Demographics of Sri Lanka - CIA World Factbook Demographic Statistics

CIA World Factbook Demographic Statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated:

• Population - 21,481,334 (July 2012 est.)
• Age structure - 0-14 years: 23.9% (male 2,594,815/female 2,493,002); 15-64 years: 68% (male 7,089,307/female 7,418,123); 65 years and over:8.1% (male 803,172/female 926,372) (2010 est.)
• Median age - total: 31.1 years; male: 30.1 years; female: 32.2 years (2012 est.)
• Population growth rate - 0.913% (2012 est.)
• Birth rate - 17.04 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
• Death rate - 5.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
• Net migration rate - -1.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
• Urbanization - urban population: 14% of total population (2010); rate of urbanization: 1.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
• Sex ratio - at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female; under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female; 15–64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female; 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female; total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
• Infant mortality rate - total: 9.47 deaths/1,000 live births; male: 10.44 deaths/1,000 live births; female: 8.45 deaths/1,000 live births
• Life expectancy at birth - total population: 75.94 years; male: 72.43 years; female: 79.59 years (2012 est.)
• Total fertility rate - 2.17 children born/woman (2012 est.)
• Health expenditures - 4% of GDP (2009)
• Physicians density - 0.492 physicians/1,000 population (2006)
• Hospital bed density - 3.1 beds/1,000 population (2004)
• HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate - less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
• HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS - 2,800 (2009 est.)
• HIV/AIDS - deaths - fewer than 200 (2009 est.)
• Major infectious diseases - degree of risk: high; food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A; vectorborne disease: dengue fever and chikungunya; water contact disease:leptospirosis; animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
• Nationality - noun: Sri Lankan(s);
  adjective: Sri Lankan
• Ethnic group - 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)
• Religion - Buddhism 69.1%; Islam 7.6%; Hinduism 7.1%; Christianity 6.2%; unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
• Languages - Sinhala 74%; Tamil 18%; other 10%
• Literacy - definition: age 15 and over can read and write; total population: 91.2%; male: 92.6%; female:90% (2010 census)