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Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

Capital CurrencyGovernment system
Sri Jayawardenepura Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Presidential system
Official languageRegion Population
Sinhala
Tamil
South Asia Census 2024 - 21 763 170

Country map - Administrative structure - Population density of Sri Lanka

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Statistical Data - Population density according to the administrative structure

The population data in the table below is the census data from 2024, last available data.

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Province▲ ISO
3166-2    
Capital     Area
(km²)    
Population     Density
(pers/km²)    
Total     65 610 21 763 170 331,7
Last update: 09/06/2025 - 03:01:56
Central LK-2 Kandy 5 674 2 712 804 478,1
Eastern LK-5 Trincomalee 9 996 1 782 050 178,3
North Central LK-7 Anuradhapura 10 472 1 406 890 134,3
North Western LK-6 Kurunegala 7 888 2 578 894 326,9
Northern LK-4 Jaffna 8 884 1 149 240 129,4
Sabaragamuwa LK-9 Ratnapura 4 968 2 015 039 405,6
Southern LK-3 Galle 5 544 2 605 506 470,0
Uva LK-8 Badulla 8 500 1 399 049 164,6
Western LK-1 Colombo 3 684 6 113 698 1 659,5

 

The provinces are subdivided into districts, illustrated in the next table.

District▲ ISO
3166-2    
Province     Capital     Area
(km²)    
Population     Density
(pers/km²)    
Total       65 610 21 763 170 331,7
Last update: 09/06/2025 - 03:01:56
Ampara LK-52 Eastern Ampara 4 415 744 150 168,6
Anuradhapura LK-71 North Central Anuradhapura 7 179 959 552 133,7
Badulla LK-81 Uva Badulla 2 861 871 763 304,7
Batticaloa LK-51 Eastern Batticaloa 2 854 595 435 208,6
Colombo LK-11 Western Colombo 699 2 374 461 3 396,9
Galle LK-31 Southern Galle 1 652 1 096 585 663,8
Gampaha LK-12 Western Gampaha 1 387 2 433 685 1 754,6
Hambantota LK-33 Southern Hambantota 2 609 671 037 257,2
Jaffna LK-41 Northern Jaffna 1 025 594 333 579,8
Kalutara LK-13 Western Kalutara 1 598 1 305 552 817,0
Kandy LK-21 Central Kandy 1 940 1 461 269 753,2
Kegalle LK-92 Sabaragamuwa Kegalle 1 693 869 901 513,8
Kilinochchi LK-42 Northern Kilinochchi 1 279 136 434 106,7
Kurunegala LK-61 North Western Kurunegala 4 816 1 760 829 365,6
Mannar LK-43 Northern Mannar 1 996 123 674 62,0
Matale LK-22 Central Matale 1 993 526 578 264,2
Matara LK-32 Southern Matara 1 283 837 884 653,1
Moneragala LK-82 Uva Moneragala 5 639 527 286 93,5
Mullaitivu LK-45 Northern Mullaitivu 2 617 122 542 46,8
Nuwara Eliya LK-23 Central Nuwara Eliya 1 741 724 957 416,4
Polonnaruwa LK-72 North Central Polonnaruwa 3 293 447 338 135,8
Puttalam LK-62 North Western Puttalam 3 072 818 065 266,3
Ratnapura LK-91 Sabaragamuwa Ratnapura 3 275 1 145 138 349,7
Trincomalee LK-53 Eastern Trincomalee 2 727 442 465 162,3
Vavuniya LK-44 Northern Vavuniya 1 967 172 257 87,6

 

 


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Official Web-Portal

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National Media

National Holydays
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Wikipedia

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Spanish Foreign Ministry

OECD-iLibarary

CIA - World Factbook


International data

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