TotalBuddhistHinduMuslimRoman CatholicOther ChristianOther

Sri Lanka

14846750

10288325

2297806

1121717

1023713

106855

8334

urban31924891700385499525477885449281614753938
rural1165426185879401798281643832574432453804396

Ampara

388970

145687

72809

162140

5643

2387

304

urban5327614377813028337164974142
rural3356941313106467913380339941646262

Anuradhapura

587929

530008

6843

42999

6949

939

191

urban413923314723634121150024813
rural5465374968614480388785449691178

Badulla

640952

440755

156037

29317

11529

3081

233

urban515913313180068010163772483
rural5893614076241480312130798922357150

Batticaloa

330333

9127

218812

78810

19704

3795

85

urban794152543294423462311203158024
rural2509186584189370441878501221561

Colombo

1699241

1196964

130215

168863

159947

40598

2654

urban1264284789933122516166365144651383462473
rural43495740703176992498152962252181

Galle

814531

767661

15086

26301

3586

1452

445

urban166371144254138918834142837294
rural64816062340713697746721581080351

Gampaha

1390862

989212

26750

48117

313352

12563

868

urban38834217144922079231521643906875397
rural10025208177634671249651489625688471

Hambantota

424344

411919

2174

9408

542

174

127

urban4143034730870547120810150
rural382914377189130439373347377

Jaffna

830552

5104

705705

14844

95613

9153

133

urban27057324672021711214448941479555
rural5599792637503534270046672435878

Kalutara

829704

699613

37035

62659

27697

2424

276

urban178071118776293044566106221029148
rural6516335808373410518093170751395128

Kandy

1048317

771435

132943

115941

20067

7498

433

urban14510988293192052702675902822173
rural90320868314211373888915124774676260

Kegalle

684944

583611

53854

35672

8372

3225

210

urban5276135043218513314194125028
rural632183548568516692235864312975182

Kurunegala

1211801

1092128

15133

64112

36340

3641

447

urban434973094229156337289536642
rural116830410611861221857775334453275405

Mannar

106235

3363

28885

29161

43633

1056

137

urban13931432304630767301733
rural923042931258392608536332983134

Matale

357354

281004

41352

26265

7443

1202

88

urban381082107066248590138242517
rural3192462599343472817675606177771

Matara

643786

608714

15356

16670

2026

818

202

urban7115161891589792948320653
rural5726355468231476787411543612149

Moneragala

273570

253576

12778

5584

1224

314

94

urban6020502771416988211
rural267550248549120645415113629393

Mullaitivu

77189

1060

60117

3789

11735

476

12

urban719215737067102593251
rural69997903564113079914245111

Nuwara Eliya

603577

251247

303571

14902

28382

5312

163

urban3728816861118694101364877633
rural56628923438629170210801247344536130

Polonnaruwa

261563

235758

4781

17090

3471

351

112

urban20495188813475426326924
rural241068216877443416548283928288

Puttalam

492533

236241

18997

50351

184555

2082

307

urban61728127244396201152404839055
rural43080522351414601302381605071693252

Ratnapura

797087

675785

92156

15576

11107

2188

275

urban592134645943436137183739047
rural73787462932687813943992701798228

Trincomalee

255948

82602

80843

76404

14303

1280

516

urban82739163052613932727686162780
rural1732096629754704436777442653436

Vavuniya

95428

15754

65574

6740

6493

845

22

urban18512149313551148917532242
rural7691614261520235251474062120

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