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Sri Lanka

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Capital
Colombo (executive branch) · Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislature)
Currency
Sri Lankan rupee
Continent
Asia
Area
65,610 km²
Country information: Wikidata · Q854 ↗ · Official languages: Sinhala, Tamil
AT A GLANCE

The essential numbers

Latest available · Reference years vary
Population ↗
21.76M · 2025
people
World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL
GDP ↗
108.83B · 2025
current US$
World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
GDP per capita ↗
5,002.08 · 2025
current US$ / person
World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Inflation ↗
-4.76 · 2025
%
World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG
Unemployment ↗
4.01 · 2025
% of labor force
World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Fertility rate ↗
1.95 · 2024
births / woman
World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
Life expectancy ↗
77.67 · 2024
years
World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN
LOOKING BACK

Change over time

Population

All countries ↗
people · 2006–2025
2025Sri Lanka: 21.76M
Sri Lanka · Population20.17M20.72M21.27M21.82M22.36M2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.POP.TOTLGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sri Lanka · Population · people
YearSri Lanka
202521,756,000
202421,916,000
202322,037,000
202222,181,000
202122,156,000
202021,919,000
201921,803,000
201821,670,000
201721,453,000
201621,209,000
201520,970,000
201420,778,000
201320,585,000
201221,169,458
201121,009,048
201020,879,089
200920,756,435
200820,629,378
200720,492,545
200620,352,411

GDP

All countries ↗
current US$ · 2006–2025
2025Sri Lanka: 108.83B
Sri Lanka · GDP20.21B44.38B68.55B92.71B116.88B2006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sri Lanka · GDP · current US$
YearSri Lanka
2025108,825,231,671.2
202499,616,111,265.76
202384,080,307,355.6
202274,143,020,303.66
202188,556,699,052.2
202084,335,574,372.3
201988,998,706,178
201894,450,015,982.81
201794,369,350,439.47
201688,000,210,878.12
201585,090,300,895.65
201482,531,125,461.84
201376,976,204,074.98
201270,447,216,891.34
201167,753,285,882.3
201058,636,049,581.17
200942,066,224,093.01
200840,713,826,215.01
200732,350,238,760.42
200628,267,410,542.52

GDP per capita

All countries ↗
current US$ / person · 2006–2025
2025Sri Lanka: 5,002.08
Sri Lanka · GDP per capita1,027.582,111.533,195.494,279.445,363.42006201220192025
Source: World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.CDGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sri Lanka · GDP per capita · current US$ / person
YearSri Lanka
20255,002.08
20244,545.36
20233,815.42
20223,342.64
20213,996.96
20203,847.6
20194,081.95
20184,358.56
20174,398.89
20164,149.19
20154,057.72
20143,972.04
20133,739.43
20123,327.78
20113,224.96
20102,808.36
20092,026.66
20081,973.58
20071,578.63
20061,388.9

Inflation

All countries ↗
% · 2006–2025
2025Sri Lanka: -4.76
Sri Lanka · Inflation-10.216.1322.4838.8255.172006201220192025
Source: World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sri Lanka · Inflation · %
YearSri Lanka
2025-4.76
2024-0.43
202316.54
202249.72
20217.01
20206.15
20193.53
20182.14
20177.7
20163.96
20153.77
20143.18
20136.91
20127.54
20116.72
20106.22
20093.46
200822.56
200715.84
200610.02

Unemployment

All countries ↗
% of labor force · 2006–2025
2025Sri Lanka: 4.01
Sri Lanka · Unemployment3.624.45.195.986.762006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZSGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sri Lanka · Unemployment · % of labor force
YearSri Lanka
20254.01
20244.24
20234.53
20224.53
20214.98
20205.36
20194.67
20184.32
20174.05
20164.24
20154.52
20144.16
20134.19
20123.88
20114.12
20104.78
20095.85
20085.22
20075.97
20066.5

Fertility rate

All countries ↗
births / woman · 2006–2025
2025Sri Lanka: —
Sri Lanka · Fertility rate1.922.022.122.232.332006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sri Lanka · Fertility rate · births / woman
YearSri Lanka
2025No data available
20241.95
20231.97
20221.98
20212
20202.01
20192.02
20182.03
20172.04
20162.06
20152.09
20142.13
20132.18
20122.17
20112.14
20102.13
20092.18
20082.23
20072.3
20062.29

Life expectancy

All countries ↗
years · 2006–2025
2025Sri Lanka: —
Sri Lanka · Life expectancy69.5671.7773.9976.278.412006201220192025
Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.INGaps indicate missing observations.
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Sri Lanka · Life expectancy · years
YearSri Lanka
2025No data available
202477.67
202377.48
202277.3
202176.28
202076.93
201976.7
201876.49
201776.24
201676.14
201575.99
201475.76
201375.55
201275.19
201174.74
201074.46
200970.3
200872.56
200772.98
200672.83
Source: World Bank ↗Snapshot · Sep 21, 2026Methodology ↗

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