Southern Asia
Sri Lanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Core facts
- Capital
- Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
- Population
- 21,763,170
- Area
- 65,610 km^2
- Country code
- LKA
- Flag emoji
- 🇱🇰
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 331.7 per km^2
- Calling code
- +94
Culture and society
- Languages
- Sinhala, Tamil
- Religions
- Islam (27.0%), Hinduism (25.0%), Unaffiliated (21.0%), Buddhism (12.0%), Christianity (7.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Other religions (2.0%)
- Native names
- ශ්රී ලංකාව, இலங்கை
- Demonyms (EN)
- Sri Lankan / Sri Lankan
- Start of week
- monday
- Driving side
- left
- Timezones
- UTC+05:30
- Alternative spellings
- LK, ilaṅkai, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Geography and map
- Continents
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 7.00, 81.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- N/A
- Border countries count
- 0
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Sri Lankan rupee (Rs රු)
- Top-level domain
- .lk, .இலங்கை, .ලංකා
- FIFA code
- SRI
- Capital coordinates
- 6.89, 79.90
- Postal code format
- #####
- Gini index
- 39.3 (2016)
- Coat of arms
