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President:
Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe
Prime Minister:
Mr. Dinesh Gunawardena
Capital:
Columbo
Area:
total: 65,610 sq km
land: 64,630 sq km
water: 980 sq km
Coastline:
1,340 km
Maritime Claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Climate:
tropical monsoon; northeast monsoon (December to March); southwest monsoon (June to October)
Elevation Extremes:
mean elevation: 228 m
Natural Resources:
limestone, graphite, mineral sands, gems, phosphates, clay, hydropower, arable land
Land Use:

1)    agricultural land: 43.5%
arable land 20.7%; permanent crops 15.8%; permanent pasture 7%
forest: 29.4%
other: 27.1%
Population & its structure:
Population-
22.235 million (July 2016 est.)

1)    Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.35% (male 2,760,821/female 2,652,747)
15-24 years: 14.7% (male 1,660,402/female 1,608,022)
25-54 years: 41.71% (male 4,544,253/female 4,729,544)
55-64 years: 9.89% (male 1,018,357/female 1,181,060)
65 years and over: 9.35% (male 882,740/female 1,197,054) (2016 est.)
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