Sri Lanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka · ශ්රී ලංකාව · இலங்கை
Sri Lanka (LK, LKA) is a country in Southern Asia, with Colombo as its capital. The currency is the Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR, LKR). The international dialling code is +94 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 071 234 5678. The time zone is Asia/Colombo. Official languages: Sinhala and Tamil.
CurrencyLKRLKR
Dial code+94e.g. 071 234 5678
Time zoneColomboUTC+05:30
LanguageSinhala+1 more
CapitalColombo
Population22M65.6K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Native name
- ශ්රී ලංකාව · இலங்கை
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- LK
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- LKA
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 144
- IOC code
- SRI
- Demonym
- Sri Lankan
- Capital
- Colombo
- Region
- Asia › Southern Asia
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Southern Asia
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .lk, .இலங்கை, .ලංකා
- Coordinates
- 7, 81
- Area
- 65,610 km²
- Population
- 21,982,600
- GDP
- $287.1B ($13.1K per person)
- Literacy
- 91.2%
- Landlocked
- No
- Land borders
Currency
Sri Lankan Rupee LKR
- Symbol
- LKR narrow Rs
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- රු. 1,234.50
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinhala si | Official | 68% (14.9M) | |
| Tamil ta | Official | 15% (3.3M) | |
| English en | 10% (2.2M) | ||
| Pali (Sinhala) pi-Sinh | 0% (0) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia/Colombo | UTC+05:30 | none | India Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +94
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 9 digits
- Emergency number
- 110 pattern 11[02689]
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 0112 345 678 | +94 112 345 678 | XXXX XXX XXX | 9 |
| Mobile | 071 234 5678 | +94 71 234 5678 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
| Universal access | 0197 312 345 | +94 197 312 345 | XXXX XXX XXX | 9 |
Show the 2 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 7 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | [1-689] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
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Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the Sinhala (Sri Lanka) locale (si-LK), amounts in LKR.
- Number
- 1,234,567.891
- Percent
- 45.7%
- Currency (LKR)
- රු. 1,234,567.89
- Accounting
- (රු. 1,234,567.89)
- Currency, name
- ශ්රී ලංකා රුපියල1,234,567.89
- Compact short
- මි1.2
- Compact long
- මිලියන 1.2
- Scientific
- 1.235E6
- Speed
- පැයට කිලෝමීටර් 88
- Temperature
- සෙල්. 21.5°
- Date, full
- 2026 මැදින් 27, සිකුරාදා
- Date, long
- 2026 මැදින් 27
- Date, medium
- 2026 මැදින් 27
- Date, short
- 2026-03-27
- Time, medium
- 15.04.05
- Time, short
- 15.04
- Date and time
- 2026 මැදින් 27, 15.04
- Month and year
- 2026 මැදින්
- Weekday
- සිකුරාදා
- Relative time
- ඊයේ · දින 3න් · පැය 2කට පෙර
- List: and
- A, B, සහ C
- List: or
- A, B, හෝ C