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Religion

Sri Lanka is a country of many religions and the pattern closely follows the ethnic groupings. Theravada Buddhism is the religion of the Sinhalese and is the dominant religion accounting to 70%.

Hinduism follows with about 15%, then followed by the Tamils. Muslims and Christians account for the rest with about 7.5% each.





















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