Sinhalese People - Geographic Distribution

Geographic Distribution

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1881 1,846,600
1891 2,041,200 +10.5%
1901 2,330,800 +14.2%
1911 2,715,500 +16.5%
1921 3,016,200 +11.1%
1931 3,473,000 +15.1%
1946 4,620,500 +33.0%
1953 5,616,700 +21.6%
1963 7,512,900 +33.8%
1971 9,131,300 +21.5%
1981 10,979,400 +20.2%
1989 (est.) 12,437,000 +13.3%
2001 13,876,200 +11.6%
2011 15,173,820 +9.4%
2001 Census was only carried out in 18 of the 25 districts. Source:Department of Census
& Statistics
Data is based on
Sri Lankan Government Census.

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