@Sri Lanka:People
Population: 18,342,660 (July 1995 est.) note: since the outbreak of hostilities between the government and armed Tamil separatists in the mid-1980s, several hundred thousand Tamil civilians have fled the island; as of late 1992, nearly 115,000 were housed in refugee camps in south India, another 95,000 lived outside the Indian camps, and more than 200,000 Tamils have sought political asylum in the West
Age structure:
0-14 years: 29% (female 2,597,969; male 2,713,696)
15-64 years: 65% (female 6,042,228; male 5,902,343)
65 years and over: 6% (female 547,715; male 538,709) (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.15% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 18.13 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate: 5.78 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 21.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.14 years male: 69.58 years female: 74.82 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.08 children born/woman (1995 est.)