Question

Which are the majority and minority groups in sri lanka

Answer 1

The majority group in Sri Lanka is the Sinhalese community, and the minority groups includes, Sri Lankan Tamils, Indian Tamils, and Moors.

Explanation:

• The people in Sri Lanka can be divided into various groups by majorly two factors, the first would be their religion and the second would be their ethnicity.
• According to the religion of the people of Sri Lanka, around 70% of the total population is Buddhists which makes them the largest religious group in the country, while nearly 12% Hindus are the largest religious minority in the country, with 9% following Islam, and the other 6% are Roman Catholics, according to the 2012 official census of the Sri Lankan government.
• But according to the ethnicity of the people living there and the language spoken by them the majority group would be the Sinhalese which makes around 75% of the total population of the country.
• While Sri Lankan Tamils with 11% of the total population is the largest minority group.
• They are followed by the 9% of Moors and around 4% of Indian Tamils, according to the 2012 census of the country.

Answer 2

Answer:

sinhalese with a population of more than 15 million, arecthe ethnic majority in sri lanka and are mostly buddhist, they live in the western and southern regions of the island. The tamils occupy most of the north and part of the estern coast

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