Sri Lanka

The birth rate is 138 births per 1000 people and the death rate is 60 deaths per 1000 people. The Portuguese controlled the coastal areas of the island in the 16th century followed by the Dutch in the 17th century.

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Sri Lanka is located in the Indian Ocean to the south west of Bay of Bengal and to the south east of the Arabian Sea.

. Sri Lanka is an island country in Southern Asia. Sri Lankas population 18712001 Sri Lanka has roughly 22156000 people and an annual population growth rate of 05. In the 14th century a south Indian dynasty established a Tamil kingdom in northern Sri Lanka.

The island was ceded to the British in 1796 became a crown colony in 1802 and was formally united under British rule by 1815. 246 Population density is highest in western Sri Lanka especially in and around the capital. It is located between latitudes 555 and 951 N and longitudes 7941 and 8153 E and has a maximum length of 268 miles 432 km and a maximum width of 139 miles 224 km.

It is separated from the peninsular Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. It is situated both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth. 6 hours agoThe island of 22 million people is struggling under a severe foreign exchange shortage that has limited essential imports of fuel food and medicine plunging it into the worst economic crisis.

9 hours agoSri Lanka is struggling under a severe foreign exchange shortage that has limited essential imports of fuel food and medicine plunging it into the worst financial turmoil in 70 years. 5 hours agoSri Lanka is bankrupt Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said as the country suffers its worst financial crisis in decades leaving millions struggling to buy food medicine and fuel. Sri Lanka formerly Ceylon island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait.

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