GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $58.8 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $116.2 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $5,700 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Colombo (Administrative and judicial); Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte ((Colombo suburb) legislative)
Population (Estimated July 2012): 21,481,334
Area: 65,610km2 or 25,332mi2
Currency: Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
Official Language: Sinhala and Tamil
Political Information: Democratic Socialist Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 69.1% of the population are Buddhist, 7.6% are Muslim, 7.1% are Hindu, 6.2% are Christian and 10% have unspecified religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Pidurutalagala at 2,524m or 8,280ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +5:30
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 9 provinces; Central, Eastern, North Central, Northern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western
Leaders: President Mahinda Rajapakse; Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne
Additional: Gained independence from the U.K. on the 4th of February 1948.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka Prajatantrika Samajavadi Janarajaya (Sinhala); Ilangai Jananayaka Socialisa Kudiarasu (Tamil) (Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka)
