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Sri Lanka's population is aging faster than any other nation in South Asia and has the fifth highest rapidly growing population of older people in Asia after China, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. [16] [17] [18] In 2015, Sri Lanka's population aged over 60 was 13.9%, by 2030 this will increase to 21% and by 2050 this number will reach 27.4%.
Sri Lanka's population, (1871–2001) Sri Lanka has roughly 22,156,000 people and an annual population growth rate of 0.5%. The birth rate is 13.8 births per 1,000 people, and the death rate is 6.0 deaths per 1,000 people. [271] Population density is highest in western Sri Lanka, especially in and around the capital.
The form of Buddhism in Sri Lanka is known as Theravada (school of elders). The Pali chronicles (e.g., the Mahavansa) claim that the Sinhalese as an ethnic group are destined to preserve and protect Buddhism. In 1988 almost 93% of the Sinhala-speaking population in Sri Lanka were Buddhist. [61]
The following is a list of settlements in Sri Lanka with a population over 50,000. Cities. City Image DS Division District Province Population Area [1] Density
The following is a list of settlements in Sri Lanka with a population between 5,000 and 50,000. Towns. Town Image DS Division District Province Population Area [1]
History of Sri Lanka: From Earliest Times Up to the Sixteenth Century. Dayawansa Jayakodi & Company. ISBN 955-551-257-4. Yogasundaram, Nath (2006). A Comprehensive History of Sri Lanka from Prehistory to Tsunami. Vijitha Yapa Publishers. ISBN 978-955-665-002-0. Peebles, Patrick (2006). The History of Sri Lanka. Greenwood Publishing Group.
According to the Divisional Secretariat, the population of Mawathagama in the year 2020 was 75,081. The majority of the population belongs to the Sinhalese majority. Other ethnic minorities include the Sri Lankan Moors, Sri Lankan Tamils and Burgher people. The following Table summarizes the population of Mawathagama according to their ethnicity:
Polonnaruwa District (Sinhala: පොළොන්නරුව දිස්ත්රික්කය; Tamil: பொலன்னறுவை மாவட்டம்) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country.