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Vital Statistics - Births - 2001

Sri Lanka, 2001
Reference ID
LKA-RGD-RGB-2001-v1.0
Producer(s)
Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department
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Jan 20, 2023
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Race (race)

Data file: Birth 2001

Overview

Valid: 358583
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 36
End: 37
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 14
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Sinhalese 249497
69.6%
2 Sri Lanka Tamil 46030
12.8%
3 Sri lanka Moors 43148
12%
4 Burghers Eurasia 684
0.2%
5 Malays 1016
0.3%
6 Veddah 0
0%
7 Indian Tamil 17909
5%
8 Indian Moors 60
0%
9 Pakistan Tamil 0
0%
10 Pakistan Moors 20
0%
11 Europeans 21
0%
12 Other - Ind - Pak 107
0%
13 Other Non Ind - Pak 84
0%
14 Unknown Race 7
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.
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