Population by Sex and Age (Under 18 years and 18 years & over) according to District and Sector (Provisional) SL Census 2001
	District and Sector	Total no. of persons	Sex		Age
			Male	Female	Under 18 years	18 years and over
	Colombo	2,234,289	1,134,308	1,099,981	606,082	1,628,207
		100	50.77	49.23	27.13	72.87
	Urban	1,221,904	631,013	590,891	336,168	885,736
	Rural	1,005,071	499,620	505,451	267,474	737,597
	Estate	7,314	3,675	3,639	2,440	4,874
	Gampaha	2,066,096	1,004,476	1,061,620	591,847	1,474,249
		100	48.62	51.38	28.65	71.35
	Urban	301,689	144,706	156,993	81,908	219,791
	Rural	1,763,828	859,508	904,320	509,734	1,254,094
	Estate	569	262	307	205	364
	Kalutara	1,060,800	520,726	540,074	322,764	738,036
		100	49.09	50.91	30.43	69.57
	Urban	112,715	55,742	56,973	33,855	78,860
	Rural	913,199	447,349	465,850	276,953	636,246
	Estate	34,886	17,635	17,251	11,956	22,930
	Kandy	1,272,463	616,630	655,833	429,672	842,791
		100	48.46	51.54	33.77	66.23
	Urban	156,923	77,432	79,491	48,997	107,926
	Rural	1,022,895	493,668	529,227	345,429	677,466
	Estate	92,645	45,530	47,115	35,246	57,399
	Matale	442,427	219,890	222,537	150,033	292,394
		100	49.7	50.3	33.91	66.09
	Urban	36,352	17,537	18,815	12,054	24,298
	Rural	384,209	191,490	192,719	130,045	254,164
	Estate	21,866	10,863	11,003	7,934	13,932
	Nuwara Eliya	700,083	344,836	355,247	256,297	443,786
		100	49.26	50.74	36.61	63.39
	Urban	43,050	21,959	21,091	14,037	29,013
	Rural	283,870	139,596	144,274	100,333	183,537
	Estate	373,163	183,281	189,882	141,927	231,236
	Galle	990,539	479,485	511,054	334,005	656,534
		100	48.41	51.59	33.72	66.28
	Urban	110,654	54,918	55,736	35,367	75,287
	Rural	862,880	416,162	446,718	292,038	570,842
	Estate	17,005	8,405	8,600	6,600	10,405
	Matara	761,236	367,428	393,808	262,473	498,763
		100	48.27	51.73	34.48	65.52
	Urban	64,539	31,518	33,021	20,513	44,026
	Rural	676,533	325,743	350,790	233,442	443,091
	Estate	20,164	10,167	9,997	8,518	11,646
	Hambantota	525,370	261,271	264,099	190,843	334,527
		100	49.73	50.27	36.33	63.67
	Urban	21,671	11,234	10,437	7,021	14,650
	Rural	502,268	248,910	253,358	183,672	318,596
	Estate	1,431	1,127	304	150	1,281
	Jaffna	-
	Mannar	*
	Vavuniya	*
	Mullaitivu	-
	Kilinochchi	-
	Batticaloa	*
	Ampara	589,344	295,319	294,025	234,517	354,827
		100	50.11	49.89	39.79	60.21
	Urban	112,422	55,280	57,142	43,713	68,709
	Rural	476,922	240,039	236,883	190,804	286,118
	Trincomalee	*
	Kurunegala	1,452,369	713,366	739,003	489,409	962,960
		100	49.12	50.88	33.7	66.3
	Urban	34,719	17,829	16,890	9,316	25,403
	Rural	1,410,904	692,118	718,786	477,829	933,075
	Estate	6,746	3,419	3,327	2,264	4,482
	Puttalam	705,342	348,080	357,262	256,640	448,702
		100	49.35	50.65	36.39	63.61
	Urban	65,072	31,983	33,089	24,483	40,589
	Rural	638,728	315,270	323,458	231,643	407,085
	Estate	1,542	827	715	514	1,028
	Anuradhapura	746,466	378,613	367,853	265,507	480,959
		100	50.72	49.28	35.57	64.43
	Urban	56,632	31,389	25,243	15,863	40,769
	Rural	689,834	347,224	342,610	249,644	440,190
	Polonnaruwa	359,197	187,130	172,067	124,723	234,474
		100	52.1	47.9	34.72	65.28
	Rural	359,197	187,130	172,067	124,723	234,474
	Badulla	774,555	383,067	391,488	286,362	488,193
		100	49.46	50.54	36.97	63.03
	Urban	53,018	26,281	26,737	17,757	35,261
	Rural	563,894	279,633	284,261	208,387	355,507
	Estate	157,643	77,153	80,490	60,218	97,425
	Moneragala	396,173	200,558	195,615	155,431	240,742
		100	50.62	49.38	39.23	60.77
	Rural	387,949	196,510	191,439	152,145	235,804
	Estate	8,224	4,048	4,176	3,286	4,938
	Ratnapura	1,008,164	508,182	499,982	345,252	662,912
		100	50.41	49.59	34.25	65.75
	Urban	58,371	29,232	29,139	17,943	40,428
	Rural	847,896	427,542	420,354	289,479	558,417
	Estate	101,897	51,408	50,489	37,830	64,067
	Kegalle	779,774	379,998	399,776	250,032	529,742
		100	48.73	51.27	32.06	67.94
	Urban	17,430	8,930	8,500	4,716	12,714
	Rural	706,726	343,084	363,642	224,996	481,730
	Estate	55,618	27,984	27,634	20,320	35,298
	Total	16,864,544	8,343,964	8,520,580	5,551,465	11,313,079
	%	100	49.48	50.52	32.92	67.08
	Urban	2,466,474	1,247,409	1,219,065	723,222	1,743,252
	Rural	13,498,358	6,651,369	6,846,989	4,489,145	9,009,213
	Estate	899,712	445,186	454,526	339,098	560,614
	District/Sector	Total No. of Persons	Male	Female	Under 18	Over 18
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	In Jaffna, Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts, no enumeration was done. * In Mannar District, out of 5 D.S. Divisions only one was enumerated partially. In Vavuniya District, out of 4 D.S. Divisions, one was enumerated completly and 2 were enumerated partially. In Batticaloa District, out of 12 D.S. Divisions, 5 were enumerated completely and 6 were enumerated partially. In Trincomalee District, out of 11 D.S. Divisions, 7 were enumerated completely and two were enumerated partially. The data are not included for these districts due to incomplete enumeration.