Western

Province in Sri Lanka

Contents: Subdivision

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Name	Status	Population Census 1981-03-17	Population Census 2001-07-17	Population Census 2012-03-20	Population Census 2024-12-19
Western (Basnahira)	Province	3,919,807	5,381,197	5,851,130	6,113,698
Colombo	District	1,699,241	2,251,274	2,324,349	2,374,461	→
Gampaha	District	1,390,862	2,063,684	2,304,833	2,433,685	→
Kalutara	District	829,704	1,066,239	1,221,948	1,305,552	→
Sri Lanka	Republic	14,846,750	18,797,257	20,359,439	21,763,170

Source: Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.

Explanation: The results of the 2024 census are provisional.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2021)
Males	3,028,000
Females	3,191,000

Urbanization (C 2012)
Rural	3,532,198
Urban	2,272,194
Estate	46,738

Age Groups (C 2012)
0-14 years	1,327,001
15-64 years	4,013,707
65+ years	510,422

Age Distribution (C 2012)
0-9 years	897,992
10-19 years	873,726
20-29 years	920,382
30-39 years	919,624
40-49 years	791,588
50-59 years	662,567
60-69 years	476,368
70-79 years	218,065
80+ years	90,818

Ethnic Group (C 2012)
Sinhalese	4,925,547
Tamil	396,013
Sri Lankan Moor	460,550
Other ethnic group	69,020

Religion (C 2012)
Buddhists	4,293,901
Hindus	278,968
Muslims	501,389
Christians	773,516
Other religion	3,356

Place of Birth (C 2012)
in the same district	4,428,806
elsewhere	1,422,324