Census of Population and Housing - 2001
Sri Lanka, 2001
Reference ID
LKA-DCS-CPH-2001-v1.0
Producer(s)
Department of Census and Statistics, ,
Metadata
Created on
Jan 18, 2023
Last modified
Jan 18, 2023
Page views
20553
Downloads
4425
- Data files
- POPULATION
- HOUSING_UNIT
- HOUSEHOLD
Religion (P8_RELIGION)
Data file: POPULATION
Overview
Valid:
18600807
Invalid:
0
Minimum:
1
Maximum:
9
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
45
End:
45
Width:
1
Range:
1 - 5
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buddhist | 14260682 |
76.7%
|
| 2 | Hindu | 1427963 |
7.7%
|
| 3 | Islam | 1592466 |
8.6%
|
| 4 | Roman Catholic | 1144827 |
6.2%
|
| 5 | Othewr Christian | 165347 |
0.9%
|
| 6 | 8687 |
0%
|
|
| 9 | 835 |
0%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.