Sinhalese

Sri Lanka
Tamil

Indian Tamil

Sri Lanka Moor

Burgher

Malay

Sri Lanka Chetty

Bharatha

Other

Colombo

2,234,146

1,707,401

249,915

26,036

203,558

16,138

19,421

1,236

754

9,687

100.0

76.42

11.19

1.17

9.11

0.72

0.87

0.06

0.03

0.43

Urban

1,221,761

738,816

237,640

19,497

189,630

11,175

14,518

1,043

650

8,792

Rural

1,005,071

966,868

10,700

2,520

13,926

4,962

4,903

193

104

895

Estate

7,314

1,717

1,575

4,019

2

1

0

0

0

0

Gampaha

2,066,096

1,881,854

64,450

7,388

80,320

10,274

12,333

6,328

798

2,351

100.0

91.08

3.12

0.36

3.89

0.50

0.60

0.31

0.04

0.11

Urban

301,689

242,215

27,218

2,662

25,314

1,674

1,006

424

422

754

Rural

1,763,838

1,639,223

37,107

4,710

55,006

8,596

11,327

5,904

376

1,589

Estate

569

416

125

16

0

4

0

0

0

8

Kalutara

1,060,800

923,893

13,527

28,769

92,775

739

706

70

13

308

100.0

87.09

1.28

2.71

8.75

0.07

0.07

0.01

0.00

0.03

Urban

112,715

75,343

1,494

635

34,960

124

85

20

8

46

Rural

913,199

841,526

6,919

5,500

57,725

612

610

45

5

257

Estate

34,886

7,024

5,114

22,634

90

3

11

5

0

5

Kandy

1,272,463

940,963

50,405

106,259

168,960

2,080

2,210

84

17

1,485

100.0

73.95

3.96

8.35

13.28

0.16

0.17

0.01

0.00

0.12

Urban

156,923

99,806

14,118

9,050

30,876

988

1,250

21

12

802

Rural

1,023,092

828,926

26,604

27,813

137,040

1,047

926

63

5

668

Estate

92,448

12,231

9,683

69,396

1,044

45

34

0

0

15

Matale

442,427

354,985

23,982

23,329

38,867

419

474

57

3

311

100.0

80.24

5.42

5.27

8.78

0.09

0.11

0.01

0.00

0.07

Urban

36,352

16,870

5,707

2,688

10,690

202

111

16

1

67

Rural

384,209

336,014

12,620

6,902

27,867

214

357

41

2

192

Estate

21,866

2,101

5,655

13,739

310

3

6

0

0

52

Nuwara Eliya

700,083

280,236

41,445

359,386

17,557

538

600

36

12

273

100.0

40.03

5.92

51.33

2.51

0.08

0.09

0.01

0.00

0.04

Urban

43,050

19,157

9,557

9,101

4,629

188

298

3

8

109

Rural

283,870

239,375

12,831

20,758

10,325

248

215

17

0

101

Estate

373,163

21,704

19,057

329,527

2,603

102

87

16

4

63

Galle

990,539

934,381

11,596

8,553

35,346

276

134

59

17

177

100.0

94.33

1.17

0.86

3.57

0.03

0.01

0.01

0.00

0.02

Urban

110,654

85,659

1,125

268

23,253

170

65

35

5

74

Rural

862,880

843,118

5,252

2,170

12,049

99

58

24

12

98

Estate

17,005

5,604

5,219

6,115

44

7

11

0

0

5

Matara

761,236

716,780

4,791

16,983

22,378

146

97

4

2

55

100.0

94.16

0.63

2.23

2.94

0.02

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.01

Urban

64,539

53,600

387

56

10,410

29

43

0

0

14

Rural

676,533

658,995

2,095

3,279

11,950

117

52

4

2

39

Estate

20,164

4,185

2,309

13,648

18

0

2

0

0

2

Hambantota

525,370

510,063

1,957

243

5,506

114

7,385

8

0

94

100.0

97.09

0.37

0.05

1.05

0.02

1.41

0.00

0.00

0.02

Urban

21,671

15,185

590

41

2,414

54

3,320

0

0

67

Rural

502,268

493,793

1,152

191

3,013

54

4,035

8

0

22

Estate

1,431

1,085

215

11

79

6

30

0

0

5

Jaffna

