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Theravada
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference article on Theravada Buddhism, stating that Theravada Buddhists number well over 100 million worldwide, with its largest national populations in Thailand (about 61 million), Myanmar (about 38 million), Sri Lanka (about 13 million) and Cambodia (about 12 million), and that Theravadins accept as authoritative the Pali canon and trace their lineage to the Elders of the first Buddhist sangha.
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Reliability Tier2
A professionally edited reference encyclopedia article, ranked above a wiki-model tertiary source but the article itself is continuously updated and undated, so the figure it gives carries no fixed reference year and is recorded here as of the date checked. Britannica.com returned 403 Forbidden when checked directly; the article's own text, including its exact wording on adherent numbers by country, was confirmed instead from a search engine's quoted excerpt of the page, the same access-limitation pattern already documented for the Registrar General of India's census release. Citation
PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Theravada
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names Cambodia directly: "Sri Lanka (about 13 million) and Cambodia (about 12 million), and that Theravadins accept as authoritative the Pali canon and trace their lineage to the Elders of the first Buddhist sangha."
Source Theravada
This source names Myanmar directly: "in Thailand (about 61 million), Myanmar (about 38 million), Sri Lanka (about 13 million) and Cambodia (about 12 million), and that Theravadins accept as authoritative the Pali canon and trace their..."
Source Theravada
This source names Sri Lanka directly: "million), Myanmar (about 38 million), Sri Lanka (about 13 million) and Cambodia (about 12 million), and that Theravadins accept as authoritative the Pali canon and trace their lineage to the Elders..."
Source Theravada
This source names Thailand directly: "its largest national populations in Thailand (about 61 million), Myanmar (about 38 million), Sri Lanka (about 13 million) and Cambodia (about 12 million), and that Theravadins accept as..."
Source Theravada
This source names Theravada directly: "Britannica's reference article on Theravada Buddhism, stating that Theravada Buddhists number well over 100 million worldwide, with its largest national populations in Thailand (about 61 million)..."
Source Theravada
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)
This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 5 holds.
- Denominations, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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