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Asia > Sri Lanka > People

SRI LANKAN PEOPLE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Age structure > 0-14 years 24.5 [142nd of 226]
Age structure > 15-64 years 68.4 [44th of 226]
Definition: People > Age structure > 15-64 years
Age structure > 65 years and over 7.3 % [86th of 225]
Definition: People > Age structure > 65 years and over
Birth rate 16.63 births/1,000 population Time series [129th of 226]
Definition: People > Birth rate
Chinese population 3,500 [67th of 127]
Definition: People > Chinese population
Death rate 6.07 deaths/1,000 population Time series [159th of 226]
Definition: People > Death rate
Divorce rate 0.15 per 1,000 people [36th of 34]
Definition: People > Divorce rate
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)
Definition: People > Ethnic groups
Percentage living in urban areas 21% [186th of 199]
Definition: People > Percentage living in urban areas
Population 21,128,772 Time series [53rd of 242]
Definition: People > Population
Population growth rate 0.943% Time series [132nd of 235]
Definition: People > Population growth rate
Population in 2015 22,293 [53rd of 225]
Definition: People > Population in 2015
Projected population growth 18.94% [94th of 141]
Definition: People > Projected population growth
Sex ratio > 15-64 years 0.94 [193rd of 223]
Definition: People > Sex ratio > 15-64 years
Sex ratio > Total population 0.97 male(s)/female Time series [148th of 224]
Definition: People > Sex ratio > Total population
Sex ratio > Under 15 years 1.04 male(s)/female Time series [116th of 224]
Definition: People > Sex ratio > Under 15 years
Total fertility rate 2.02 children born/woman Time series [127th of 225]
Definition: People > Total fertility rate
Total Population 20,222,240 [53rd of 227]
Definition: People > Total Population
Urban population 2,963,433 Time series [104th of 195]
Definition: People > Urban population
Urbanization 23 [185th of 204]
Definition: People > Urbanization

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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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