Puttalam has a population of 45,661, making it the 31st largest place we list in Sri Lanka. It is in North Western Province.
Puttalam holds 0.20% of Sri Lanka's 23,348,315 people. Colombo, the largest place we list there, is 14 times its size.
45,661
population
#31
in Sri Lanka
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Ratnapura | Sabaragamuwa Province | 47,832 |
| Badulla | Uva Province | 47,587 |
| Pottuvil | Eastern Province | 45,727 |
| Devinuwara | Southern Province | 45,000 |
| Ampara | Eastern Province | 43,720 |
| Welisara | Western Province | 41,306 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.