Northern

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
Northern (Vatakku, Uturu)	Province	1,109,404	1,040,963	1,061,315	1,149,240
Jaffna	District	738,788	490,621	583,882	594,333	→
Kilinochchi	District	91,764	127,263	113,510	136,434	→
Mannar	District	106,235	151,577	99,570	123,674	→
Mullaitivu	District	77,189	121,667	92,238	122,542	→
Vavuniya	District	95,428	149,835	172,115	172,257	→
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	560,000
Females	605,000

Urbanization (C 2012)
Rural	884,507
Urban	176,808

Age Groups (C 2012)
0-14 years	283,882
15-64 years	700,526
65+ years	76,907

Age Distribution (C 2012)
0-9 years	184,961
10-19 years	201,948
20-29 years	175,258
30-39 years	149,694
40-49 years	116,594
50-59 years	107,360
60-69 years	80,321
70-79 years	34,049
80+ years	11,130

Ethnic Group (C 2012)
Sinhalese	31,985
Tamil	995,975
Sri Lankan Moor	32,796
Other ethnic group	559

Religion (C 2012)
Buddhists	30,290
Hindus	789,046
Muslims	33,427
Christians	208,219
Other religion	333

Place of Birth (C 2012)
in the same district	860,133
elsewhere	201,182