Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

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Sri Jayawardenepura Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Presidential system

Official language Region Population

Sinhala
Tamil South Asia Estimation 2020
21 919 000

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Statistical data - Population density according to the administrative structure

The population data of the table below is an estimation form 2020, last available data.

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Province	ISO 3166-2	Capital	Area (km²)	Population	Density (pers/km²)
Total			65 610	21 919 000	334,1
Last update: 17.01.2023 - 22:59:25
Central	LK-2	Kandy	5 674	2 781 000	490,1
Eastern	LK-5	Trincomalee	9 996	1 746 000	174,7
North Central	LK-7	Anuradhapura	10 472	1 386 000	132,4
North Western	LK-6	Kurunegala	7 888	2 563 000	324,9
Northern	LK-4	Jaffna	8 884	1 152 000	129,7
Southern	LK-3	Galle	5 544	2 669 000	481,4
Uva	LK-8	Badulla	8 500	1 387 000	163,2
Western	LK-1	Colombo	3 684	6 165 000	1 673,5

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	21 919 000	334,1
Last update: 17.01.2023 - 22:59:25
Ampara	LK-52	Eastern	Ampara	4 415	736 000	166,7
Anuradhapura	LK-71	North Central	Anuradhapura	7 179	943 000	131,4
Badulla	LK-81	Uva	Badulla	2 861	886 000	309,7
Batticaloa	LK-51	Eastern	Batticaloa	2 854	579 000	202,9
Colombo	LK-11	Western	Colombo	699	2 455 000	3 512,2
Galle	LK-31	Southern	Galle	1 652	1 135 000	687,0
Gampaha	LK-12	Western	Gampaha	1 387	2 423 000	1 746,9
Hambantota	LK-33	Southern	Hambantota	2 609	668 000	256,0
Jaffna	LK-41	Northern	Jaffna	1 025	621 000	605,9
Kalutara	LK-13	Western	Kalutara	1 598	1 287 000	805,4
Kandy	LK-21	Central	Kandy	1 940	1 483 000	764,4
Kegalle	LK-92	Sabaragamuwa	Kegalle	1 693	891 000	526,3
Kilinochchi	LK-42	Northern	Kilinochchi	1 279	130 000	101,6
Kurunegala	LK-61	North Western	Kurunegala	4 816	1 726 000	358,4
Mannar	LK-43	Northern	Mannar	1 996	112 000	56,1
Matale	LK-22	Central	Matale	1 993	525 000	263,4
Matara	LK-32	Southern	Matara	1 283	866 000	675,0
Moneragala	LK-82	Uva	Moneragala	5 639	501 000	88,8
Mullaitivu	LK-45	Northern	Mullaitivu	2 617	98 000	37,4
Nuwara Eliya	LK-23	Central	Nuwara Eliya	1 741	773 000	444,0
Polonnaruwa	LK-72	North Central	Polonnaruwa	3 293	443 000	134,5
Puttalam	LK-62	North Western	Puttalam	3 072	837 000	272,5
Ratnapura	LK-91	Sabaragamuwa	Ratnapura	3 275	1 179 000	360,0
Trincomalee	LK-53	Eastern	Trincomalee	2 727	431 000	158,0
Vavuniya	LK-44	Northern	Vavuniya	1 967	191 000	97,1