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World Population Day falls on July 11:
Tackling increase in population the need of the hour
Sri Lanka’s estimated population as at 2007
stands at 20.1 m from an 18.7 m in 2001. An increased growth rate of
1.1 has been recorded in 2006 and Sri Lanka has been identified as a
country with an increasing population. Although the crude birth rate
from 28.2 in 1981 had steadily decreased to 21.7 in 1991 to 18.5 in
2004,
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