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Sri Lanka      Country: Sri Lanka Internet: .lk Continent: Asia Government URL: http://www.priu.gov.lk Area: 65610 sq km Population: 20,222,240 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 20912.124 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 10622.487 Population Women: 10289.637 Annual Growth Rate: 0.882 % Birth Rate: 15.51 % Death Rate: 6.52 % Life Expectancy: 73.41 years Infant Mortality Rate: 13.97 % Fertility Rate: 1.84 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.1 % HIV AIDS Living With: 3,500 HIV AIDS Deaths: 200 Labor Force: 8,214,000 Unemployment Rate: 7.6 % GDP Per Capita: $4,600 GDP Purchasing Power: $93,330,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 6.3 Industrial Growth: 7.1 Inflation Rate CP: 12.1 % Investment Gross Fixed: 28.2 Public Debt: 90.6 Capital: Colombo Capital Population: 2436000 (metro area) / 656100 (city proper) Capital Coordinates: 6 56 N, 79 51 E UTC Offset: 6 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Merchant Marine: 22 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Waterways: 160 km Roadways: 97287 km Railways: 1449 km Airports: 16 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 280000 Internet Hosts: 6526 Telephones Mobile: 3,362,000 Telephones Main: 1244000 Debt External: $12,230,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $2,810,000,000 Imports: $9,655,000,000 Exports: $7,076,000,000 Current Account Balance: -$1,118,000,000 Natural Gas Consumption: 0 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 7,174,000,000 Electricity Production: 7,714,000,000 Oil Consumption: 80,000 Oil Production: 0  Map of Sri Lanka

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