Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Capital Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative); Colombo (commercial)
65,610 km² · 21,756,000 people (2025) · Sri Lankan rupee
A teardrop island off southern India with a central massif rising to 2,524 m. Ancient reservoirs called tanks, some of them 2,000 years old, still irrigate the dry zone. Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of biological endemism in the world for its size, and Sinharaja is the last large stand of its lowland rainforest.
The facts
- Capital
- Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative); Colombo (commercial)
- Largest city
- Colombo
- Area
- 65,610 km² — 25,332 sq mi
- Population
- 21,756,000 (2025)
- Density
- 331.6 people per km²
- Currency
- Sri Lankan rupee (LKR, Rs රු)
- Official languages
- Sinhala, Tamil
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Calling code
- +94
- Drives on the
- left
- ISO codes
- LK · LKA
- Continent
- Asia
How it compares
- By area
- 121 of 200
- By population
- 63 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 70,273 | 5,484,367 |
| Georgia | 69,700 | 3,935,766 |
| Sri Lanka ← | 65,610 | 21,756,000 |
| Lithuania | 65,300 | 2,888,774 |
| Latvia | 64,589 | 1,847,785 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Sri Lanka?
- Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative); Colombo (commercial)
- What currency does Sri Lanka use?
- The Sri Lankan rupee (LKR).
- How big is Sri Lanka?
- 65,610 km², or 25,332 square miles — 121 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Sri Lanka drive on?
- The left.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)