Sri Lanka vs. India
Demographics
| Sri Lanka | India | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 23,044,123 (July 2021 est.) | 1,339,330,514 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 23.11% (male 2,696,379/female 2,592,450) 15-24 years: 14.58% (male 1,700,442/female 1,636,401) 25-54 years: 41.2% (male 4,641,842/female 4,789,101) 55-64 years: 10.48% (male 1,110,481/female 1,288,056) 65 years and over: 10.63% (male 1,023,315/female 1,410,734) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 26.31% (male 185,017,089/female 163,844,572) 15-24 years: 17.51% (male 123,423,531/female 108,739,780) 25-54 years: 41.56% (male 285,275,667/female 265,842,319) 55-64 years: 7.91% (male 52,444,817/female 52,447,038) 65 years and over: 6.72% (male 42,054,459/female 47,003,975) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 33.7 years male: 32.3 years female: 35.1 years (2020 est.) | total: 28.7 years male: 28 years female: 29.5 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.63% (2021 est.) | 1.04% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 14.01 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 17.53 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.45 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.86 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.73 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.11 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.13 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.14 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 1.08 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 8.36 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 39.55 deaths/1,000 live births male: 39.47 deaths/1,000 live births female: 39.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 77.75 years male: 74.31 years female: 81.33 years (2021 est.) | total population: 70.03 years male: 68.71 years female: 71.49 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 2.28 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1% (2020 est.) | 0.2% (2017 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Sri Lankan(s) adjective: Sri Lankan | noun: Indian(s) adjective: Indian |
| Ethnic groups | Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.) | Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 3,700 (2020 est.) | 2.3 million (2020 est.) |
| Religions | Buddhist (official) 70.2%, Hindu 12.6%, Muslim 9.7%, Roman Catholic 6.1%, other Christian 1.3%, other 0.05% (2012 est.) | Hindu 79.8%, Muslim 14.2%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.7%, other and unspecified 2% (2011 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <200 (2020 est.) | 69,000 (2017 est.) |
| Languages | Sinhala (official and national language) 87%, Tamil (official and national language) 28.5%, English 23.8% (2012 est.) note: data represent main languages spoken by the population aged 10 years and older; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; English is commonly used in government and is referred to as the "link language" in the constitution | Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6%; note - English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; there are 22 other officially recognized languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2011 est.) major-language sample(s): ????? ??????, ??????? ??????? ?? ?? ????????? ????? (Hindi) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 91.9% male: 93% female: 91% (2017) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 74.4% male: 82.4% female: 65.8% (2018) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: intermediate (2020)vectorborne diseases: dengue fever water contact diseases: leptospirosis animal contact diseases: rabies | degree of risk: very high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Japanese encephalitis, and malaria water contact diseases: leptospirosis animal contact diseases: rabies note: clusters of cases of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are being reported across 27 States and Union Territories in India; as of 20 July 2021, India has reported a total of 31,174,322 cases of COVID-19 or 2,259 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 30.03 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 23.65% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; effective 4 May 2021, the US has banned most travel from India to the US |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2018) | total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2019) |
| Education expenditures | 2.1% of GDP (2018) | 3.8% of GDP (2013) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 18.9% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.22% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 35.4% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 2.33% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 98.1% of population rural: 91.4% of population total: 92.6% of population unimproved: urban: 1.9% of population rural: 8.6% of population total: 7.4% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 96% of population rural: 91% of population total: 92.7% of population unimproved: urban: 4% of population rural: 9% of population total: 7.2% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 97.1% of population rural: 99.3% of population total: 98.9% of population unimproved: urban: 2.9% of population rural: 0.7% of population total: 1.1% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 93.7% of population rural: 61.1% of population total: 72% of population unimproved: urban: 6.3% of population rural: 38.9% of population total: 28% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 103,000 Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) (2018), 619,000 COLOMBO (capital) (2021) | 31.181 million NEW DELHI (capital), 20.668 million Mumbai, 14.974 million Kolkata, 12.765 million Bangalore, 11.235 million Chennai, 10.269 million Hyderabad (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 36 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 145 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 20.5% (2016) | 33.4% (2016/18) |
| Health expenditures | 3.8% (2018) | 3.5% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 1 physicians/1,000 population (2018) | 0.86 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 4.2 beds/1,000 population (2017) | 0.5 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 5.2% (2016) | 3.9% (2016) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 25.6 years (2016 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 30-34 | 21 years (2015/16) note: median age a first birth among women 25-49 |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 64.6% (2016) | 53.5% (2015/16) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 53.7 youth dependency ratio: 36.4 elderly dependency ratio: 17.3 potential support ratio: 5.8 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 48.7 youth dependency ratio: 38.9 elderly dependency ratio: 9.8 potential support ratio: 10.2 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
