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Describe the ethnic composition of Sri Lanka |
| Answer» Sri Lanka comprises various communities and diverse population which signifies its complex ethnicity like:\tSinhalese make up 74% of the population and are concentrated in the densely populated southwest.\xa0They enjoy majoritarian status in the country.\tAnother community is Tamil speaking which has two sub-groups:\tSri Lankan Tamils were 13%. They are the natives of Sri Lanka.The Indian Tamils account for 5%. They are of Indian origin.Most of the Sinhala-speaking people are Buddhists, while most of the Tamils are Hindus or Muslims.\xa0About 7% of the population is Christians (both Tamils and Sinhalas).Rest 1% are Muslims.\t\t | |