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| Population | 19,905,165 note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island; as of yearend 2000, approximately 65,000 were housed in 131 refugee camps in south India, another 40,000 lived outside the Indian camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 24.8% (male 2,526,143; female 2,414,876) 15-64 years: 68.2% (male 6,589,438; female 6,976,487) 65 years and over: 7% (male 655,636; female 742,585) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 29.1 years male: 28 years female: 30.1 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.81% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate | 15.88 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.47 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 14.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 16.01 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 72.89 years male: 70.34 years female: 75.57 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.88 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | less than 0.1% (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 4,800 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 250 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: sri lankan(s) adjective: sri lankan |
| Ethnic groups | Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1% |
| Religions | Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999) |
| Languages | Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% note: english is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: democratic socialist republic of sri lanka conventional short form: sri lanka former: serendib, ceylon |
Introduction and Background to Sri Lanka | Geography Of Sri Lanka | Government Of Sri Lanka | Economy Of Sri Lanka | Communications Of Sri Lanka | Transportation Of Sri Lanka | Military Of Sri Lanka | Transnational Issues Of Sri Lanka
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