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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
President: Chandrika B. Kumaratunga (1994)
Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1994)
Area: 25,332 sq. mi. (65,610 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 19,144,875 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.21%); birth rate: 18.2/1000; infant mortality rate: 16.1/1000; density per sq. mi.: 756
Capital and largest city (1992 est.): Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (Colombo), 1,994,000
Other large cities (1992 est.): Gampaha, 1,543,000; Kurunegala, 1,445,000; Kandy, 1,257,000
Monetary unit: Sri Lanka rupee
Languages: Sinhala, Tamil, English
Ethnicity/race: Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
Religions: Buddhist, 69%; Hindu, 15%; Islam, 8%; Christian, 8%
Literacy rate: 88%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $48.1 billion; $2,500 per capita. Real growth rate: 4.7%. Inflation: 9.3%. Unemployment: (1997 est.), 11%. Arable land: 14%. Agriculture: rice, sugarcane, grains, oilseed, roots, spices, tea, rubber, coconuts, milk, eggs, hides, meat. Labor force: 6.2 million (1997); agriculture. 37%; services, 46%; industry, 17% (1994). Industry: processed rubber, tea, coconuts, textiles, cement, refined petroleum, tobacco. Natural resources: limestone, graphite, gems. Exports: $4.1 billion (f.o.b., 1996): textiles, tea, rubber, petroleum products, gems and jewelry. Imports: $5.4 billion (c.i.f., 1996): machinery and equipment, textiles, transport equipment, petroleum, building materials, sugar, wheat. Major trading partners: U.S., U.K., Germany, Japan, Singapore, India, Iran, Taiwan, Belgium, Hong Kong, China, South Korea.
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
