Sri Lanka Country Guide | Guide to Sri Lanka

Capital: Colombo

Population: 20,743,000

Currency: Sri Lankan rupee (LKR)

Religions: Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)

Government: republic

Languages: Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8%

Climate: tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)

Phone Code: 94