Sri Lanka

island country in South Asia
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Sri Lanka
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World Factbook

CIA reference data · 4 sections
Geography
Location
Southern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of India
Climate
tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)
Terrain
mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior
Natural resources
limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower, arable land
People & Society
Languages
Sinhala (official) 87%, Tamil (official) 28.5%, English 23.8% (2012 est.)
Religions
Buddhist (official) 70.2%, Hindu 12.6%, Muslim 9.7%, Roman Catholic 6.1%, other Christian 1.3%, other 0.05% (2012 est.)
Government
Government type
presidential republic
Independence
4 February 1948 (from the UK)
National holiday
Independence Day (National Day), 4 February (1948)
Legal system
mixed system of Roman-Dutch civil law, English common law, Jaffna Tamil customary law, and Muslim personal law
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$301.407 billion (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita
$13,800 (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate
5% (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
-0.4% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate
5% (2024 est.)
Exports - partners
USA 22%, India 7%, Germany 7%, UK 7%, Italy 5% (2023)
Imports - partners
India 21%, China 19%, UAE 10%, Singapore 5%, Malaysia 4% (2023)
Source: CIA World Factbook · public domain (US gov work, 17 USC §105) · fetched 2026-05-06

Summary

Sri Lanka is a sovereign state[1]. It ranks in the top 0.51% of sovereign state entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128,199 views/month, #1 of 197).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: United Nations[3], Commonwealth of Nations[4], World Trade Organization[5], International Bank for Reconstruction and Development[6], International Development Association[7], International Finance Corporation[8], Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency[9], International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes[10], ASEAN Regional Forum[11], Asian Development Bank[12], Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation[13], Interpol[14], Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons[15], International Hydrographic Organization[16]
  • Religion or worldview: Buddhism[17], Hinduism[18], Islam[19], Christianity[20]
  • Country: Sri Lanka[21]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Indian Ocean[22]
  • Head of government: Harini Amarasuriya[23]
  • Continent: Asia[24]
  • Instance of: island country[25], country[26]
  • Head of state: Anura Kumara Dissanayake[27]
  • Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte[28], Colombo[29]
  • Official language: Sinhala[30], Tamil[31]
  • Currency: Sri Lankan rupee[32]
  • Shares border with: India[33]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .lk[34], .இலங்கை[35]
  • Anthem: Sri Lanka Matha[36]
  • Basic form of government: republic[37]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Central Province[38], North Central Province[39], Northern Province[40], Eastern Province[41], North Western Province[42], Southern Province[43], Uva Province[44], Sabaragamuwa Province[45], Western Province[46]
  • Flag: flag of Sri Lanka[47]
  • Legislative body: Parliament of Sri Lanka[48]
  • Coat of arms: Emblem of Sri Lanka[49]
  • Commons category: Sri Lanka[50]
  • Licence plate code: CL[51]
  • Has seal, badge, or sigil: Public Seal of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka[52]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+05:30[53], Asia/Colombo[54]
  • Telephone country code: +94[55]

Body

Influence

Things named for Sri Lanka include golden palm civet[56], a taxon[57]; serendibite[58], a mineral species[59]; Ceylon[60], a city in the United States[61], in United States[62], founded in 1899[63]; Boiga ceylonensis[64], a taxon[65]; and sinhalite[66], a mineral species[67].

Why It Matters

Sri Lanka has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]

Entities named for it include golden palm civet[56], a taxon[57]; serendibite[58], a mineral species[59]; Ceylon[60], a city in the United States[61], in United States[62], founded in 1899[63]; Boiga ceylonensis[64], a taxon[65]; and sinhalite[66], a mineral species[67].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . workwithdata.com. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [27] ↑ . bbc.com. bbc.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Constitution of Sri Lanka. wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Constitution of Sri Lanka. wikidata.org.
  11. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . gov.lk. gov.lk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . gov.lk. gov.lk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . gov.lk. gov.lk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . gov.lk. gov.lk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [54] ↑ . data.iana.org. data.iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [4] ↑ . thecommonwealth.org. thecommonwealth.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [5] ↑ . wto.org. Retrieved . wto.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [14] ↑ . interpol.int. Retrieved . interpol.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [15] ↑ . opcw.org. Retrieved . opcw.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [16] ↑ . iho.int. Retrieved . iho.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [64] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [66] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [65] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [67] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [68] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [69] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Sadads · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14968 → Liard River
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14968: Q2249, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291586|batch #291586]]"
  2. 2d ago · Powerek38 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'ami', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', 'anp', '
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-rDGF-b3XC-4rAi
    Sitelink count → 308
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eska.pl topic id: tg-rDGF-b3XC-4rAi, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/250720633|Sri Lanka (#250720633)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7420|eska.pl topi"
  3. 4w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000712
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Nhk one news topic id: E0000000712"
  4. 4w ago · ANTORLGOY · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Sri Lanka
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Sri Lanka"
  5. 5w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → sri-lanka
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Dagens nyheter topic id: sri-lanka, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/35799318|Sri Lanka (#35799318)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/488|DN topic]] #mix'n'"
  6. 11w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of geographic center → {'lat': 7.8731, 'lon': 80.7718}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44771|batch #44771]]"
  7. 12w ago · J 1982 · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Sri_Lanka
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ P14470: Locations/Sri_Lanka"
  8. 12w ago · Jberkel · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Lb-Sri Lanka.ogg, LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Sri Lanka.wav, LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Sri Lanka.wav
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Sri Lanka.wav, Adding Italian pronunciation audio"
  9. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Franz von Bayros
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q26917, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/9d0512fd95e|details]])"
  10. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1HWoOT
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  11. 16w ago · VGMaintenanceBot bot · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id → 026401371, 027249344
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Mediawiki page id: 40459, Add qualifier to ICANNWiki page ID `Sri_Lanka`"
  12. 16w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → Sri_Lanka
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Icannwiki page id: Sri_Lanka, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294327740|Sri Lanka (#294327740)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]] #mix'n'"
  13. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → sri-lanka
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: sri-lanka, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960794|sri lanka (#289960794)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  14. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0003415-Sri-Lanka
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0003415-Sri-Lanka, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  15. 22w ago · Circenses · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Capital: Colombo"
  16. 23w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Dbnl country id → srila01
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Dbnl country id: srila01, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257631|batch #257631]]"
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