sri_lanka | leadername | ranil_wickremesinghe <sep> sri lanka (uk: , us:  (listen); sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා, romanized: śrī laṅkā (ipa: [ʃriː laŋkaː]); tamil: இலங்கை, romanized: ilaṅkai (ipa: [ilaŋɡaj])), formerly known as ceylon and officially the democratic socialist republic of sri lanka, is an island country in south asia it lies in the indian ocean, southwest of the bay of bengal, separated from the indian peninsula by the gulf of mannar and the palk strait sri lanka shares a maritime border with the maldives in the south-west and india in the north-west sri lanka has a population of approximately 22 million people and is home to many cultures, languages, and ethnicities the sinhalese people form the majority of the nation's population, followed by the tamils, who are the largest minority group and are concentrated in northern sri lanka; both groups have played an influential role in the island's history 
sri lanka's leader is called ranil wickremesinghe.no information