British Sri Lankans
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For information of British Tamils, see British Tamils.
British Sri Lankans are an ethnic group referring to British people who can trace their ancestry to Sri Lanka. It can refer to a variety of ethnicities and races, including Sinhalese, Tamils, Moors/Muslims and Burghers.
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Total population | |
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Sri Lankan-born residents 67,938 (2001 census) 129,076 (2011 census) Other population estimates 110,000 (2002 Berghof Research Center estimate) 170,000 (2007 Tamil Information Centre estimate) Ethnic Sri Lankans: 149,239 (England and Wales only, 2021)[1] People with Sri Lankan descent 400,000 (2023)[2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
London, South East England, East of England, Midlands | |
Languages | |
Tamil, English, Sinhala | |
Religion | |
Theravada Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Sri Lankan |
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