Country: Province: District:

Major People Groups *

118

Major Unreached People Groups *

45

Total Population

6,780,000

Buddhism

70.6 %

Christianity

12.9 %

Hinduism

4.9 %

Islam

11.7 %

Sikhism

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %
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Photo People Group Population
in Province
Population
in Country
% Country
Popl in Province
Primary Language Primary Religion Progress
Scale
 Tamil (Hindu traditions) 5,900 55,000 10.7% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
 Tamil (Muslim traditions) 221,000 1,244,000 17.8% Tamil Islam Progress Gauge
Tattar 800 6,400 12.5% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
 Teli (Hindu traditions) 500 5,200 9.6% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
Thacher 300 3,400 8.8% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
Thanakavar 300 2,700 11.1% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
Thimilar 3,100 23,000 13.5% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
 Valluvan 300 3,300 9.1% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
Vaniyan 1,900 19,000 10.0% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
Vannan (Christian traditions) 700 4,100 17.1% Tamil Christianity Progress Gauge
 Vannan (Hindu traditions) 3,500 46,000 7.6% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
 Vanniyan 11,000 149,000 7.4% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
 Vellalan 177,000 1,314,000 13.5% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
Vettar 200 3,300 6.1% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
 Viswakarma 600 7,900 7.6% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
 Wahumpura 2,674,000 8,952,000 29.9% Sinhala Buddhism Progress Gauge
 Yadav (Hindu traditions) 300 8,000 3.8% Tamil Hinduism Progress Gauge
Yamannu 8,600 85,000 10.1% Sinhala Buddhism Progress Gauge
  Major Groups (displayed):  118 6,780,000         45
  All Groups (including small not displayed *):  118 6,780,000         45
* Province level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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