Population Jaffna (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka

184 480

people

As of September 1, 2024 the population (permanent residents) Jaffna is 184 480 people, including children under the age of 6 - 18 563 people, teenagers (schoolchildren) aged 7 to 17 years - 21 653 people, young people from 18 to 29 years old - 22 253 people, adults aged 30 to 60 years - 79 211 people, elderly people over 60 years old - 34 682 people, and the centenarians Jaffna over 80 years old - 8 117 people.

56

place is occupied by Sri Lanka in the ranking of countries by population

Population size Jaffna by age groups

Children under 6 years old

18 563 / 10.06%

Teenagers from 7 to 17

21 653 / 11.74%

Young people from 18 to 29

22 253 / 12.06%

Adults from 30 to 59

79 211 / 42.94%

Elderly over 60

34 682 / 18.8%

Centenarians over 80

8 117 / 4.4%

Gender composition of the population Jaffna

Total Jaffna permanent residents 87 351 men (47.35%) and 97 129 women (52.65%).

Age

Men

Women

Percentage of women

0 – 4

5 635 / 6.1%

4 509 / 5.6%

47.7%

5 – 9

5 635 / 6.1%

4 422 / 5.5%

47.5%

10 - 14

5 029 / 5.4%

3 989 / 5%

47.5%

15 - 19

4 248 / 4.5%

3 469 / 4.4%

48%

20 - 24

5 029 / 5.4%

4 162 / 5.2%

49%

25 - 29

7 456 / 8.2%

6 243 / 7.6%

48.9%

30 - 34

7 283 / 8%

6 243 / 7.6%

49.4%

35 - 39

6 676 / 7.3%

6 070 / 7.4%

51.1%

40 - 44

6 156 / 6.7%

5 723 / 7%

51.5%

45 - 49

5 635 / 6.1%

5 289 / 6.5%

51.8%

50 - 54

6 416 / 7%

6 417 / 7.8%

53.6%

55 - 59

6 763 / 7.4%

7 370 / 8.9%

55.5%

60 - 64

5 635 / 6.1%

6 590 / 8%

57.3%

65 - 69

3 901 / 4.1%

5 203 / 6.4%

60.4%

70 - 74

1 647 / 1.5%

2 775 / 3.6%

65.8%

75 - 79

2 081 / 2%

4 336 / 5.4%

70%

80+

1 474 / 1.3%

3 902 / 4.9%

75.2%

Education level

Education level of residents Jaffna: have higher education 22.7% (41 877 people), incomplete higher education — 2.9% (5 350 people), secondary vocational — 35.7% (65 859 people), 11 classes — 15.7% (28 963 people), 9 classes — 8.7% (16 050 people), 5 classes — 8.2% (15 127 people), have no education — 0.4% (738 people), illiterate — 0.6% (1 107 people).

Higher education

41 877 / 22.7%

Incomplete higher

5 350 / 2.9%

Secondary vocational

65 859 / 35.7%

Elementary school

28 963 / 15.7%

Middle school

16 050 / 8.7%

High school

15 127 / 8.2%

Without education

738 / 0.4%

Illiterate

1 107 / 0.6%

Employment, unemployment and pensioners Jaffna

Total Jaffna the number of officially employed population is 119 359 people (64.7%), pensioners 49 810 people (27%), a officially registered and registered unemployed 9 777 people (5.3%).

Employed population

119 359 / 64.7%

Unemployed

9 777 / 5.3%

Pensioners

49 810 / 27%

Disability

Total Jaffna have a disability 17 581 people, what constitutes 9.53% from the entire population. Disabled of the group I are 2 712 (1.47.%), disabled of the group II are 6 863 (3.72.%), disabled of the group III are 6 586 (3.57.%), disabled children 1 420 (0.77.%).

Total disabled

17 581 / 9.53%

Disabled of the group I

2 712 / 1.47%

Disabled of the group II

6 863 / 3.72%

Disabled of the group III

6 586 / 3.57%

Disabled children

1 420 / 0.77%

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