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6 Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka. 7 Colombo Chetties. ... List of Sri Lankan people ... List of Sri Lankans by ethnicity.
Pages in category "Lists of Sri Lankan people by ethnicity" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... List of Indians in Sri Lanka; M.
Sri Lankan Tamil people (8 C, 571 P) V. Vedda (1 C, 8 P) ... Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Ethnic groups in Sri Lanka (16 C, 9 P) * Lists of Sri Lankan people by ethnicity (7 P) + Immigrants to Sri Lanka (9 C) A. Sri Lankan people of African descent (2 C, 1 P)
Sri Lanka's population is aging faster than any other nation in South Asia and has the fifth highest rapidly growing population of older people in Asia after China, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. [16] [17] [18] In 2015, Sri Lanka's population aged over 60 was 13.9%, by 2030 this will increase to 21% and by 2050 this number will reach 27.4%.
African Sri Lankans, mainly the Sri Lanka Kaffirs, are a very small Ethnic group in Sri Lanka who are descendants of African mercenaries, musicians, and labourers taken to what is now Sri Lanka by Portuguese colonists during the period of Portuguese colonial rule on the island. [3] There are currently around 1,000 African Sri Lankans.
The form of Buddhism in Sri Lanka is known as Theravada (school of elders). The Pali chronicles (e.g., the Mahavansa) claim that the Sinhalese as an ethnic group are destined to preserve and protect Buddhism. In 1988 almost 93% of the Sinhala-speaking population in Sri Lanka were Buddhist. [61]
Many Sri Lankan Moors are Marakkars, and share the same history with Tamil Nadu Marakkars in particular, and Marakkars from Kerala.This can be seen from the large number of prominent Sri Lankan Moors who hold the surname of Marikkar (and its variations) and through the extremely strong linguistic and cultural similarities held by these communities. [13]