Population
 
Details of population
 
Census of population and housing of 2001 reveled that total population of Galle district is  about 990487
 
Ratio of population growth between 1981 and 2001 is 17:175935. Percentage is 0.96%
 
 

Age of group	Male	Female
Below years 1	8460	8224
Between 1-4	35409	33445
5-14  years	48511	46069
15-19 years	47862	47281
20-24 years	40970	42092
25-29 years	33319	36778
30-34 years	32985	37029
35-39 years	32524	35834
40-44 years	31235	33633
45-49 years	27150	29926
50-54 years	25004	28029
55-59 years	19705	23020
60-64 years	15628	18304
65-69 years	13072	16203
70-74 years	10807	12595
75-79 years	6951	8644
80-84 years	3901	4722
85-89 years	1701	2166
90-94 years	593	675
95-99 years	162	235
More than 100 years	40	48

 
 
 
District population by Religion
 

Buddhist	Hindu	Islam	Roman  Catholic	Other Catholic	Other	Total
932331	14934	35100	1568	3378	176	990487

 

District Population by Nationality

 

Singhalese	Sri   Lankan Tamil	Indian Tamil	Muslim	Malay	Burger	Sri  Lankan
934751	11079	9275	34688	178	208	95