Population by ethnic group according to districts, 2012
SL Census 2012 Ethnic Group by District [PDF]
| District | Population Distribution – 2012 | Ethnicity | ||||
| Sinhalese | Sri Lanka Tamil | Indian Tamil | Sri Lanka Moor | Burgher | ||
| Sri Lanka | 20263723 | 15173820 | 2270924 | 842323 | 1869820 | 37061 |
| Colombo | 2309809 | 1771319 | 231318 | 27336 | 242728 | 13304 |
| Gampaha | 2294641 | 2079115 | 80071 | 10879 | 95501 | 9898 |
| Kalutara | 1217260 | 1054991 | 24362 | 23611 | 112276 | 968 |
| Kandy | 1369899 | 1018323 | 71640 | 83234 | 191159 | 2201 |
| Matale | 482229 | 389092 | 24756 | 23400 | 44113 | 376 |
| Nuwara Eliya | 706588 | 279784 | 31867 | 375795 | 17422 | 770 |
| Galle | 1058771 | 998540 | 15228 | 5641 | 38591 | 242 |
| Matara | 809344 | 763121 | 8562 | 11984 | 25300 | 177 |
| Hambantota | 596617 | 579032 | 2111 | 136 | 6556 | 138 |
| Jaffna | 583378 | 3366 | 577246 | 499 | 2139 | 93 |
| Mannar | 99051 | 1961 | 80568 | 394 | 16087 | 19 |
| Vavuniya | 171511 | 17191 | 141269 | 1292 | 11700 | 15 |
| Mullaitivu | 91947 | 8851 | 79081 | 2182 | 1760 | 21 |
| Kilinochchi | 112875 | 962 | 109528 | 1682 | 678 | 1 |
| Batticaloa | 525142 | 6127 | 381285 | 1015 | 133844 | 2794 |
| Ampara | 648057 | 251018 | 112750 | 165 | 282484 | 849 |
| Trincomalee | 378182 | 101991 | 115549 | 6531 | 152854 | 815 |
| Kurunegala | 1610299 | 1471339 | 18763 | 3582 | 113560 | 711 |
| Puttalam | 759776 | 559031 | 47523 | 2503 | 146820 | 1481 |
| Anuradhapura | 856232 | 778131 | 5065 | 957 | 70248 | 187 |
| Polonnaruwa | 403335 | 365476 | 7356 | 1190 | 29060 | 86 |
| Badulla | 811758 | 593120 | 20335 | 149662 | 45886 | 904 |
| Moneragala | 448142 | 423972 | 9783 | 4590 | 9552 | 109 |
| Ratnapura | 1082277 | 942244 | 54658 | 62595 | 21550 | 325 |
| Kegalle | 836603 | 715723 | 20250 | 41468 | 57952 | 577 |
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Population by ethnicity and district according to Divisional Secretary’s Division, 2012
SL Census 2012 Ethnic Group and District by DS Division [PDF]
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Map of Trincomalee, Population by Ethnicity and DS Division
SL Census 2012 Trincomalee map Population by Ethnicity by DS [PDF]
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Map of Amparai, Population by Ethnicity and DS Division
SL Census 2012 Amparai map Population by Ethnicity by DS [PDF]
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Map of Batticaloa, Population by Ethnicity and DS Division
SL Census 2012 Batticaloa map Population by Ethnicity by DS [PDF]
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Map of Kilinochchi, Population by Ethnicity and DS Division
SL Census 2012 Kilinochchi map Population by Ethnicity by DS [PDF]
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Map of Mullaitivu, Population by Ethnicity and DS Division
SL Census 2012 Mullaitivu map Population by Ethnicity by DS [PDF]
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Map of Vavuniya, Population by Ethnicity and DS Division
SL Census 2012 Vavuniya map Population by Ethnicity by DS [PDF]
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Map of Mannar, Population by Ethnicity and DS Division
SL Census 2012 Mannar map Population by Ethnicity by DS [PDF]
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Map of Jaffna, Population by Ethnicity and DS Division
SL Census 2012 Jaffna map Populat ion by Ethnicity by DS [PDF]