Sri Lankan
Muslims
Population Census 1981
Percentage Distribution of Population by
Districts and Race Census 1981
|
District |
Sinhalese
Low Country & Kandyan |
Ceylon
Tamil |
Indian
Tamil |
Ceylon
Moor |
Burgher |
Malay |
|
SRI LANKA - 1981 |
74.0% |
12.7% |
5.5% |
7.1% |
0.3% |
0.3% |
|
Amparai |
37.8 |
20.0 |
0.4 |
41.5 |
0.2 |
- |
|
Anuradhapura |
91.1 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
7.1 |
- |
0.1 |
|
Badulla |
69.1 |
5.9 |
20.2 |
4.2 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
Batticaloa |
3.4 |
70.8 |
1.2 |
23.9 |
0.7 |
- |
|
Colombo |
77.6 |
10.0 |
1.2 |
8.3 |
1.2 |
0.3 |
|
Galle |
94.5 |
0.9 |
1.4 |
3.2 |
- |
- |
|
Gampaha |
92.0 |
3.5 |
0.4 |
2.7 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
|
Hambantota |
97.1 |
0.6 |
0.1 |
1.2 |
- |
1.0 |
|
Jaffna |
0.8 |
95.2 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
- |
- |
|
Kalutara |
87.2 |
1.2 |
4.1 |
7.4 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Kandy |
74.3 |
5.0 |
9.4 |
10.5 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
|
Kegalle |
85.9 |
2.2 |
6.7 |
5.0 |
- |
- |
|
Kurunegala |
92.9 |
1.2 |
0.5 |
5.0 |
- |
0.1 |
|
Mannar |
8.2 |
51.3 |
13.0 |
26.1 |
- |
- |
|
Matale |
79.9 |
5.8 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
Matara |
94.5 |
0.7 |
2.2 |
2.5 |
- |
- |
|
Moneragala |
92.7 |
2.0 |
3.2 |
1.9 |
- |
0.1 |
|
Mullaitivu |
5.2 |
75.4 |
14.5 |
4.7 |
0.1 |
- |
|
Nuwara-Eliya |
42.1 |
12.7 |
42.7 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
Polonnaruwa |
91.4 |
2.0 |
- |
6.4 |
- |
- |
|
Puttalam |
82.6 |
6.6 |
0.5 |
9.9 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
|
Ratnapura |
85.0 |
2.4 |
10.6 |
1.7 |
- |
0.1 |
|
Trincomalee |
33.4 |
34.3 |
2.1 |
29.3 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
|
Vavuniya |
16.6 |
56.8 |
19.6 |
6.8 |
- |
- |
Distribution
of Muslims
Province-wise
Distribution of Moors and Malays in 1881
|
Province |
MOORS |
% of Moors |
MALAYS |
% of Malays |
|
Western |
49,997 |
27.08 |
3,437 |
38.65 |
|
Central (incl UVA) |
35,363 |
19.16 |
2,913 |
32.75 |
|
Northern |
10,416 |
5.64 |
92 |
1.03 |
|
Southern |
16,418 |
8.90 |
1,170 |
13.16 |
|
Eastern |
43,001 |
23.30 |
428 |
4.81 |
|
North-Western |
21,955 |
11.90 |
837 |
9.41 |
|
North-Central |
7,412 |
4.02 |
17 |
0.19 |
|
Total |
184,542 |
100.00 |
8,894 |
100.00 |
The Muslim Population of Colombo, Kandy and
Galle in 1885, 1921 & 1944
|
Year |
Municipal Councils |
Muslim Population |
Percentage of Total Population of Council |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1885 |
Colombo Kandy Galle |
52,208 8,276 6,588 |
6.79% 5.59% 4.06% |
|
|
Total |
69,062 |
|
|
1921 |
Colombo Kandy Galle |
72,837 13,287 11,500 |
5.75% 6.01% 4.00% |
|
|
Total |
97,624 |
|
|
1944 |
Colombo Kandy Galle |
156,572 31,280 45,550 |
5.17% 6.45% 4.16% |
|
|
Total |
233,402 |
|
Distribution of Moors & Malays for the
years 1881 to 2012
|
|
1881 |
|
1891 |
|
1901 |
|
1911 |
|
1921 |
|
1931 |
|
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
|
197,800 |
7.2 |
212,000 |
7.1 |
246,100 |
6.9 |
283,600 |
6.9 |
302,500 |
6.72 |
354,200 |
6.67 |
|
|
1946 |
|
1953 |
|
1963 |
|
1976 |
|
1981 |
|
2012 |
|
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
Number |
% |
|
436,600 |
6.56 |
541,500 |
6.69 |
724,000 |
6.8 |
871,763 |
6.87 |
1,121,717 |
7.6 |
1,967,523 |
9.7 |
% Distribution of Moors & Malays, Districtwise, in 2012
|
Amparai |
Trincomalee |
Batticaloa |
Puttalam |
Mannar |
Kandy |
Colombo |
|
43% |
42% |
21% |
20% |
17% |
14% |
12% |