Protection & Enforcement of IPRs in Sri Lanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | |
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| Anthem: "Sri Lanka Matha" (English: "Mother Sri Lanka") | |
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| Capital | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative)[1] Colombo (executive and judicial)[2] 6°56′N 79°52′E / 6.933°N 79.867°E |
| Largest city | Colombo |
| Official languages | Sinhala Tamil[3] |
| Recognised languages | English |
| Ethnic groups (2012[4]) | 74.9% Sinhalese 11.2% Sri Lankan Tamils 9.2% Sri Lankan Moors 4.2% Indian Tamils 0.5% Others (incl. Burghers, Malays, Veddas, Chinese, Indians) |
| Religion (2012) | 70.2% Buddhism (official)[5] 12.6% Hinduism 9.7% Islam 7.4% Christianity 0.1% Other/None |
| Demonym(s) | Sri Lankan |
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic |
| Ranil Wickremesinghe | |
| Dinesh Gunawardena | |
| Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena | |
| Jayantha Jayasuriya | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Formation | |
| 543 BCE | |
| 437 BCE | |
| 1796 | |
• Kandyan Convention signed | 1815 |
| 4 February 1948 | |
• Republic | 22 May 1972 |
| 7 September 1978 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 65,610 km2 (25,330 sq mi) (120th) |
• Water (%) | 4.4 |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate |  22,156,000[8] (57th) |
• 2012 census | 20,277,597[9] |
• Density | 337.7/km2 (874.6/sq mi) (24th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
• Total |  $306.997 billion[10] (56th) |
• Per capita | $13,909[10] (88th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $84.532 billion[10] (64th) |
• Per capita | $3,830[10] (113th) |
| Gini (2016) | 39.8[11] medium |
| HDI (2021) | 0.782[12] high · 73rd |
| Currency | Sri Lankan rupee (Rs) (LKR) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (SLST) |
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| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +94 |
| ISO 3166 code | LK |
| Internet TLD | |
Website gov.lk | |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and the Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and financial centre.