The Wikipedia article on the demographics of Sri Lanka, presenting a table sourced to the Department of Census and Statistics showing 14,272,056 people, 70.10 percent of the population, recorded as Buddhist in Sri Lanka's 2012 national census.
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Tertiary reference compiling the Sri Lanka Department of Census and Statistics 2012 census religion table (Census of Population and Housing of Sri Lanka, 2012, Table A5) rather than the primary table itself; the same one-remove standing already given to the Lutheran World Federation Wikipedia article elsewhere on this axis (source 53527). Citation
PublisherWikimedia Foundation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Sri_Lanka
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names Sri Lanka directly: "article on the demographics of Sri Lanka, presenting a table sourced to the Department of Census and Statistics showing 14,272,056 people, 70.10 percent of the population, recorded as Buddhist in..."
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