Sri Lanka (Ceylon)     [81]
(Independent in 1948 from United Kingdom)
ISO COUNTRY CODE: LK
LAND AREA: 65610 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):

>17,000	>10,000	>1,000	>100	>10	>1	<1	Unknown	TOTAL
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

DEMOGRAPHY
  POPULATION: 18300000 (1996)
  DENSITY: 279 persons/sq. km    GROWTH RATE: 2%/year
  POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 48%
  URBAN POP: 22% (1994), versus 18% (1960), Annual Growth: 2.7%
  LIFE EXPECTANCY: 72.2 years,  ADULT LITERACY: 90.1%
  INFANT MORTALITY: 16 per/1000 (1994), versus 71 (1960)
  HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.711

ECONOMY
  GNP: US$11.6 billion, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 4.6%,  Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 2.7%
  GDP/Capita: $522  GDP/Capita PPP: $3277
  GDP/Capita: 1960 $204, 1970 $252, 1980 $332, 1990 $440
  OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: $553 million  ODA%GNP: 48.0%
  ODA/Capita: $31

ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
  TOTAL FOREST AREA: 1796,000 ha, 27.8% of land area, 0.1 ha/capita
  NATURAL FOREST AREA: 1657,000 ha
  ARABLE LAND: 14.2% of land area
NATURE CONSERVATION INTEREST:

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 242 kw-hr/capita, versus 65 kw-hr/cap (1970)
  TRADITIONAL FUEL CONSUMPTION: 53% (1993), versus 58% (1973)
  INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 2.4,000 cu.m/cap/year
  SEAFOOD CONSUMPTION (1990-92): 11 kg/cap/year
  CHANGE IN ANNUAL MARINE CATCH 1980-82 to 1990-92: 4%

INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: