Indonesia’s coastline is 41 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Indonesia’s highest peak towers 2,360 m above Sri Lanka’s

Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 29% of Indonesia

Indonesia: 28.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Indonesia has 13 times as many people as Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 286 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 2.3 times as densely populated as Indonesia

Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 3 years older than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Indonesia have 0.2 more children on average than in Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 7.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Indonesia hosts 2.6 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Indonesia has produced 0.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Indonesia: 0.035 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Indonesia 1

Indonesia: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Indonesia’s economy is 13 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Indonesia produces 3% more per person than Sri Lanka

Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sri Lanka than in Indonesia (Gini 3.3 points higher)

Indonesia: 34.4 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

3.7% of people in Indonesia live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.7% in Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 3.7% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 4.0% in Sri Lanka, versus 3.2% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 3.2% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Sri Lanka and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 1% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Indonesia: no data · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Sri Lanka’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 29% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 2% more on health per person than Indonesia

Indonesia: $132 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Indonesia is 2.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Sri Lanka has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka has 2.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 6.4 times that in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

12% of adults in Indonesia are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 12% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 21% in Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 31% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Indonesia rate their lives 1.60 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 5.62 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Sri Lanka drink 25 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Indonesia has 73% more meat per person than Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 20 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Indonesia has 225 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 95 more hours a year than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 2.1 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Indonesia welcomed 48% more tourists per resident than Sri Lanka (2019)

Indonesia: 0.05 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Indonesia has 2 more World Heritage sites than Sri Lanka (10 against 8)

Indonesia: 10 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Indonesia has won 40 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

73% of people in Indonesia are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 73% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Indonesia is 30% faster than in Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

Sri Lanka and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 99.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

59% of people in Indonesia live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 59% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Indonesia 123

Indonesia: 123 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Indonesia’s railway network is 3.5 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Indonesia fly 91% more passengers per resident than those from Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 0.34 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 34% of Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 50.7% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Indonesia emits 3.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.1% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Sri Lanka carries 12% more fine dust than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in Sri Lanka as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Sri Lanka are 21% deadlier than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 1.2 °C warmer than Indonesia

Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Indonesia gets 87% more rain than Sri Lanka

Indonesia: 3,437 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)