!!!Sri Lanka: People & Society ||Population|22.235 million (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Sri Lankan(s) \\ ''adjective'': Sri Lankan \\ ||Ethnic groups|Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.) ||Languages|Sinhala (official and national language) 74%, Tamil (official and national language) 18%, other 8% \\ ''__note__'': English, spoken competently by about 10% of the population, is commonly used in government and is referred to as the link language in the constitution \\ ||Religions|Buddhist (official) 70.2%, Hindu 12.6%, Muslim 9.7%, Roman Catholic 6.1%, other Christian 1.3%, other 0.05% (2012 est.) ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 24.35% (male 2,760,821/female 2,652,747) \\ ''15-24 years'': 14.7% (male 1,660,402/female 1,608,022) \\ ''25-54 years'': 41.71% (male 4,544,253/female 4,729,544) \\ ''55-64 years'': 9.89% (male 1,018,357/female 1,181,060) \\ ''65 years and over'': 9.35% (male 882,740/female 1,197,054) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 51.2% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 37.2% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 14.1% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 7.1% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 32.5 years \\ ''male'': 31.2 years \\ ''female'': 33.7 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|0.8% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|15.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|6.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 18.4% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 0.72% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative capital) 128,000 (2014); COLOMBO (capital) 707,000 (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.03 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.96 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.86 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.74 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.96 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|25.4 \\ ''__note__'': median age at first birth among women 30-34 (2006/07 est.) \\ ||Maternal mortality rate|30 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 8.6 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 9.5 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 7.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 76.8 years \\ ''male'': 73.3 years \\ ''female'': 80.4 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|2.09 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|68.4% (2006/07) ||Health expenditures|3.5% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|0.68 physicians/1,000 population (2010) ||Hospital bed density|3.6 beds/1,000 population (2012) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 98.5% of population \\ rural: 95% of population \\ total: 95.6% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 1.5% of population \\ rural: 5% of population \\ total: 4.4% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 88.1% of population \\ rural: 96.7% of population \\ total: 95.1% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 11.9% of population \\ rural: 3.3% of population \\ total: 4.9% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.03% (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|4,200 (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|100 (2015 est.) ||Major infectious diseases|''degree of risk'': high \\ ''food or waterborne diseases'': bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A \\ ''vectorborne diseases'': dengue fever \\ ''water contact disease'': leptospirosis \\ ''animal contact disease'': rabies (2016) \\ ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|6.8% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|26.3% (2012) ||Education expenditures|2.2% of GDP (2015) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 92.6% \\ ''male'': 93.6% \\ ''female'': 91.7% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 14 years \\ ''male'': 14 years \\ ''female'': 14 years (2013) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 20.1% \\ ''male'': 15% \\ ''female'': 27.8% (2013 est.) \\