Country Profile
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Sri Lanka
Power index #62 / 118✓ No tracked active conflict
Composite power index · percentile among 118 scored countries#62
WEAKESTP25MEDIANP75STRONGEST
Figures are educated estimates from open reporting or, where marked, formula-modeled. Blank fields are not estimated, not assumed zero.
Overview
Sri Lanka is located in Asia (Southern Asia). It has an estimated population of 22,000,000, with a nominal GDP of roughly $85 billion (about $3,864 per capita). Its armed forces field an estimated 250,000 active-duty personnel, ranking #21 of 174 countries in this dataset by active personnel. Estimated annual defense spending is around $2B, roughly 2.4% of GDP. Its inventory includes an estimated 90 military aircraft, 160 tanks, 50 naval vessels.
Auto-generated from the figures on this page — not independently researched prose.
Global Standing percentile per metric
Active Conflicts
No tracked active conflicts involving Sri Lanka. See the Conflict Watch map for all 19 tracked conflicts.
Historical Conflicts in this dataset
Sri Lankan Civil War
1983–2009 · Asia · government vs. Tamil Tiger separatists
100,000
est. deaths
A 26-year civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) ended in 2009 with a military defeat of the separatists, amid allegations of war crimes on both sides in the final phase.
SRC: UN panel estimate, widely-cited
Share of World
of world population
22,000,000 people
of world GDP
$85B nominal
of world defense spending
$2B / year
of world active personnel
250,000 soldiers
Economy & Demographics
Manpower
Financials & Strategic
Defense burden: 2.4% of GDP
Spend per active soldier: $8k / yr
Soldiers per 1,000 people: 11.4
🛰️Drone / UAV Capability
UndocumentedNo documented program in this dataset
Airpower
Helicopters (Total)
n/a
✈️Air Fleet Modernity
LIKELY MINIMALHeuristic: defense spend per soldier ~$8k/yr
Land Power
🛡️Armor Fleet Modernity
LIKELY MINIMALHeuristic: defense spend per soldier
Naval Power
⚓Naval Fleet Modernity
LIKELY MINIMALHeuristic: defense spend per soldier, not a fleet inspection
Regional Context — Southern Asia
Sri Lanka ranks #6 of 7 in Southern Asia on the composite power index. Bars are relative index scores; follow any row to that country's profile.
Compare Sri Lanka
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Economic confidence: Medium. Military confidence: Low. Ranks shown as "#x of y" count only countries with a reported value for that metric. The composite power index averages the six category scores (log-scaled against the world leader per metric) and is this site's own model — not an official rating.