Sri Lanka's population by citizenship 1981

	Total	Sri Lanka	India	Australia	France	Great Britain	China	Sweden	Malasia	USA	West Germany	Pakistan	Japan	Singapore	Switzerland	East Germany	Italy	Denmark	USSR	Norway	All other countries	Not known
Sri Lanka	14846750	14211600	613976	796	776	752	576	461	347	290	264	242	152	134	107	73	56	52	30	18	1378	14670
Ampara	388970	387346	1538	-	6	9	18	1	7	2	10	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	26	5
Anuradhapura	587929	585642	2220	4	2	9	10	1	3	5	1	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	17	10
Badulla	640952	541629	88344	-	115	13	6	2	5	7	5	8	6	4	2	3	16	1	1	-	78	10707
Batticaloa	330333	327845	2365	1	7	3	1	1	3	-	4	1	3	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	38	56
Colombo	1699241	1684304	12946	206	87	289	95	29	57	188	94	98	85	55	50	20	14	27	18	13	480	86
Galle	814531	804869	9191	26	28	7	243	7	-	4	13	-	1	1	2	1	3	2	-	-	8	125
Gampaha	1390862	1385992	4087	46	7	86	72	75	72	9	45	14	10	33	12	7	2	6	2	2	185	98
Hambantota	424344	423802	521	6	4	1	1	1	2	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Jaffna	830552	815896	14546	1	15	14	3	4	24	4	5	1	1	24	-	3	-	-	-	-	6	5
Kalutara	829704	806508	22981	19	16	8	2	2	9	4	9	27	-	4	2	5	1	-	1	-	26	80
Kandy	1048317	970908	75024	116	65	174	11	332	51	45	23	52	1	4	19	4	6	10	2	-	124	1346
Kegalle	684944	654310	30428	-	44	15	3	-	5	1	4	1	8	4	-	1	1	-	-	1	6	112
Kurunegala	1211801	1204875	6701	-	7	8	12	-	32	4	9	1	4	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	103	42
Mannar	106235	93499	12707	-	16	1	2	-	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	5	-
Matale	357354	338147	18467	34	9	3	7	-	5	-	3	1	9	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	79	589
Matara	643786	630551	13109	23	14	26	1	-	7	-	15	-	6	1	-	1	4	-	4	-	18	6
Moneragala	273570	266352	7111	44	8	1	1	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	44
Mullaitivu	77189	70846	6336	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Nuwara Eliya	603577	404378	197754	128	139	55	8	-	8	10	8	27	4	2	4	2	2	-	1	-	27	1020
Polonnaruwa	261563	260739	637	2	3	6	2	1	-	1	3	1	4	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	31	119
Puttalam	492533	489596	2675	137	11	5	4	4	6	2	-	1	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	56	32
Ratnapura	797087	729210	67457	-	156	14	18	1	20	1	7	6	6	-	-	17	2	-	-	-	58	114
Trincomalee	255948	252003	3777	2	4	4	56	-	19	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	4	-	-	1	73
Vavuniya	95428	82353	13054	-	9	1	-	-	6	1	2	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Sri Lanka Census of Population and Housing 1981. All island tables & District reports [by each district]. Department of Census and Statistics, Colombo, 1985