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The origins of '''Hinduism in Belize''' date to 1857 when three thousand East Indians migrated from ] to ]. According to 2010 census, 0.2% of Belize population is ]. Hindus from ] continued to arrive in Belize during the 19th century to work as ]d labourers on ] plantations. The origins of '''Hinduism in Belize''' date to 1857 when three thousand East Indians migrated from ] to ]. According to 2010 census, 0.2% of Belize population is ]. Hindus from ] continued to arrive in Belize during the 19th century to work as ]d labourers on ] plantations.


==Demographics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+ Main Religious Denominations in Belize
|-
| rowspan=2 |
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>2000</big><sup>1</sup>
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|<big>2010</big><sup>2</sup>
|-
! Number !! % !! Number !! %
|-
!align=left |Total Population || 232,111 || || 304,106 ||
|-
|align=left| - ]|| 367 || 0.2 || 612 || 0.2
|-
|}

However, the
Association of Religion Data Archives states that as of 2005, 2.0% identifies as Hindu.
==Today==
Though 3.9% of the population of Belize are ],most of them are christians.Only a few are Hindus.


The Hindu community in Belize today consists mostly of families who arrived in the 1950s, when Belize was still a British colony. The community is composed almost entirely of ] and so there are few cultural differences within it. The Hindu community in Belize today consists mostly of families who arrived in the 1950s, when Belize was still a British colony. The community is composed almost entirely of ] and so there are few cultural differences within it.

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The origins of Hinduism in Belize date to 1857 when three thousand East Indians migrated from Jamaica to Belize. According to 2010 census, 0.2% of Belize population is Hindu. Hindus from British India continued to arrive in Belize during the 19th century to work as indentured labourers on sugar cane plantations.

The Hindu community in Belize today consists mostly of families who arrived in the 1950s, when Belize was still a British colony. The community is composed almost entirely of Sindhis and so there are few cultural differences within it.

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