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**Asianunta** · 07-23-2006, 07:31 PM

We could use this thread to learn more about Sri Lanka.

To most Americans (myself included) very little is understood about that Island nation half-way around the world. For all we know Sri Lanka could be on the moon.

To set the stage, a comparison of some basic stats for Sri Lanka and the US -- or to make a more equal comparison our own state of New York, which has about the same population although twice the area (one very surprising stat is that Colombo, the largest city in Sri Lanka, has just over 2 Million people in the entire metro area compared to NYC's 18+ Million):

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

AreaTotal: 65,610 km² / 25,332 sq mi
% Water: 1.3%Population2005 est.: 20,743,000
2001 census: 18,732,255
Per capita: $4300 (111st)

Density316/km² (35th)
818/sq mi
Largest City: ColomboPopulation: 647,100 ( 2001 census )
Density: 3,305/km²
Metro: 2,234,289 (Colombo metropolitan area)

New York

AreaTotal: 141,205 km² / 54,520 sq mi
% water: 13.3
PopulationTotal (2000): 18,976,457
Per capita: $23,389

Density155.18/km²
401.92/sq mi
Largest City: New York CityPopulation: 8,104,079 (2004)
Density: 10,316/km² (26,720/sq mi)
Metro: 18,709,802 (NYC metropolitan area)

07-23-2006, 07:31 PM	#17
Asianunta Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 412 Senior Member	We could use this thread to learn more about Sri Lanka. To most Americans (myself included) very little is understood about that Island nation half-way around the world. For all we know Sri Lanka could be on the moon. To set the stage, a comparison of some basic stats for Sri Lanka and the US -- or to make a more equal comparison our own state of New York, which has about the same population although twice the area (one very surprising stat is that Colombo, the largest city in Sri Lanka, has just over 2 Million people in the entire metro area compared to NYC's 18+ Million): Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka AreaTotal: 65,610 km² / 25,332 sq mi % Water: 1.3%Population2005 est.: 20,743,000 2001 census: 18,732,255 Per capita: $4300 (111st) Density316/km² (35th) 818/sq mi Largest City: ColomboPopulation: 647,100 ( 2001 census ) Density: 3,305/km² Metro: 2,234,289 (Colombo metropolitan area) New York AreaTotal: 141,205 km² / 54,520 sq mi % water: 13.3 PopulationTotal (2000): 18,976,457 Per capita: $23,389 Density155.18/km² 401.92/sq mi Largest City: New York CityPopulation: 8,104,079 (2004) Density: 10,316/km² (26,720/sq mi) Metro: 18,709,802 (NYC metropolitan area)
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