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Sigiriya Fortress, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka flag
14,815
Records
12
Datasets
39
Tables
12
Sources
186
SEL Fields
55
CCL Fields
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📋 Most recent national census: 2024. Included in HERA.
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Datasets (12)
SEL — DGIWG Statistical Extent Location SEL+ — Platform extension (not in DGIWG core spec) CCL — DGIWG Cultural Context Location Extension — Preserved in extension tables (not in core SEL/CCL schema) Pending — Awaiting mapping

2 further sources (GI-TOC / ENACT, Global Data Lab) are held but not offered: their licences do not permit commercial redistribution. HERA cites their published findings with attribution and can supply the data to organisations holding their own licence — ask us.

LKA Department of Census & Statistics (DCS) LKA-DCS_CENSUS Census
14,383 rows · 5 tables · 2024 Department of Census & Statistics (DCS) 0 1 2 3 4 25 SEL ▶
LKA World Bank Open Data LKA-WORLD_BANK Development Indicators
198 rows · 3 tables · 2024 World Bank Open Data 0 1 2 3 19 SEL 4 ext ▶
LKA UNHCR Refugee Data Finder LKA-UNHCR Migration
76 rows · 2 tables · 2025 UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 36 ext ▶
LKA HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) LKA-COD_PS Census Derived Population
35 rows · 3 tables · 2023 HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) 0 1 2 3 15 SEL ▶
LKA LandScan Global (ORNL) LKA-LANDSCAN Modeled Population
31 rows · 3 tables · 2024 LandScan Global (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 Locality 21 SEL 2 ext ▶
LKA GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) LKA-GHSL_UCDB Modeled Population
21 rows · 1 table · 2025 GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 3 SEL 7 ext ▶
LKA OpenFactBook LKA-OPENFACTBOOK Country Profile
15 rows · 15 tables · 2024 OpenFactBook 0 1 2 3 94 SEL 4 CCL 583 ext ▶
LKA USAID DHS Program LKA-DHS Health Surveys
7 rows · 1 table · 1987 USAID DHS Program 0 1 2 3 3 SEL 5 ext ▶
LKA Glottolog Language Catalog LKA-GLOTTOLOG Language
6 rows · 1 table · 2024 Glottolog Language Catalog 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 4 ext ▶
LKA D-PLACE LKA-DPLACE Ethnographic Societies
4 rows · 2 tables · 2024 D-PLACE 0 1 2 3 2 SEL 15 CCL 55 ext ▶
LKA NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) LKA-NGA_GNS Language
3 rows · 2 tables · 2026 NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 0 1 2 3 4 SEL 12 CCL 24 ext ▶
LKA INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) LKA-INFORM Risk Index
1 row · 1 table · 2026 INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) 0 1 2 3 ▶
Toponymic Footprint 56,652 place names from NGA GNS

Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.

LanguagePlace names Share*Script
Tamil (tam) 18 50.0% Tamil
Sinhalese (sin) 18 50.0% Sinhala

47,262 distinct features · 2 languages · 2 scripts · 18 names in non-Roman script
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server (public domain) · rebuilt Wed, 05 Aug 2026.
* Shares are of the 36 names that carry a language code; the remaining 56,616 of 56,652 are unattributed, so these percentages do not divide into the headline count. Names follow the US/BGN convention.

Data Sources (12)

The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.

SourceTypeAccess
Department of Census & Statistics (DCS) official_nso bulk_download
HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) international_organization bulk_download
World Bank Open Data international_organization api
D-PLACE (Database of Places, Language, Culture & Environment) academic bulk_download
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) international_organization api
USAID DHS Program (US Agency for International Development · Demographic and Health Surveys) international_organization api
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) official_government bulk_download
INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) international_organization api
Glottolog Language Catalog academic bulk_download
GHS Urban Centre Database (Global Human Settlement · EU Joint Research Centre) international_organization bulk_download
LandScan Global (ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory) research_institution earth_engine
OpenFactBook community_compilation bulk_download

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