Sri Lanka

  • President:Anura Kumara Dissanayake
  • Prime Minister:Harini Amarasuriya
  • Capital city:Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (administrative), Colombo (commercial)
  • Languages:Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% note: English, spoken competently by about 10% of the population, is commonly used in government and is referred to as the link language in the constitution
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  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:2,31,68,692 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:61,860
  • GDP per capita, US$:4,516 (2024)
  • GDP, billion current US$:99.0 (2024)
  • GINI index:37.7 (2019)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:99
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    • अप्रैल 2020
      Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India
      Uploaded by: Knoema
      Accessed On: 29 मई, 2020
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    • अप्रैल 2024
      Source: World Energy Council
      Uploaded by: Alex Kulikov
      Accessed On: 10 मई, 2024
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      The World Energy Council’s Energy Trilemma Index tool, produced in partnership with Oliver Wyman, ranks countries on their ability to provide sustainable energy through 3 dimensions: Energy security, Energy equity (accessibility and affordability), Environmental sustainability. The ranking measures overall performance in achieving a sustainable mix of policies and the balance score highlights how well a country manages the trade-offs of the Trilemma with "A" being the best.