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Sri Lanka — 36 years of data

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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 74% Sinhalese; 18% Tamil; 7% Moor; 1% Burgher, Malay, and Veddha
1991 Sinhalese 74%; Tamil 18%; Moor 7%; Burgher, Malay, and Veddha 1%
1992 Sinhalese 74%; Tamil 18%; Moor 7%; Burgher, Malay, and Veddha 1%
1993 Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
1994 Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
1995 Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
1996 Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
1997 Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
1998 Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
1999 Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
2000 Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
2001 Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
2002 Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
2003 Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
2004 Sinhalese 74%, Tamil 18%, Moor 7%, Burgher, Malay, and Vedda 1%
2005 Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
2006 Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
2007 Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
2008 Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
2009 Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
2010 Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
2011 Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
2012 Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
2013 Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
2014 Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil 4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
2015 Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.)
2016 Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.)
2017 Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.)
2018 Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.)
2019 Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.)
2020 Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.)
2021 Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.)
2022 Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.)
2023 Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.)
2024 Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.)
2025 Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moors 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, other 0.5% (2012 est.)