Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) , LK

Sri Lanka: Independent country in South Asia, situated on an island in the Indian Ocean

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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is located at 7°45'0"N 80°45'0"E (7.7500000, 80.7500000).

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The largest city of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is Negombo with a population of 142,136. Other cities include, Trincomalee population 99,135 and Badulla population 42,923. See all Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka cities & populated places.

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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Quick Facts

Population :	21,444,000
Country :	Dutch Empire, Sri Lanka, Portuguese Empire, British Empire
Head of government :	Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, President of Sri Lanka
Plate code :	CL
Area :	65610 km²
Official name :	la République socialiste démocratique de Sri Lanka, ශ්රී ලංකාව, இலங்கை சனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு, ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය
Has part :	history of Sri Lanka
Water as percent of area :	1.3%
Land as percent of area :	98.7%
Continent :	Asia
Northernmost point :	Point(80.23 9.82)
Legislative body :	Parliament of Sri Lanka
Official language :	Tamil, Sinhala
Capital :	Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Establishment :	May 05, 1972 (49 years ago)
Time Zone :	UTC+05:30
Local time :	00:57:11 (23rd June 2021)

Ranil Wickremesinghe ,

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Central Province
Northern Province
Uva Province
North Western Province
Western Province
Sabaragamuwa Province
North Central Province
Southern Province
Eastern Province

Demographics

Year	Population	% Change	Method
1960	9,874,476	-	(Worldbank)
1961	10,111,637	2.35%	(Worldbank)
1962	10,352,179	2.32%	(Worldbank)
1963	10,597,511	2.31%	(Worldbank)
1964	10,849,975	2.33%	(Worldbank)
1965	11,110,820	2.35%	(Worldbank)
1966	11,380,670	2.37%	(Worldbank)
1967	11,657,650	2.38%	(Worldbank)
1968	11,937,600	2.35%	(Worldbank)
1969	12,214,956	2.27%	(Worldbank)
1970	12,485,740	2.17%	(Worldbank)
1971	12,747,821	2.06%	(Worldbank)
1972	13,002,231	1.96%	(Worldbank)
1973	13,252,036	1.89%	(Worldbank)
1974	13,501,935	1.85%	(Worldbank)
1975	13,755,146	1.84%	(Worldbank)
1976	14,012,899	1.84%	(Worldbank)
1977	14,273,495	1.83%	(Worldbank)
1978	14,533,690	1.79%	(Worldbank)
1979	14,788,862	1.73%	(Worldbank)
1980	15,035,834	1.64%	(Worldbank)
1981	15,272,831	1.55%	(Worldbank)
1982	15,501,207	1.47%	(Worldbank)
1983	15,724,651	1.42%	(Worldbank)
1984	15,948,487	1.4%	(Worldbank)
1985	16,176,280	1.41%	(Worldbank)
1986	16,408,859	1.42%	(Worldbank)
1987	16,643,952	1.41%	(Worldbank)
1988	16,878,189	1.39%	(Worldbank)
1989	17,106,753	1.34%	(Worldbank)
1990	17,325,773	1.26%	(Worldbank)
1991	17,535,729	1.2%	(Worldbank)
1992	17,736,821	1.13%	(Worldbank)
1993	17,924,823	1.05%	(Worldbank)
1994	18,094,477	0.94%	(Worldbank)
1995	18,242,912	0.81%	(Worldbank)
1996	18,367,288	0.68%	(Worldbank)
1997	18,470,900	0.56%	(Worldbank)
1998	18,564,599	0.5%	(Worldbank)
1999	18,663,284	0.53%	(Worldbank)
2000	18,777,601	0.61%	(Worldbank)
2001	18,911,730	0.71%	(Worldbank)
2002	20,277,597	6.74%	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
2003	19,224,037	-5.48%	(Worldbank)
2004	19,387,153	0.84%	(Worldbank)
2005	19,544,988	0.81%	(Worldbank)
2006	19,695,972	0.77%	(Worldbank)
2007	19,842,044	0.74%	(Worldbank)
2008	19,983,984	0.71%	(Worldbank)
2009	20,123,508	0.69%	(Worldbank)
2010	20,261,737	0.68%	(Worldbank)
2011	20,398,670	0.67%	(Worldbank)
2012	20,425,000	0.13%	(Worldbank)
2013	20,585,000	0.78%	(Worldbank)
2014	20,778,000	0.93%	(Worldbank)
2015	20,970,000	0.92%	(Worldbank)
2016	21,203,000	1.1%	(Worldbank)
2017	21,444,000	1.12%	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
2018	21,670,000	1.04%	(Worldbank)
2019	21,803,000	0.61%	(Worldbank)

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