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To: HopieAnn
Actually it really is about 90% Hindu. Its a country of over a Billion people. Around 100,000,000 people are muslim. Give or take a few million, most of the rest are Hindu, and there is a small christian/jewish/buddhist segment. Though small by percentage, is actually huge numbers.
4 posted on 12/03/2001 3:12:52 PM PST by Sonny M
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To: Sonny M
Today has a Moslem population of 140Million - second largest in the world. Probably the most moderate too.
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Population (1999 est.): one billion; urban 32%. Annual growth rate: 1.8%. Density: 311/sq. km. Ethnic groups: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid 2%, others. Religions: Hindu 81.3%, Muslim 12%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other groups including Buddhist, Jain, Parsi 2.5%.
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5 posted on 12/03/2001 9:47:25 PM PST by mikeIII
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