Sri Lanka Official Title: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka General Information:
Capital Colombo Population (million) 21n./6a88 Total Area 65,610 km² Currency 1 CAN$=125.34 Rupee (LKR) (2018 - Annual average) National Holiday Independence Day, 4 February Language(s) Sinhala, Tamil, English
Political Information: Type of State Republic Type of Government Unicameral parliament with executive presidency. Bilateral Product trade Canada - Sri Lanka 700 600 500 Balance 400
s 300 Can. Head of State Head of Government n Exports o 200 i l
l Can. President Prime Minister i 100 Imports Gotabaya Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa M 0 Total -100 Trade -200 Ministers: Foreign Affairs: Dinesh Gunawardena -300 Development, Agriculture and Trade: Chamal Rajapaksa 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Statistics Canada Finance: (PM) Mahinda Rajapaksa
Main Political Parties Canadian Imports Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, United National Party, Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Tamil from: Sri Lanka National Alliance, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Text iles Pro d .
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Foo d Pro d . Elections: Pnre/asidential held on 08 January 2015. Parliamentary on August 17, 2015. 2019 Statistics Canada Economic Information: (2018) IMF Sri Lanka Canada Canadian Exports GDP: (billion) $114n.5/a8 $2,222.58 to: Sri Lanka GDP per capita: $5,282n.9/a3 $60,078.85 V eg. Pro d . GDP Growth rate: (%) 3.n0/a2 1.83 Inflation: (%) 4.n2/a7 2.24 Paper Pro d . Unemployment: (%) 4.n4/a0 5.83 M ach. M ech. Elec. Pro d. Product Trade and Investment: (2019) Statistics Canada V ehicles and Eq uip . Canadian Exports: $203,524,0n8/a4 A nimal & Pro d . Canadian Imports: $427,568,1n0/a6 C hemical Pro d . 2019 Foreign Direct Investment in Canada (2018) n/a (million) Statistics Canada Canadian Direct Investment to country (2018) $n1/a9 (million) Sources: Representation: Statistics/Industry Canada http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/tdo-dcd.nsf/eng/Home Foreign Representation in Canada IMF High Commissioner Madukande Asoka Kumara Girihagama http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28 Canadian Representation Abroad High Commissioner David McKinnon (Colombo, SRI)
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