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  2. Demographics of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka's population is aging faster than any other nation in South Asia and has the fifth highest rapidly growing population of older people in Asia after China, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] In 2015, Sri Lanka's population aged over 60 was 13.9%, by 2030 this will increase to 21% and by 2050 this number will reach 27.4%.

  3. Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    In September 2021, Sri Lanka declared a major economic crisis. [285] ... Around 7.4% of the Sri Lankan population are Christians, ...

  4. List of Asian countries by population - Wikipedia

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    National Bureau of Statistics of China. 29 Feb 2024. Table 1: Population and Its Composition by the End of 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024. ^ Official estimate "Population Data". Ministry of Home Affairs. 11 Oct 2022. 1. Total Population of Indonesia. Retrieved 13 May 2023. ^ "Indonesia: Cities and Settlements".

  5. Sinhalese people - Wikipedia

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    The Sinhalese people (Sinhala: සිංහල ජනතාව, romanized: Sinhala Janathāva), also known as the Sinhalese or Sinhala people are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. [15][16] They are the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, constituting about 75% of the Sri Lankan population and number more ...

  6. Tamil population by nation - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lankan Moors and other ethnic groups whose mother tongue is Tamil are excluded. ^ Another source puts the Tamil population in Malaysia at 1,060,000.[3] ^ The Times of India gives Myanmar's Tamil population as 10 lakh (1,000,000) as of 2018. The Union of Catholic Asian News and La Croix International states that Tamil people comprise about 2 ...

  7. Census of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The Census of Sri Lanka is a census held by the Department of Census and Statistics of the Government of Sri Lanka, traditionally taking place every 10 years. The first census of Sri Lanka was taken in 1871, making it the first country in South Asia to conduct a census. The most recent census took place in 2023, that followed the census in 2012 ...

  8. International rankings of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Central Bank of Sri Lanka [9] Net migration rate ... Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division [10] Economy Index Value ... 2021: 113: 188: ...

  9. Sri Lankan Australians - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lankan Australians; Total population; 145,430 born in Sri Lanka (2021) [1] Over 0.48% of the population: Regions with significant populations Victoria: 55,835 1 New South Wales: 28,713 1 Queensland: 9,756 1 Western Australia: 7,800 1 South Australia: 3,785 1 Australian Capital Territory: 2,774 1 Northern Territory: 447 1 Tasmania: 775 1 ...