বাঙালি | |
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Total population | |
c. 300 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Bengal | |
Bangladesh | 163,187,000 |
India | 83,369,769 |
Pakistan | 2,000,000 |
Saudi Arabia | 1,309,004 |
United Arab Emirates | 1,089,917 |
United Kingdom | 451,000 |
Qatar | 280,000 |
United States | 257,740 |
Kuwait | 200,000 |
Bahrain | 97,115 |
Canada | 69,490 |
Australia | 54,566 |
Languages | |
Bengali | |
Religion | |
Islam – Bangladesh 89.8%, West Bengal 27.01% Hinduism – West Bengal 70.54%, Bangladesh 8.3% Buddhism, Bahá'í Faith, Christianity, Atheism and others – 1% |
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Related ethnic groups | |
Indo-Aryan peoples |
The Bengalis (বাঙালি [baŋali]), also rendered as the Bengali people, Bangalis and Bangalees, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group and nation native to the region of Bengal in South Asia, which is presently-divided between Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal. They speak the Bengali language, one of the most easterly representatives of the Indo-European language family.
Bengalis are the third largest ethnic group in the world after Han Chinese and Arabs. Apart from Bangladesh and West Bengal, Bengali-majority populations also reside in India's Tripura state, the Barak Valley in Assam state, and the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The global Bengali diaspora has well-established communities in Pakistan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Middle East, Japan, Singapore, and Italy.