Sri Lanka — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Sri Lanka — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Sri Lanka had an estimated population of 19,466,567 in 2005, with 72 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Sri Lanka today — population now 21,670,000, against 19,466,567 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Kolamba	2,496,814

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Colombo	Colombo	648,034
2	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia	Colombo	215,941
3	Moratuwa	Colombo	185,031
4	Jaffna	Jaffna	169,102
5	Negombo	Gampaha	137,223
6	Chāvākachchēri	Jaffna	121,721
7	Kotte	Colombo	118,179
8	Kandy	Kandy	111,701
9	Trincomalee	Trincomalee	108,420
10	Kalmunai	Amparai	100,171
11	Galle	Galle	93,118
12	Point Pedro	Jaffna	89,810
13	Batticaloa	Batticaloa	86,742
14	Katunayaka	Gampaha	84,643
15	Valvedditturai	Jaffna	78,205
16	Battaramulla	Colombo	75,633
17	Daluguma	Gampaha	73,636
18	Dambulla	Matale	66,716
19	Maharagama	Colombo	66,576
20	Kotikawatta	Colombo	64,565
21	Anuradhapura	Anuradhapura	60,943
22	Vavuniya	Vavuniya	60,176
23	Kolonnawa	Colombo	58,076
24	Hendala	Gampaha	56,978
25	Ratnapura	Ratnapura	47,832
26	Pūttalama	Pūttalama	45,661
27	Keselwatta	Kalatura	43,883
28	Mannārama	Mannārama	43,808
29	Mātara	Matara	43,225
30	Badulla	Badulla	42,230
31	Welesara	Gampaha	41,306
32	Kalutara	Kalatura	38,000
33	Mātale	Matale	37,457
34	Katankudi	Batticaloa	36,727
35	Homagama	Colombo	34,664
36	Rāgama	Gampaha	34,313
37	Beruwala	Kalatura	34,250
38	Pānadraya	Kalatura	33,735
39	Mulleriyawa	Colombo	33,540
40	Kandana	Gampaha	33,424
41	Jaela	Gampaha	32,175
42	Wattala	Gampaha	30,725
43	Peliyagoda	Gampaha	30,717
44	Kelaniya	Gampaha	28,846
45	Kurunegala	Kurunegala	28,571
46	Nuwara Eliya	Nuwara Eliya	25,775
47	Gampola	Kandy	24,730
48	Halāwata	Pūttalama	24,712
49	Eravur	Batticaloa	22,982
50	Seethawakapura	Colombo	22,918
51	Weligama	Matara	22,179
52	Ambalamgod̨a	Galle	20,133
53	Amparai	Amparai	18,348
54	Kēgalla	Kegalla	17,769
55	Hatton	Kandy	15,073
56	Nāwalapiţiya	Kandy	13,749
57	Kilinochchi	Kilinochchi	13,006
58	Balangod̨a	Ratnapura	12,211
59	Hambantoţa	Hambantota	11,596
60	Tanggalla	Hambantota	10,497
61	Monaragala	Monaragala	10,236
62	Gampaha	Gampaha	9,350
63	Horana	Kalatura	8,982
64	Wattegama	Monaragala	8,000
65	Minuwangoda	Gampaha	7,772
66	Bandārāwela	Badulla	7,101
67	Kuliyapitiya	Kurunegala	6,877
68	Haputale	Badulla	4,721
69	Talawakele	Nuwara Eliya	3,545
70	Harispattuwa	Kandy	1,563
71	Kadugannawa	Kandy	1,214
72	Sigiriya	Matale	1,001

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Colombo	2,273,260
2	Gampaha	2,146,077
3	Kurunegala	1,455,531
4	Kandy	1,277,647
5	Kalatura	1,074,697
6	Ratnapura	1,019,512
7	Galle	994,994
8	Jaffna	962,440
9	Badulla	777,261
10	Kegalla	774,542
11	Matara	761,061
12	Anuradhapura	755,431
13	Pūttalama	728,605
14	Nuwara Eliya	697,635
15	Amparai	614,674
16	Hambantota	529,440
17	Batticaloa	515,733
18	Matale	445,866
19	Monaragala	410,074
20	Polonnaruwa	368,458
21	Trincomalee	365,841
22	Mannārama	160,144
23	Vavuniya	130,422
24	Kilinochchi	118,194
25	Mullaitivu	109,028

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.