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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
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Mihin Lanka flights
Air India flights
SpiceJet flights
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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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