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	Table  31(Pop., Change)
	Movement of Population (Natural Increase, Net Gain or Loss by Migration) 1891-2004
	Pop31e
Period	Population at the beginning of the period (x1,000)	Movement During the period
		Actual Increase or Decrease		Excess of births Over Deaths		Net Gain or Loss by Migration
		Number (x1,000)	Rate*	Number (x1,000)	Rate*	Number (x1,000)	Rate*
1891 - 1901	3,008	558	186	225	75	338.0	111.0
1901 - 1911	3,566	540	151	262	102	178.0	50.0
1911 - 1921	4,106	393	96	313	76	80.0	11.0
1921 - 1931	4,499	808	180	663	147	145.0	32.0
1931 - 1946	5,307	1,350	254	1,286	242	64.0	12.0
1946 - 1953	6,657	1,441	216	1,328	199	113.0	17.0
1960	9,269	229	24	244	26	-15.0	-2.0
1961	9,498	216	27	268	28	-8.0	-1.0
1962	9,759	271	28	277	28	-6.0	-1.0
1963	10,030	271	27	282	28	-11.0	-1.0
1964	10,301	272	27	282	28	-10.0	-1.0
1965	10,573	264	25	274	26	-10.0	-1.0
1966	10,769	256	24	266	24	-10.0	-1.0
1967	11,024	272	25	278	25	-6.0	-
1968	11,296	269	24	275	24	-6.0	-
1969	11,566	275	23	282	24	-7.0	-0.6
1970	11,840	274	23	289	24	-9.0	-0.7
1971	12,121	281	23	292	24	-11.0	-0.9
1972	12,380	259	21	274	22	-10.0	-0.8
1973	12,976	596	46	266	20	-50.0	-3.9
1974	13,192	216	16	246	19	-54.0	-4.1
1975	13,385	193	14	261	19	-31.0	-2.3
1976	13,621	236	17	274	20	-52.0	-3.8
1977	13,838	217	16	286	21	-52.0	-3.8
1978	14,072	234	17	311	22	-40.0	-2.8
1979	14,342	270	19	324	23	-44.0	-3.1
1980	14,622	280	19	327	22	-68.0	-4.7
1981	14,881	259	17	335	23	-50.0	-3.4
1982	15,166	285	19	314	21	-91.0	-6.0
1983	15,308	225	15	316	21	-104.0	-6.8
1984	15,514	206	13	286	18	-112.0	-4.9
1985	15,718	204	13	287	18	-9.0	-0.6
1986	15,996	278	17	263	16	-1.0	-0.1
1987	16,258	262	16	261	16	-44.0	-2.7
1988	16,476	218	13	247	15	-51.0	-3.1
1989	16,673	197	12	253	15	-20.0	-1.2
1990	16,907	234	14	243	14	20.0	1.2
1991	17,105	198	12	266	16	-68.0	-4.0
1992	17,285	180	10	252	15	-72.0	-4.2
1993	17,512	227	13	258	15	-29.0	-1.7
1994	17,767	255	14	255	14	0.3	0.02
1995	17,971	204	11	239	13	-35.0	-1.9
1996	18,187	216	12	222	12	6.0	0.3
1997	18,420	225	12	220	12	5.0	0.2
1998	18,655	235	13	214	11	21.0	1.1
1999	18,924	269	14	215	11	54.0	2.8
2000	19,181	257	13	228	12	29.0	1.5
2001**	19,425	226	12	243	13	-17	-0.90
2002**	19,661	237	12	253	13	-16	-0.90
2003**	19,885	223	11	249	13	-26	-1.30
2004**	20,109	224	11	248	12	-24	-1.20
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Statistical Abstract 2004, Department of Census & Statistics
Key:
＊;  Rate:  person per 1,000 Population
＊＊：　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