Table 52(Pop., Birth)

Live Births and Its Growth Rate (Districts) 1994-2004

Pop52e

Year

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004年*

　　　　Number District

Number

％

Number

％

Growth Rate %

Number

％

Growth Rate %

Number

％

Growth Rate %

Number

％

Growth Rate %

Number

％

Growth Rate %

Number

％

Growth Rate %

Number

％

Growth Rate %

Number

％

Growth Rate %

Number

％

Growth Rate %

Number

Sri Lanka

356,071

100

343,224

100

340,646

100

333,219

100

325,821

100

329,521

100

340,144

100

354,101

100

363,549

100

363,343

100

360,220

Colombo

51,179

14.4

53,517

15.6

1.2

55,616

16.3

0.7

56,008

16.8

0.5

53,763

16.5

-0.3

55,709

16.9

0.4

58,350

17.2

0.2

60,436

17.1

-0.1

61,074

16.8

-0.3

62,900

17.3

0.5

63,471

Gampaha

24,432

6.9

23,689

6.9

0.0

23,535

6.9

0.0

23,771

7.1

0.2

23,380

7.2

0.0

24,362

7.4

0.2

22,765

6.7

-0.7

27,401

7.7

1.0

26,166

7.2

-0.5

25,802

7.1

-0.1

26,060

Kalutara

14,914

4.2

14,094

4.1

-0.1

16,028

4.7

0.6

15,404

4.6

-0.1

15,447

4.7

0.1

15,236

4.6

-0.1

15,876

4.7

0.0

16,611

4.7

0.0

16,189

4.5

-0.2

15,857

4.4

-0.1

16,956

Kandy

27,899

7.8

28,403

8.3

0.4

27,761

8.1

-0.1

27,340

8.2

0.1

26,761

8.2

0.0

25,548

7.8

-0.5

28,416

8.4

0.6

29,088

8.2

-0.1

29,370

8.1

-0.1

29,865

8.2

0.1

30,179

Matale

8,084

2.3

8,269

2.4

0.1

8,111

2.4

0.0

8,063

2.4

0.0

8,692

2.7

0.2

8,068

2.4

-0.2

8,923

2.6

0.2

8,976

2.5

-0.1

8,739

2.4

-0.1

9,076

2.5

0.1

9,380

Nuwara Eliya

10,690

3.0

11,517

3.4

0.4

10,610

3.1

-0.2

10,817

3.2

0.1

10,847

3.3

0.1

10,656

3.2

-0.1

10,910

3.2

0.0

10,703

3.0

-0.2

11,516

3.2

0.1

11,348

3.1

0.0

10,981

Galle

18,665

5.2

18,329

5.3

0.1

18,353

5.4

0.0

17,988

5.4

0.0

18,354

5.6

0.2

18,596

5.6

0.0

18,365

5.4

-0.2

18,532

5.2

-0.2

19,078

5.2

0.0

19,367

5.3

0.1

19,647

Matara

16,894

4.7

16,944

4.9

0.2

16,005

4.7

-0.2

14,907

4.5

-0.2

14,505

4.5

0.0

15,082

4.6

0.1

14,869

4.4

-0.2

14,996

4.2

-0.1

14,435

4.0

-0.3

14,394

4.0

0.0

14,350

Hambantota

9,165

2.6

7,971

2.3

-0.3

7,526

2.2

-0.1

7,478

2.2

0.0

6,517

2.0

-0.2

6,638

2.0

0.0

6,405

1.9

-0.1

6,557

1.9

0.0

6,757

1.9

0.0

7,267

2.0

0.1

7,651

Jaffna

13,117

3.7

10,107

2.9

-0.7

7,251

2.1

-0.8

7,476

2.2

0.1

7,566

2.3

0.1

8,096

2.5

0.1

8,460

2.5

0.0

8,212

2.3

-0.2

7,516

2.1

-0.3

11,413

3.1

1.1

10,615

Mullaittive

2,477

0.7

2,583

0.8

0.1

4,109

1.2

0.5

4,910

1.5

0.3

4,637

1.4

-0.1

4,760

1.4

0.0

4,074

1.2

-0.2

4,638

1.3

0.1

4,364

1.2

-0.1

4,720

1.3

0.1

2,210

Mannar

1,988

0.6

1,915

0.6

0.0

2,071

0.6

0.1

2,072

0.6

0.0

2,069

0.6

0.0

2,310

0.7

0.1

1,500

0.4

-0.3

1,741

0.5

0.1

1,751

0.5

0.0

