SRI LANKA SRI LANKA REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE FEBRUARY 4 1948 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION AUGUST 16 1978 POPULATION 19144875 1999 EST AREA 25332 SQ MI CAPITAL COLOMBO FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES CLOTHING AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING PETROLEUM PROCESSING TEXTILES BASIC METALS NATURAL RESOURCES LIMESTONE GRAPHITE MINERAL SANDS GEMS PHOSPHATE CURRENCY RUPEE GDP 48.1 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2500 1998 EST LANGUAGES SINHALA TAMIL BOTH ARE OFFICIAL ENGLISH RELIGIONS BUDDHISM HINDUISM CHRISTIANITY ISLAM LITERACY RATE 90 LIFE EXPECTANCY 70 YEARS MALE 76 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 18 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 6 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
