Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

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Sri Jayawardenepura Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) Presidential system

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Sinhala
Tamil South Asia Census 2024
21 763 170

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Statistical data - Population density according to the administrative structure

The population data of the table below is 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 - 03:01:59
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 - 03:01:59
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