Sri Lanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka · Southern Asia
Sri Lanka is a country in Southern Asia, with Colombo as its capital, home to about 21,756,000 people. Sri Lanka shares a land border with one country, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Colombo |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Asia |
| Currency | Sri Lankan rupee (LKR Rs රු) |
| Calling code | +94 |
| ISO codes | LK / LKA / 144 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇱🇰 |
| Population | 21,756,000 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 65,610 km² |
| Languages | Sinhala, Tamil |
| Internet domain | .lk |
| Demonym | Sri Lankan |
Bordering countries
About Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is a United Nations member state in Southern Asia. Its capital and seat of government is Colombo. It shares land borders with 1 country. The official currency is the Sri Lankan rupee (Rs රු), using the code LKR.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Sri Lanka for Colombo’s own facts and history.
To call Sri Lanka from abroad, dial the country code +94. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes LK (alpha-2) and LKA (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 21,756,000.
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How Sri Lanka compares
- Area: 65,610 km², ranking 120 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 21,756,000, ranking 62 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 332 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 1, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Sri Lanka
One other national flag uses exactly the same set of colour families (red, orange, blue). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.