Name of country, pop and number of seats in Parliament or Assembly
1. Bangladesh, 156 million, 350 unicameral
2. Britain, 64 million, 650, but more unique by having a House of Lords too; no written constitution!
3. France 66.03 million, 577, but also has a unique executive presidency
4. Germany 80.62 million, 637, also has a Chancellor elected by Bundestag
5. India, 1.25 billion, 545 including two reserved seats for Anglo-Indians
6. Japan, 127.3 million, 242 unicameral
7. S. Korea, 50.22 million, 300 unicameral
8. Taiwan, 23.37 million, 113, halved their seats to 113 in 2004 by vote in Parliament; incredible!
9. USA, 318 million, 437 but has a unique bicameral system with a powerful 100-member Senate. US is different in how much power each State has
10. Sri Lanka, 20.48 million, 245 seats plus nine provincial governments with lots of perks, car permits and the whole shebang
Census data
CIA estimates/Sri Lanka Census bureau (http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/index.php?fileName=Key_E&gp=Activities&tpl=3) and (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ce.html) show the following break down
- Sinhalese 74.9%, Sri Lankan Tamil 11.2%, Sri Lankan Moor 9.2%, Indian Tamil 4.2%, Other 0.5% (2012 est.)
- Buddhists 70.1%, Hindu 12.6%, Islam 9.7%, Roman Catholic 6.2% and Other Christian 1.4%