Nevada is a state located in the Western Region of the United States of America, whereas Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Nevada and Sri Lanka regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Nevada bigger than Sri Lanka?
The total area of Nevada is 110,577 sq mi, and the total area of Sri Lanka is 25,330 sq mi. Nevada is bigger than Sri Lanka by 85,247 sq mi. Nevada is around 4.37 times bigger than Sri Lanka.
Area of Nevada: 110,577 sq mi ( 286,382 km2 )
Area of Sri Lanka: 25,330 sq mi ( 65,610 km2 )
Population
According to the United States Census Bureau, the total population of Nevada as of 1st July 2021 was estimated to be around 3,143,991.
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 Nevada and Sri Lanka.
The capital city of Nevada is Carson City, and the capital cities of Sri Lanka are Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative) and Colombo (executive and judicial).
Official Languages
Nevada: English
Sri Lanka: Sinhala, Tamil
Demonym(s)
Nevada: Nevadan
Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan
ISO 3166 Code
Nevada: US-NV
Sri Lanka: LK
Human Development Index
HDI of Nevada as of 2019: 0.909
HDI of Sri Lanka as of 2019: 0.782
Nevada Time Zone:
UTC − 8 (Pacific Standard Time)
UTC − 7 (Mountain Standard Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC − 7 (Pacific Daylight Time)
UTC − 6 (Mountain Daylight Time)
Sri Lanka Time Zone:
UTC + 5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Nevada:
39° 19′ 44.04″ N, 116° 37′ 52.32″ W
Coordinates of Sri Lanka:
7° 0′ 0″ N, 81° 0′ 0″ E
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