1999)
Debt - external:  $9.9 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:  $577 million (1998)
Currency:  Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)
Currency code:  LKR
Exchange rates:  Sri Lankan rupees per US dollar - 83.506 (January 2001), 77.005 (2000), 70.635 (1999), 64.450 (1998), 58.995 (1997), 55.271 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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