Sri Lanka
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country in Southern Asia, covered by the Atlas as part of South Asia. It is home to about 21.8 m people. Its Human Development Index of 0.776 ranks it 91 of 193 countries (2023). Its political system is classified as electoral democracy.
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- Electoral democracy
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Regional profile
South Asia
Sri Lanka is part of South Asia. Our editors write about the region as a whole — its story, topics and sources below cover all its countries.
View the whole region →A quarter of humanity on three percent of the world's land. South Asia holds the fastest-growing large economy, two nuclear-armed rivals and the populations most exposed to heat and flooding. Rapid growth in services sits beside persistent malnutrition; democratic forms sit beside tightening control of media and courts.
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