65 years and over: 8.1% (male 803,172/female 926,372) (2010 est.) Median age - total: 31.1 years; male: 30.1 years; female: 32.2 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate - 0.913% (2012 est.) Birth rate - 17.04 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate - 5.96 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate - -1.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization - urban population: 14% of total population (2010); rate of urbanization: 1.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Sex ratio - at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female; under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female; 15–64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female; 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female; total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Infant mortality rate - total: 9.47 deaths/1,000 live births; male: 10.44 deaths/1,000 live births; female: 8.45 deaths/1,000 live births Life expectancy at birth - total population: 75.94 years; male: 72.43 years; female: 79.59 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate - 2.17 children born/woman (2012 est.) Health expenditures - 4% of GDP (2009) Physicians density - 0.492 physicians/1,000 population (2006) Hospital bed density - 3.1 beds/1,000 population (2004) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate - less than 0.1% (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS - 2,800 (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths - fewer than 200 (2009 est.) Major infectious diseases - degree of risk: high; food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea and hepatitis A; vectorborne disease: dengue fever and chikungunya; water contact disease: leptospirosis; animal contact disease: rabies (2009) Nationality - noun: Sri Lankan(s); adjective: Sri Lankan Ethnic group - Sinhalese 73.8%; Sri Lankan Tamil 11.15%; Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%; Indian Tamil 4.6%; other 0.5%; unspecified 2.75% (2001 census provisional data) Religion - Buddhism 70.19%; Hinduism 12.61%; Islam 9.71%; Christianity 7.45%; Other 0.05% (2012 provisional data) Languages - Sinhala 74%; Tamil 25%; other 1% Literacy - definition: age 15 and over can read and write; total population: 91.2%; male: 92.6%; female:90% (2010 census) Notes References External links