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           | DescriptionSL population growth.png | 
           
             Graph showing population growth in  Sri Lanka obtained from official census data. An official census has being carried out approximately every 10 years in Sri Lanka starting from 1871. 
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           | Date | 
           17 March 2007 | 
          
          
           | Source | 
           Own work created using Microsoft Office 2007 based on  official data | 
          
          
           | Author | 
            Snowolfd4 | 
          
          
           Permission ( Reusing this file) | 
           
             Public Domain (see below) 
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          | Year | 
          Population | 
         
         
          | 1871 | 
          2,400,380 | 
         
         
          | 1881 | 
          2,759,738 | 
         
         
          | 1891 | 
          3,007,789 | 
         
         
          | 1901 | 
          3,565,954 | 
         
         
          | 1911 | 
          4,106,350 | 
         
         
          | 1921 | 
          4,497,854 | 
         
         
          | 1931 | 
          5,306,863 | 
         
         
          | 1946 | 
          6,657,339 | 
         
         
          | 1953 | 
          8,097,845 | 
         
         
          | 1963 | 
          10,582,064 | 
         
         
          | 1971 | 
          12,689,897 | 
         
         
          | 1981 | 
          14,846,750 | 
         
         
          | 2001 | 
          18,732,255 | 
         
        
        2011 22,000000
        
         
        
        
         
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