NationMaster - Sri Lankan Religion statistics

Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > % of Buddhists	81 %	[11th of 63]
Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > Buddhist total	16,252,469	[8th of 63]
Catholic > Diocesan priests	615	[42nd of 143]
Catholic > Dioceses	11	[49th of 150]
Catholic > Parishes	380	[50th of 149]
Catholic > Total Priests	899	[46th of 149]
Catholics	1,348,000	[67th of 140]
Catholics as percentage	7.12	[91st of 150]
Islam > Percentage Muslim	7%	[82nd of 168]
Islam > Population	1,404,534	[66th of 165]
Jehovahs Witnesses	4,019	[86th of 178]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants	160,518	[101st of 167]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant	0.8 %	[136th of 163]
Religions Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7%
Religions > All Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
Religions > Hindu	7.1 %	[10th of 17]
Religions > Muslim	7.6 %	[71st of 100]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic	7.12 %	[97th of 170]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > Catholic total	1,428,612	[71st of 170]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership	3,385	[115th of 232]

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ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

COMMENTARY

Sajeewa Rajapakshe
21st December 2005

Why have you alny benchmarked Catholic figures in a country thet 69% of population is Buddhist

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