The following is a list of settlements in Sri Lanka with a population over 50,000.
| City | Image | DS Division | District | Province | Population | Area[1] | Density (/km2) | Coordinates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conurbation (2012 est)[2] | Municipality (2012 census)[3] | km2 | mi2 | |||||||
| Colombo කොළඹ கொழும்பு | 752,993 | 561,314 | 37km2 | 6.9344°N 79.8428°W | ||||||
| Dehiwala- Mount Lavinia දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස தெஹிவளை-கல்கிசை | 245,974 | 184,468 | 21km2 | 6.8397°N 79.8758°W | ||||||
| Moratuwa මොරටුව மொறட்டுவை | 207,755 | 168,280 | 23km2 | 6.7992°N 79.8767°W | ||||||
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ ஶ்ரீ ஜெயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டை | 135,806 | 107,925 | 17km2 | 6.9108°N 79.8878°W | ||||||
| Negombo මීගමුව நீர்கொழும்பு | 127,754 | 142,449 | 31km2 | 7.2167°N 79.8333°W | ||||||
| Kandy මහනුවර கண்டி | 125,351 | 98,828 | 27km2 | 7.2964°N 80.635°W | ||||||
| Kalmunai කල්මුනේ கல்முனை | 106,783 | 99,893 | 23km2 | 7.4167°N 81.8167°W | ||||||
| Vavuniya වවුනියාව வவுனியா | 99,653 | 34,816 | 8.75°N 80.4833°W | |||||||
| Galle ගාල්ල காலி | 99,478 | 86,333 | 17km2 | 6.0342°N 80.2164°W | ||||||
| Trincomalee ත්රිකුණාමලය திருகோணமலை | 99,135 | 48,351 | 8.5667°N 81.2333°W | |||||||
| Batticaloa මඩකලපුව மட்டக்களப்பு | 92,332 | 86,227 | 75km2 | 7.7167°N 81.7°W | ||||||
| Jaffna යාපනය யாழ்ப்பாணம் | 88,138 | 80,829 | 20km2 | 9.6667°N 80°W | ||||||
| Matale මාතලේ மாத்தளை | 78,864 | 38,299 | 25km2 | 4,051 | 7.4686°N 80.6228°W | |||||
| Katunayake කටුනායක கட்டுநாயகம் | 76,816 | 60,915 | 21 | 2,794 | 7.1667°N 79.8667°W | |||||
| Dambulla දඹුල්ල தம்பள்ளை | 72,306 | 23,814 | 54km2 | 7.8567°N 80.6492°W | ||||||
| Kolonnawa කොලොන්නාව கொழுன்னை | 64,887 | 60,044 | 6.9167°N 79.9°W | |||||||
| Anuradhapura අනුරාධපුරය அனுராதபுரம் | 63,208 | 50,595 | 36km2 | 8.35°N 80.3833°W | ||||||
| Ratnapura රත්නපුර இரத்தினபுரி | 52,170 | 47,105 | 20km2 | 6.6667°N 80.4°W | ||||||