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Sri Lanka

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  • Sri Lanka has a population of about 21.8M; its total GDP of $108.8B ranks #70 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 65,630 km² is about 35% of the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Population density stands out most against the median: 331/km² — rank #14 of 169 countries with data.

Sri Lanka: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 21.8M (2025) #62 / 169 median 11.5M · 1.9×
Population growth -0.7% (2025) #165 / 169 N/A
Urban population share 20.5% (2025) #166 / 169 median 63.8% · 32%
Population aged 65+ 12.5% (2025) #59 / 169 median 7.4% · 1.7×
Fertility rate 2.0 (2024) #92 / 169 median 2.1 · 93%
Birth rate 10.1‰ (2024) #121 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 63%
Death rate 7.8‰ (2024) #70 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.1×
Net migration -30.7K (2025) #138 / 169 N/A
Surface area 65,630 km² #123 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 35%
Population density derived 331/km² (2025) #14 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 4.5×
Economy
GDP (total) $108.8B (2025) #70 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.3×
GDP per capita $5,002 (2025) #99 / 168 median $6,834 · 73%
GNI per capita $4,670 (2025) #99 / 168 median $6,350 · 74%
GDP growth (annual) 5.0% (2025) #43 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.6×
Inflation rate -4.8% (2025) #161 / 162 N/A
Unemployment rate 4.0% (2025) #108 / 168 median 5.1% · 78%
Gini index 37.7 (2019) #59 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.1×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 2.7% (2019) #76 / 153 median 2.5% · 1.1×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 19.0% (2025) #132 / 163 median 35.0% · 54%
Imports share of GDP 22.8% (2025) #137 / 163 median 40.2% · 57%
Agriculture share of GDP 8.4% (2025) #76 / 168 median 7.2% · 1.2×
Manufacturing share of GDP 17.1% (2025) #31 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.5×
International tourist arrivals 540K (2020) #109 / 162 median 1.1M · 48%
Tourism receipts $1.1B (2020) #70 / 165 median $705M · 1.5×
Health & education
Life expectancy 77.7 years (2024) #55 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 5.2‰ (2024) #123 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 40%
Under-five mortality 5.9‰ (2024) #125 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 37%
DPT immunization 97.0% (2024) #32 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) #38 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.9×
Health spending share of GDP 3.7% (2023) #138 / 165 median 6.5% · 56%
Secondary school enrollment 88.0% (2023) #91 / 167 median 90.5% · 97%
Education spending share of GDP 1.8% (2023) #155 / 165 median 4.1% · 44%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.776 (2023) #76 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.0×
Internet users 54.6% (2024) #121 / 169 median 81.5% · 67%
Mobile subscriptions 132.5 per 100 (2024) #41 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 8.5 per 100 (2024) #93 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 70%
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #68 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 1.1 t (2024) #114 / 165 median 2.6 t · 40%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 23.3 Mt (2024) #80 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 1.1×
Renewable electricity share 49.2% (2021) #64 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.4×
Renewable energy consumption 48.8% (2021) #50 / 169 median 26.9% · 1.8×
Forest area 34.0% (2023) #76 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.1×
Agricultural land 48.6% (2023) #61 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.2×
Arable land 22.2% (2023) #42 / 168 median 11.0% · 2.0×
PM2.5 exposure 22.7 µg/m³ (2023) #67 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 1.1×
Military spending 1.4% (2024) #94 / 157 median 1.8% · 79%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Sri Lanka's true-shape outline

Sri Lanka's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 65,630 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).