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Sri Lanka

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Key facts

  • currency: Sri Lankan rupee
  • capital city: Colombo
  • region: Southern Asia
  • continent: Asia
  • land area: 61,860 km²
  • population: 22,037,000
  • political leader: Gotabaya Rajapaksa (President)

Location on a map: [7°0′N, 81°0′E]

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Profile

Sri Lanka is a country in Southern Asia, Asia. It has a land area of 61,860 km² and a population of 22,037,000. The capital city is Colombo. The political leader is Gotabaya Rajapaksa whose title is President.

In the news

Sri Lanka has been mentioned 473 times in the news, here is the latest (trend):

Sri Lanka will never forget Pakistan's support: Envoy
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Sri Lanka announces first presidential vote since unrest
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Sri Lanka edge Pakistan to set up Women's Asia Cup final with India
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Women's Asia Cup: Sri Lanka defeat Pakistan by three wickets in semi-final
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Politics

Environment

Sri Lanka is one of the countries in Asia and one of the countries in Southern Asia.
There are cities in Sri Lanka. There are wildfires in Sri Lanka.
  • Agricultural land: 28,120.00 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 3.43 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 21,846.30 kt
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 33.71 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 45.28 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 17.82 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 3.19 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 50.27 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.97 births per woman
  • Forest area: 21,098 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 50.55 % of total
  • Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: 4,415.31 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 29.00 years
  • Methane emissions: 8,377.67 kt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 3,157.20 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 11,428,453.00
  • Male population: 10,608,547.00
  • Renewable energy consumption: 48.80 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 61,386.13 km²
  • Rural population: 17,803,472.00
  • Urban land area: 3,627.83 km²
  • Urban population: 4,233,528.00
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.37 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Sri Lanka by population

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Sri Lanka (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Sri Lanka (% of total)

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical forest area in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical internet access in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical land area in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical median age in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical net migration in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical population in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical female population in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical male population in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical rural population in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical total urban land in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical urban population in Sri Lanka

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Sri Lanka

Distribution of sites in Sri Lanka by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Sri Lanka by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Sri Lanka

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Sri Lanka by total fire area

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Source

This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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