Religious composition of Sri Lanka 1953

	Total	Buddhists	Hindus	Muslims	Roman Catholics	Anglicans	Presbyterians	Methodists	Baptists	Congregationalists	Salvationists	Pentecostalists	American Mission	Other Christians	Zoroastrians	Free Thinkers	Agnostics	Others
Ceylon	8097895	5209439	1610561	541506	609938	48647	4368	21882	3576	262	1877	4359	1681	27871	1295	1750	865	8018
Anuradhapura	229282	189855	14320	20134	3705	418	14	89	32	8	15	43	2	445	5	20	4	173
Badulla	466896	265610	169867	16945	9631	2292	101	548	51	8	14	97	7	1047	62	58	23	535
Batticaloa	270493	29379	120119	106213	11073	780	92	2123	51	8	7	46	17	386	13	40	12	134
Chilaw	170072	71785	9769	6040	79885	742	52	359	139	3	42	230	7	835	48	43	20	73
Colombo	1708726	1124814	106445	119290	296248	24847	3270	11813	2293	84	575	2078	290	12152	573	772	358	2824
Galle	524369	489809	11594	15857	4243	1045	99	469	40	44	28	104	11	540	54	84	60	288
Hambantota	191508	184625	1270	4706	323	93	14	71	2	1	1	5	2	22	4	8	1	360
Jaffna	491849	5596	419277	7307	51907	1695	84	1422	25	11	133	353	1110	2815	-	28	4	82
Kalutara	523550	434565	34866	29350	21232	1260	54	1050	38	12	10	99	25	664	8	34	4	279
Kandy	840382	481548	254491	66023	26461	6347	223	1570	260	53	93	571	83	1819	154	150	63	473
Kegalla	471605	381956	56670	19848	8328	2173	20	122	209	4	637	48	9	887	15	21	5	653
Kurunegala	626336	554551	14095	28729	23323	2046	81	329	132	4	236	50	23	1848	94	147	104	544
Mannar	43689	1308	11535	13284	17089	36	6	244	3	-	2	2	2	160	-	2	-	16
Matale	201049	136535	44229	13165	5305	615	31	236	157	-	18	113	6	365	17	33	9	215
Matara	413431	387648	12083	9922	1947	527	25	438	15	-	7	74	1	354	50	53	58	229
Nuwara Eliya	325254	114733	185868	7126	13391	2030	81	447	18	11	23	178	31	940	54	54	28	241
Puttalam	58820	19983	4039	17919	15994	111	6	34	6	-	-	22	-	650	12	23	5	16
Ratnapura	421555	315582	85881	7401	8299	1163	77	255	101	10	28	204	39	1390	113	127	101	784
Trincomalee	83917	14082	32362	29152	7332	296	15	244	3	1	8	25	2	320	8	49	1	17
Vavuniya	35112	5475	21781	3095	4222	131	23	19	1	-	-	17	14	232	11	4	5	82

Source: Census of Ceylon 1953. Volume I: General report by H.E.Peries M.A.(Cantab), Director of Census & Statistics and Superintendent of Census. Department of census and statistics, Colombo, 1957