Kansas 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 Kansas and Sri Lanka regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Kansas bigger than Sri Lanka?
The total area of Kansas is 82,278 sq mi, and the total area of Sri Lanka is 25,330 sq mi. Kansas is bigger than Sri Lanka by 56,948 sq mi. Kansas is around 3.25 times bigger than Sri Lanka.
Area of Kansas: 82,278 sq mi ( 213,100 km2 )
Area of Sri Lanka: 25,330 sq mi ( 65,610 km2 )
Population
According to the United States Census Bureau, the total population of Kansas as of 1st July 2021, was estimated to be around 2,934,582.
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 Kansas and Sri Lanka.
The capital city of Kansas is Topeka, and the capital cities of Sri Lanka are Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) and Colombo (executive and judicial).
Official Languages
Kansas: English
Sri Lanka: Sinhala, Tamil
Demonym(s)
Kansas: Kansan
Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan
ISO 3166 Code
Kansas: US-KS
Sri Lanka: LK
Human Development Index
HDI of Kansas as of 2019: 0.927
HDI of Sri Lanka as of 2019: 0.782
Kansas Time Zone:
UTC – 6 (Central Time Zone)
UTC – 7 (Mountain Time Zone)
Summer (DST):
UTC – 5 (Central Daylight Time)
UTC – 6 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Sri Lanka Time Zone:
UTC + 5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Kansas:
38° 29′ 37.32″ N, 98° 22′ 49.44″ W
Coordinates of Sri Lanka:
7° 0′ 0″ N, 81° 0′ 0″ E
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