NationMaster - Sri Lankan People statistics

Age structure > 0-14 years	24.5	[142nd of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years	68.4	[44th of 226]
Age structure > 65 years and over	7.3 %	[86th of 225]
Birth rate	16.63 births/1,000 population	[129th of 226]
Chinese population	3,500	[67th of 127]
Death rate	6.07 deaths/1,000 population	[159th of 226]
Divorce rate	0.15 per 1,000 people	[36th of 34]
Ethnic groups Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
Percentage living in urban areas	21%	[186th of 199]
Population	21,128,772	[53rd of 242]
Population growth rate	0.943%	[132nd of 235]
Population in 2015	22,293	[53rd of 225]
Projected population growth	18.94%	[94th of 141]
Sex ratio > 15-64 years	0.94	[193rd of 223]
Sex ratio > Total population	0.97 male(s)/female	[148th of 224]
Sex ratio > Under 15 years	1.04 male(s)/female	[116th of 224]
Total fertility rate	2.02 children born/woman	[127th of 225]
Total Population	20,222,240	[53rd of 227]
Urban population	2,963,433	[104th of 195]
Urbanization	23	[185th of 204]

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; divorcereform.org2004; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2003 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights. Estimates and projections of urban and rural populations are made by the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat and published every two years. These estimates and projections are based on national census or survey data that have been evaluated and, whenever necessary, adjusted for deficiencies and inconsistencies; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center Spanish Statistical Institute; World Development Indicators database; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

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COMMENTARY

Edria Murray
Staff Editor
7th April 2005

In response to Michelle:

According to the Sri Lanka Census of Population and Housing, which was conducted on the 17th July 2001, Residential Statistics were as follows:

Total residential dwellings: 5,380,703
Total population: 18,732,255

These statistics give an average of 3.4 people per household. As there is an average of 2.2 people per room, a significant proportion of households consist of only one room.

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