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People
21,513,990
country comparison to the world: 
55
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 and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought refuge in the West (July 2010 est.)
0-14 years: 23.9% (male 2,594,815/female 2,493,002)
15-64 years: 68% (male 7,089,307/female 7,418,123)
65 years and over: 8.1% (male 803,172/female 926,372) (2010 est.)
total: 31.3 years
male: 30.3 years
female: 32.2 years (2010 est.)
0.863% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 132
15.88 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 130
6.2 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 159
-1.05 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 157
urban population: 15% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.044 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 18.14 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 105
male: 19.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 75.3 years
country comparison to the world: 85
male: 73.22 years
female: 77.47 years (2010 est.)
1.96 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 135
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
country comparison to the world: 157
3,800 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 127
fewer than 200 (2003 est.)
country comparison to the world: 117
degree of risk: high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A
vectorborne disease: dengue fever and chikungunya
water contact disease: leptospirosis
animal contact disease: rabies (2009)
noun: Sri Lankan(s)
adjective: Sri Lankan
Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
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
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.7%
male: 92.3%
female: 89.1% (2001 census)
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