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Sri Lanka

Total Population

21,290,164

Country Flag

Major Languages

  • Inglés

  • Cingalés

    Official Language

  • Tamil

    Official Language

Major Religion

Budismo

Capital City

  • Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
    Population 115,826
  • Colombo
    Population 612,535

Major Cities

The breakdown of Sri Lanka’s Stratus Index Ranking with rankings for each group, category, and subcategory:

Stratus Index

67 / 177

Rankings of (01) have the highest needs

People Groups

Bubbles are sized according to their relative population size within the country.

Show only indigenous people groups

0%

100%

Less Reached

More Reached

Population

21,290,164

People Groups

174

Christian

7.58%

Evangelical

3.32%

Unreached

16.1%

Population Unreached

3,429,611

Frontier

12.2%

Population Frontier

2,596,000

People Groups

174

Unreached

79

Frontier

59
0.11%

of the world's unreached population

Biggest People Groups

  • Population
    8,128,000
    38.17%
    Christian
    7.01%
    Evangelical
    N/A
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    1,150,000
    5.4%
    Christian
    7.28%
    Evangelical
    N/A
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    1,067,000
    5.01%
    Christian
    7.4%
    Evangelical
    N/A
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    719,000
    3.38%
    Christian
    8.12%
    Evangelical
    N/A
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    553,000
    2.6%
    Christian
    6.9%
    Evangelical
    N/A
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    1,161,000
    5.45%
    Christian
    14.8%
    Evangelical
    N/A
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    1,131,000
    5.31%
    Christian
    0%
    Evangelical
    0%
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    754,000
    3.54%
    Christian
    6.74%
    Evangelical
    N/A
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    676,000
    3.17%
    Christian
    0%
    Evangelical
    0%
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    375,000
    1.76%
    Christian
    1.48%
    Evangelical
    N/A
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes

Language Groups

Bubbles are sized according to their relative population size within the country.

Show only indigenous people groups

Number Of Languages

23

Full Bible

15

Full Bible

21,094,200

New Testament

4

Population New Testament

16,400

Portion

1

Population Portion

1,900

No Scripture Access

3

Population No Scripture Access

184,000

% of languages with >2% Christian

65.22%

% of languages with >0.1% Christian

65.22%

0%

100%

Less Reached

More Reached

Highest Spoken Languages

  • Population
    15,727,000
    73.85%
    Christian
    3.61%
    Evangelical
    0%
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    107,000
    0.5%
    Christian
    8.38%
    Evangelical
    N/A
    Scripture Access
    Sin Especificar
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    26,000
    0.12%
    Christian
    100%
    Evangelical
    N/A
    Scripture Access
    Sin Especificar
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    15,500
    0.07%
    Christian
    3.7%
    Evangelical
    0%
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    5,200
    0.02%
    Christian
    0%
    Evangelical
    0%
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    5,295,400
    24.87%
    Christian
    4.15%
    Evangelical
    0%
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    51,000
    0.24%
    Christian
    0%
    Evangelical
    0%
    Scripture Access
    Se Necesita Traducción
    Indigenous
    No
  • Population
    25,600
    0.12%
    Christian
    0%
    Evangelical
    0%
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    Yes
  • Population
    8,500
    0.04%
    Christian
    0%
    Evangelical
    0%
    Scripture Access
    Biblia Completa
    Indigenous
    No
  • Population
    5,100
    0.02%
    Christian
    0%
    Evangelical
    0%
    Scripture Access
    Nuevo Testamento
    Indigenous
    No