-

Mannar

*

Vavuniya

*

Mullaitivu

-

Kilinochchi

-

Batticaloa

*

Ampara

589,344

231,771

110,180

410

245,089

1,008

169

6

1

710

100.0

39.33

18.70

0.07

41.59

0.17

0.03

0.00

0.00

0.12

Urban

112,422

17,617

26,744

74

67,230

598

144

1

1

13

Rural

476,922

214,154

83,436

336

177,859

410

25

5

0

697

Trincomalee

*

Kurunegala

1,452,369

1,332,426

16,991

2,732

97,778

654

1,223

125

68

372

100.0

91.74

1.17

0.19

6.73

0.05

0.08

0.01

0.00

0.03

Urban

34,719

26,198

2,657

263

4,997

184

381

9

4

26

Rural

1,410,904

1,303,559

11,470

1,268

92,772

470

841

116

64

344

Estate

6,746

2,669

2,864

1,201

9

0

1

0

0

2

Puttalam

705,342

520,330

48,689

2,161

131,864

668

666

540

45

379

100.0

73.77

6.90

0.31

18.70

0.09

0.09

0.08

0.01

0.05

Urban

65,072

27,331

7,567

458

29,060

183

362

16

3

92

Rural

638,728

491,866

40,988

1,451

102,796

474

301

524

42

286

Estate

1,542

1,133

134

252

8

11

3

0

0

1

Anuradhapura

746,466

677,667

5,064

517

61,503

167

200

44

3

1,301

100.0

90.78

0.68

0.07

8.24

0.02

0.03

0.01

0.00

0.17

Urban

56,632

51,775

850

45

3,825

55

45

1

0

36

Rural

689,834

625,892

4,214

472

57,678

112

155

43

3

1,265

Polonnaruwa

359,197

324,342

7,185

147

27,272

62

34

5

7

143

100.0

90.30

2.00

0.04

7.59

0.02

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.04

Rural

359,197

324,342

7,185

147

27,272

62

34

5

7

143

Badulla

774,555

558,218

32,230

141,087

40,455

606

1,390

112

21

436

100.0

72.07

4.16

18.22

5.22

0.08

0.18

0.01

0.00

0.06

Urban

52,474

34,535

4,960

4,223

7,844

122

578

3

3

206

Rural

565,242

510,242

10,270

12,570

30,798

357

740

67

3

195

Estate

156,839

13,441

17,000

124,294

1,813

127

72

42

15

35

Moneragala

396,173

374,553

5,579

7,660

8,047

113

83

19

1

118

100.0

94.54

1.41

1.93

2.03

0.03

0.02

0.00

0.00

0.03

Rural

387,949

373,855

3,613

2,173

7,988

107

83

19

1

110

Estate

8,224

698

1,966

5,487

59

6

0

0

0

8

Ratnapura

1,008,164

873,265

34,335

78,581

20,871

405

245

49

2

411

100.0

86.62

3.41

7.79

2.07

0.04

0.02

0.00

0.00

0.04

Urban

58,371

45,477

4,151

976

7,457

157

52

8

1

92

Rural

847,896

813,290

9,516

12,226

12,189

214

146

37

1

277

Estate

101,897

14,498

20,668

65,379

1,225

34

47

4

0

42

Kegalle

779,774

667,536

14,163

45,647

51,699

209

188

56

9

267

100.0

85.61

1.82

5.85

6.63

0.03

0.02

0.01

0.00

0.03

Urban

17,430

15,882

629

153

528

58

58

20

1

101

Rural

706,726

644,513

5,335

5,507

50,923

144

115

36

8

145

Estate

55,618

7,141

8,199

39,987

248

7

15

0

0

21

Total

16,864,544

13,810,664

736,484

855,888

1,349,845

34,616

47,558

8,838

1,773

18,878

100.0

81.89

4.37

5.08

8.00

0.21

0.28

0.05

0.01

0.11

Urban

2,466,474

1,565,466

345,394

50,190

453,117

15,961

22,316

1,620

1,119

11,291

Rural

13,498,358

12,149,551

291,307

109,993

889,176

18,299

24,923

7,151

635

7,323

Estate

899,712

95,647

99,783

695,705

7,552

356

319

67

19

264