Sri Lanka’s population stands at 2,17,63,170 according to the 2024 census released on Monday.
This represents an increase of 14,03,731 from the last census of 2012, the Census and Statistics Department said.
The Western province has the highest percentage with 28.1 of the population while the Northern with 5.3 remains the lowest among the nine provinces.
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