KK de Silva** … responding to a Request from Michael Roberts (see Below for my Note to several pals)
A = Ethnic Groups at latest census 2011, 2012 … https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik
Sinhalese 15, 250, 081 74. 90%
Sri Lankan Tamils 2, 269, 266 11.15%
Sri Lankan Moors 1, 892, 638 9.30%
Indian Tamils 839, 504 4.12%
Sri Lankan Malays 44, 130 0.22%
Burghers, Eurasians 38, 293 0.19%
Others 25, 527
Total 20, 359, 439
……………………………….. Above figures are in line with figures provided by the Dept. Of Census & Statistics.