Capital of Sri Lanka:
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (shortened:Kotte)Area of Sri Lanka: 65,610 km² (25,332 mi²) (
122th)
Population of Sri Lanka: 23,103,565 (
61th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Southern Asia (South of India)
Languages of Sri Lanka: Sinhala (official) 87%,
Tamil (official) 28.5%,
English 23.8% (2012 est.)
Religions of Sri Lanka: Buddhist (
official) 70.2%,
Hindu 12.6%,
Muslim 9.7%,
Roman Catholic 6.1%, other Christian 1.3%, other/none 0.05% (2012 est.)
Currency:
Sri Lankan rupee (
Rs) (
LKR)
Calling code: (
+94)
Organizations: United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations
Borders countries: none
Coastline: Indian Ocean 1,340 km
Administrative divisions of Sri Lanka
9 provinces:Central, Eastern, North Central, Northern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western.
Natural resources: limestone,
graphite, mineral sands,
gems,
phosphates,
clay, hydropower, arable land.