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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's best placing is 23rd of 194 for population by area.

Best placing: #23Population by area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 21.8 million
Land area: 61,860 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Sri Lanka is.

Population by area

#23 of 194

351.70 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#45 of 179

1,712 mm of precipitation per year

13th in Asia · World Bank · 2022

Railways by area

#41 of 133

25.25 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2016

Population

#62 of 195

21,756,000 people

23rd in Asia · World Bank · 2025

GDP

#69 of 182

108,825,231,671 US$ (current prices)

23rd in Asia · World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#66 of 151

1,340 km of coastline

18th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Forest by area

#87 of 194

34.0 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest

#106 of 194

21,035 km² of forest

24th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#114 of 191

2.91 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways

#81 of 135

1,562 km of railway

24th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2016

Land area

#122 of 194

61,860 km² of land

35th in Asia · World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#115 of 182

5,002 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#87 of 134

71.80 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2016

Airports

#137 of 193

18 airports

35th in Asia · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest per person

#141 of 194

0.0010 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#172 of 194

0.003 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#175 of 192

0.83 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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