People Of Sri Lanka

Population	19,905,165 note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island; as of yearend 2000, approximately 65,000 were housed in 131 refugee camps in south India, another 40,000 lived outside the Indian camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West (July 2004 est.)
Age structure	0-14 years: 24.8% (male 2,526,143; female 2,414,876) 15-64 years: 68.2% (male 6,589,438; female 6,976,487) 65 years and over: 7% (male 655,636; female 742,585) (2004 est.)
Median age	total: 29.1 years male: 28 years female: 30.1 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate	0.81% (2004 est.)
Birth rate	15.88 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate	6.47 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate	-1.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Sex ratio	at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate	total: 14.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) male: 16.01 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth	total population: 72.89 years male: 70.34 years female: 75.57 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate	1.88 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	4,800 (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths	250 (2001 est.)
Nationality	noun: Sri Lankan(s) adjective: Sri Lankan
Ethnic groups	Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
Religions	Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999)
Languages	Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% note: English is commonly used in government and is spoken competently by about 10% of the population
Literacy	conventional long form: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka conventional short form: Sri Lanka former: Serendib, Ceylon

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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