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Sri Lanka People 1997https://photius.com/wfb1997/sri_lanka/sri_lanka_people.htmlSOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Population
18,721,178 (July 1997 est.)
Age structure
Population growth rate 1.14% (1997 est.) Birth rate 18.64 births/1,000 population (1997 est.) Death rate 5.9 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.) Net migration rate -1.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.) Sex ratio
Infant mortality rate 16.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.) Life expectancy at birth
Total fertility rate 2.15 children born/woman (1997 est.) Nationality
Ethnic groups Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1% Religions Buddhist 69%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 8% Languages
Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language)18%
Literacy
NOTE: The information regarding Sri Lanka on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sri Lanka People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sri Lanka People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA. |