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Colombo (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b oʊ / kə-LUM-boh; [2] Sinhala: කොළඹ, romanized: Koḷam̆ba, IPA: [ˈkoləᵐbə]; Tamil: கொழும்பு, romanized: Koḻumpu, IPA:) is the executive and judicial capital [3] and largest city of Sri Lanka by population.
Sri Lanka's population is aging faster than any other nation in South Asia and has the fifth highest rapidly growing population of older people in Asia after China, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] In 2015, Sri Lanka's population aged over 60 was 13.9%, by 2030 this will increase to 21% and by 2050 this number will reach 27.4%.
Colombo District's population was 2,309,809 in 2012. [2] It has the highest population and population density in Sri Lanka. The majority of the population are Sinhalese , with a minority Sri Lankan Moor and Sri Lankan Tamil population.
List of cities in Sri Lanka. ... The following is a list of settlements in Sri Lanka with a population over 50,000. Cities. City ... Colombo / Thimbirigasyaya: Colombo:
Sri Lanka's population, (1871–2001) Sri Lanka has roughly 22,156,000 people and an annual population growth rate of 0.5%. The birth rate is 13.8 births per 1,000 people, and the death rate is 6.0 deaths per 1,000 people. [268] Population density is highest in western Sri Lanka, especially in and around the capital.
Provinces ( Sinhala: පළාත, romanized: Paḷāta; Tamil: மாகாணம், romanized: Mākāṇam) are the first level administrative divisions of Sri Lanka. Currently, Sri Lanka is divided into 9 provinces. Each province is further divided into districts, which are further divided into divisional secretariats . The provinces were ...
Western Province is located in the southwest of Sri Lanka. It has an area of 3,684 square kilometres (1,422 sq mi). [ 1] The province is surrounded by the Laccadive Sea to the west, North Western Province to the north, Sabaragamuwa Province to the east and the Southern Province to the south.
Capital of Sri Lanka. The current legislative capital of Sri Lanka is Sri Jayawardhapura Kotte and the executive and judicial capital is Colombo. Over the course of the island's history, the national capital has been in several locations other than [ 1] Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. [ 1]