TotalCeylonIndiaUKPakistanMalayaAustraliaCanadaSouth AfricaNew ZealandOther British possessionsUSAEuropean countriesChinaBurmaJapanOtherUnspecified

Ceylon

8097895

7078317

1003757

5144

1451

255

187

76

29

21

1554

304

5045

362

62

35

1080

216

Anuradhapura

229282

225453

3681

7

2

2

-

-

1

-

-

8

110

6

-

-

12

-

Anuradhapura UC183901694113411-1-----1986--1-

Badulla

466896

299487

166382

291

106

3

5

3

1

1

227

6

311

16

2

-

55

-

Badulla UC170431515618241018---1-11-11---12-
Bandarawela UC330726206132110112--7-20---12-
Haputale UC173212534194741------5---3-

Batticaloa

270493

268038

2222

22

5

4

2

1

3

-

9

7

114

4

-

-

62

-

Batticaloa UC17439167706384-1-1--2613---4-

Chilaw

170072

162741

7192

6

4

5

1

1

3

-

-

2

57

-

-

-

41

19

Chilaw UC1139210479882----13---19---8-

Colombo

1708726

1609128

91168

2990

683

34

126

48

9

18

519

231

3074

243

36

35

384

-

Colombo MC4261273527956861125816271185329112591734702202432187-
Negombo MC38628367731697112--2---11-254--4-
Avissawella UC32053058142-------1-4-----
Dehiwala-Mt.Lavinia UC78213759412057448438--321068117218-
Gampaha UC749672472461--------2-----
Jaela UC37773522250-1-----3-----1-
Kolonnawa UC213842054280461-1---6-201--3-
Kotte UC54381528311485201-5--25720---5-
Moratuwa UC602155920896522---1--3212-1-1-
Wattala-Mabole-Peliyagoda UC1599614754122471-----6-2--11-

Galle

524369

513396

10695

61

54

15

3

-

1

-

72

-

39

1

6

-

26

-

Galle MC55848550027232650-----2-2615-13-
Ambalangoda UC1055410292254--5------2-1---

Hambantota

191508

191260

221

4

20

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

Hambantota UC4299425126220-------------
Tangalla UC68236797212--------3-----

Jaffna

491849

482937

8393

37

43

92

2

-

-

-

4

5

263

-

2

-

71

-

Jaffna MC771817229147162243631---2128---14-

Kalutara

523550

489011

33989

83

53

3

7

-

6

-

328

-

33

-

1

-

36

-

Beruwala UC124981240889---------1-----
Horana UC4827466316111---------1---
Kalutara UC20323196586556--------3---1-
Panadura UC2039519811571111-------1-----

Kandy

840382

582177

256408

547

239

55

20

16

-

-

194

28

545

48

8

-

68

29

Kandy MC57200521924421109614114--1524311187-23-
Gampola UC1077396951035214-----5-19---12
Hatton-Dickoya UC1024248595274339111--1-563--4-
Kadugannawa UC11681026117---1-----24-----
Nawalapitiya UC986286091193198-----2-919--12
Wattegama UC116283631915-------1-----

Kegalla

471605

411826

59565

97

13

1

3

-

-

1

32

-

36

-

7

-

24

-

Kegalla UC55105191301151----2-3---6-

Kurunegala

626336

614083

11871

17

9

14

-

-

3

-

-

2

36

10

-

-

147

144

Kurunegala MC1750516239110645---2---2817--1985
Kuliyapitiya UC30022619377---------1---5-

Mannar

43689

33463

10140

3

3

2

-

1

-

-

12

-

20

-

-

-

45

-

Matale

201049

160005

40763

55

53

1

1

-

1

-

12

3

121

-

-

-

23

11

Matale UC172441603911401421-----219-----

Matara

413431

401994

11334

16

21

5

-

-

-

-

32

-

19

-

-

-

10

-

Matara UC2764127161445572----2-17---2-
Weligama UC128341278648---------------

Nuwara Eliya

325254

132267

192067

639

79

2

16

6

-

-

31

6

119

-

-

-

17

5

Nuwara Eliya MC14405939747071991-12---2678---21
Talawakele-Lindula UC34442326110636-----3-------

Puttalam

58820

57195

1595

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20

-

-

-

-

8

Puttalam UC102379845370---------20---2-

Ratnapura

421555

332428

88823

111

59

2

-

-

1

1

75

-

36

5

-

-

14

-

Balangoda UC24772027436111-----1-----1-
Ratnapura UC1659815789752630-----5-11---5-

Trincomalee

83917

78880

4785

157

3

14

1

-

-

-

4

6

6

29

-

-

32

-

Trincomalee UC263562275633691471131---25429--29-

Vavuniya

35112

32548

2463

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

3

-

83

-

-

-

13

-

Source: Census of Ceylon 1953. Volume II (Part 1): Growth of population, place of birth, movement and nationality. Department of census and statistics, Colombo, 1957
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