Basic facts about Sri Lanka
| Country name: | Sri Lanka |
| Capital: | Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte |
| Country code: | 317 |
| Continent: | South Asia |
| Currency name: | Sri Lankan rupee |
| Independence: | 1948-02-04 00:00:00 |
| Independent from: | from the UK |
| Total area (km2): | 65,610 |
| Land area (km2): | 64,630 |
| Water area (km2): | 980 |
| Population: | 21,675,648 |
| Population note: | 21,675,648 (July 2013 est.) |
| Official language: | Sinhala Tamil |
| All languages: | Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (national language) 18%, other 8% note: English, spoken competently by about 10% of the population, is commonly used in government and is referred to as the link language in the constitution |
| Time zone: | SLST (UTC+5:30) |
| Date format: | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Drive on: | left |
| Calling code: | +94 |
| Domain: | .lk |