Sri Lanka: flag, capital & map
Get to know Sri Lanka, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 21,756,000
- Area
- 65,610 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Sinhala, Tamil
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
- Land neighbours
- No land neighbours listed in this snapshot.
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the official and legislative capital; Colombo is the commercial capital. The distinction matters in capital questions.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Sri Lanka
The flag of Sri Lanka features two large adjacent but separate rectangular areas, centered on a golden-yellow field. The smaller hoist-side rectangle is divided into two equal vertical bands of teal and orange, and the larger fly-side rectangle is maroon with a centered golden-yellow lion holding a Kastane sword in its right fore-paw and four golden-yellow Bo leaves, one in each corner.
Where it is
Sri Lanka is grouped in Southern Asia, within Roam’s Asia region. No land neighbours are listed in the source. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Sri Lanka has a recorded area of 65,610 square kilometres. Among the 9 countries assigned to Southern Asia in this dataset, it ranks 7 by area, from largest to smallest. Nepal is immediately above it in that ordering, at 147,181 km². Bhutan is immediately below it, at 38,394 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 21,756,000 people for Sri Lanka in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 332 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Sinhala and Tamil. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Sri Lanka?
Reveal answer
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is the official and legislative capital; Colombo is the commercial capital. The distinction matters in capital questions.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Sri Lanka?
Reveal answer
The flag of Sri Lanka features two large adjacent but separate rectangular areas, centered on a golden-yellow field. The smaller hoist-side rectangle is divided into two equal vertical bands of teal and orange, and the larger fly-side rectangle is maroon with a centered golden-yellow lion holding a Kastane sword in its right fore-paw and four golden-yellow Bo leaves, one in each corner.
Which land neighbours of Sri Lanka are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
No land neighbours are listed in the source for Sri Lanka. It is grouped in Southern Asia, within Roam’s Asia region.
Which languages does the source list for Sri Lanka?
Reveal answer
Sinhala and Tamil. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Sri Lanka.
Which currency codes are listed for Sri Lanka?
Reveal answer
Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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