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This is a list of Tamil population per city (excluding Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry).Some cities in Sri Lanka also includes Sri Lankan Moors population because most of them have Tamil as their mother tongue.In Singapore the number also includes ethnic Tamils who don't speak Tamil at home
City
Country
Numbers
Percent
Year
Notes
Refs
Mysore
India
137,452
4.58%
2011 census
Ballari
India
8,309
1.74%
2011 census
Tirupati
India
10,041
3.40%
2011 census
Bangalore
India
2,379,697
16.34%
2011 census
Thiruvananthapuram
India
38,813
1.18%
2011 census
Hyderabad
India
74,910
1.1%
2011 census
Anuradhapura
Sri Lanka
4,720
9.33%
2012 census
Kandy
Sri Lanka
38,086
24.01%
2012 census
[1]
Kolonnawa
Sri Lanka
19,881
30.64%
2012 census
[2]
Negombo
Sri Lanka
32,860
23.19%
2012 census
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Sri Lanka
13,511
12.57%
2012 census
[3]
Moratuwa
Sri Lanka
7,260
4.1%
2012 census
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Sri Lanka
49,839
27.24%
2012 census
[4]
Durban
South Africa
378,000
11.3%
London
United Kingdom
200,000
2.35%
Toronto
Canada
200,000
7.52%
Singapore
Singapore
198,449
4.91%
2020 census
[a]
[6][7]
Colombo
Sri Lanka
457,820
60.8%
2012 census
[b][c]
[8]
Penang
Malaysia
166,000
10.0%
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
142,300
10.3%
Paris
France
100,000
1.00%
Jaffna
Sri Lanka
80,743
98.43%
2004 census
[d]
[9]
Batticaloa
Sri Lanka
516,144
98.30%
2012 census
[d][e]
[10]
Ipoh
Malaysia
73,220
11.3%
Medan
Indonesia
40,000
1.67%
Vavuniya
Sri Lanka
35,605
93.45%
2012 census
[d][f]
[11]
Mannar
Sri Lanka
21,597
88.45%
2012 census
[d][f]
[12]
Thaton
Myanmar
15,000
12%
[13]
Montreal
Canada
10,000
0.82%
Sungai Siput
Malaysia
9,500
20.1%
Kuala Selangor
Malaysia
8,500
20.3%
Oslo
Norway
7,200
1.29%
Bagan Datoh
Malaysia
6,950
20.2%
Palermo
Italy
4,500
0.60%
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^"Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 – Colombo District – Table A3 : Population by divisional secretariat, ethnic group and sex" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
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^"Sustainable Cities Programme: Jaffna City Profile" (PDF). United Nations Human Settlements Programme, Sri Lanka. p. Annex 4.
^"Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012 – Batticaloa District – Table A3 : Population by divisional secretariat, ethnic group and sex" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
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