1,167

0.3

-0.2

1,978

Vauniya

2,515

0.7

2,879

0.8

0.1

3,320

1.0

0.1

2,753

0.8

-0.1

2,498

0.8

-0.1

3,276

1.0

0.2

3,155

0.9

-0.1

3,203

0.9

0.0

3,376

0.9

0.0

3,813

1.0

0.1

3,844

Kilinochchi

3,493

1.0

3,597

1.0

0.1

5,577

1.6

0.6

3,093

0.9

-0.7

2,833

0.9

-0.1

3,515

1.1

0.2

3,163

0.9

-0.1

3,149

0.9

0.0

3,610

1.0

0.1

4,059

1.1

0.1

2,579

Batticaloa

12,055

3.4

11,447

3.3

-0.1

9,753

2.9

-0.5

9,078

2.7

-0.1

11,536

3.5

0.8

10,577

3.2

-0.3

11,692

3.4

0.2

11,212

3.2

-0.3

12,263

3.4

0.2

13,435

3.7

0.3

11,088

Ampara

12,691

3.6

11,730

3.4

-0.1

10,310

3.0

-0.4

10,724

3.2

0.2

10,619

3.3

0.0

9,018

2.7

-0.5

11,886

3.5

0.8

11,341

3.2

-0.3

11,484

3.2

0.0

11,636

3.2

0.0

12,019

Trincomalee

7,937

2.2

7,525

2.2

0.0

7,305

2.1

0.0

7,993

2.4

0.3

7,277

2.2

-0.2

7,483

2.3

0.0

8,599

2.5

0.3

8,472

2.4

-0.1

8,851

2.4

0.0

8,087

2.2

-0.2

8,090

Kurunegala

27,162

7.6

24,653

7.2

-0.4

23,072

6.8

-0.4

22,271

6.7

-0.1

20,245

6.2

-0.5

21,210

6.4

0.2

22,086

6.5

0.1

22,711

6.4

-0.1

25,052

6.9

0.5

23,411

6.4

-0.4

23,317

Puttalam

13,247

3.7

13,108

3.8

0.1

13,231

3.9

0.1

14,080

4.2

0.3

13,020

4.0

-0.2

12,509

3.8

-0.2

12,110

3.6

-0.2

12,311

3.5

-0.1

14,196

3.9

0.4

12,357

3.4

-0.5

12,336

Anuradhapuray

17,106

4.8

15,081

4.4

-0.4

14,830

4.4

0.0

14,764

4.4

0.1

14,106

4.3

-0.1

13,927

4.2

-0.1

15,099

4.4

0.2

14,643

4.1

-0.3

15,600

4.3

0.2

15,463

4.3

0.0

15,412

Polonnaruwa

6,902

1.9

5,828

1.7

-0.2

5,539

1.6

-0.1

5,014

1.5

-0.1

6,328

1.9

0.4

5,343

1.6

-0.3

6,466

1.9

0.3

6,798

1.9

0.0

7,258

2.0

0.1

7,075

1.9

0.0

6,974

Badulla

16,807

4.7

16,940

4.9

0.2

17,236

5.1

0.1

16,165

4.9

-0.2

15,508

4.8

-0.1

16,595

5.0

0.3

15,916

4.7

-0.4

18,190

5.1

0.5

18,212

5.0

-0.1

16,468

4.5

-0.5

17,868

Monaragala

7,976

2.2

6,743

2.0

-0.3

7,112

2.1

0.1

5,700

1.7

-0.4

5,677

1.7

0.0

5,881

1.8

0.0

5,676

1.7

-0.1

5,679

1.6

-0.1

6,884

1.9

0.3

6,562

1.8

-0.1

6,389

Rathnapura

18,597

5.2

17,306

5.0

-0.2

16,929

5.0

-0.1

15,918

4.8

-0.2

15,333

4.7

-0.1

15,894

4.8

0.1

16,450

4.8

0.0

18,067

5.1

0.3

19,608

5.4

0.3

18,416

5.1

-0.3

18,001

Kegalle

10,079

2.8

9,049

2.6

-0.2

9,456

2.8

0.1

9,432

2.8

0.1

8,303

2.5

-0.3

9,232

2.8

0.3

8,933

2.6

-0.2

10,434

2.9

0.3

10,200

2.8

-0.1

9,385

2.6

-0.2

8,825

Source;

Statistical Abstract 2004, Department of Census & Statistics

＊：　Registrar General's Department

Key：

＊：　Provisional

Revised: 2008(y)/07(m)/31(d)

Chief Editor:

　　 Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

The Head, Department of Management Studies

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka