Indiana is a state in the United States of America located in the Midwestern region of the country, whereas Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Indiana and Sri Lanka regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Indiana bigger than Sri Lanka?
The total area of Indiana is 36,418 sq mi, and the total area of Sri Lanka is 25,330 sq mi. Indiana is bigger than Sri Lanka by 11,088 sq mi. Indiana is around 1.44 times bigger than Sri Lanka.
Area of Indiana: 36,418 sq mi ( 94,321 km2 )
Area of Sri Lanka: 25,330 sq mi ( 65,610 km2 )
Population
According to the United States Census Bureau, the total population of Indiana as of 1st July 2021, was estimated to be around 6,805,985.
Based on the World Bank data, the total population of Sri Lanka as of 2020, was estimated to be around 21,919,000.
Here is some more data comparison between Indiana and Sri Lanka.
The capital of Indiana is Indianapolis, and the capital cities of Sri Lanka are Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) and Colombo (executive and judicial).
Official Languages
Indiana: English
Sri Lanka: Sinhala, Tamil
Demonym(s)
Indiana: Hoosier
Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan
ISO 3166 Code
Indiana: US-IN
Sri Lanka: LK
Human Development Index
HDI of Indiana as of 2019: 0.912
HDI of Sri Lanka as of 2019: 0.782
Indiana Time Zone:
(80 Counties)
UTC – 5 (Eastern Standard Time Zone)
Summer (DST):
UTC – 4 (Eastern Daylight Time)
(12 Counties)
UTC – 6 (Central Standard Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC – 5 (Central Daylight Time)
Sri Lanka Time Zone:
UTC + 5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Indiana:
39° 53′ 39.12″ N, 86° 16′ 53.76″ W
Coordinates of Sri Lanka:
7° 0′ 0″ N, 81° 0′ 0″ E
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