Sri Lanka
Latest News:
- New Project: ACTED Sri Lanka
- Analysis - Fewer child soldiers, many still brutally vulnerable
- Sri Lanka – ICRC Bulletin No. 15 / 2007
- Factbox - Hot spots of child soldier recruitment
- JRS Dispatches No. 220
- Sri Lanka: Child injured in LTTE claymore blast
- Hunger's global hotspots 20 Jul 2007
- Southeast Asia: Appeal No. MAA51001 Programme Update No. 3
- Sri Lanka: Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, Vavuniya, Mannar, Trinco...
- Sri Lanka: Red Cross hands over 109 houses to tsunami affect...
People
- Population: 18553074
- Population Growth: 1.13%
- Infant Mortality: 20.8 per 1000 live births (similar to Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates)
Context
- Area: 65610 km2
- Government: republic
- Religions: Christian (8%), Muslim (8%), Hindu (15%), Buddhist (69%)
- Ethnic Groups: Vedda (1%), Moor (7%), Tamil (18%), Sinhalese (74%)
- Borders:
Economy
- GDP per capita: 935$US (similar to Sierra Leone, Burundi, Niger, Gaza Strip)
- GDP from agriculture: 24%
- GDP from industry: 24%
- GDP from services: 52%
