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Bengali people

Bengali
বাঙালি
Total population
c. 300 million
Regions with significant populations
 Bangladesh 168,957,745
 India 83,369,769
 Pakistan 2,000,000
 Saudi Arabia 1,300,000
 United Arab Emirates 1,089,917
 United States 800,000
 Malaysia 500,000
 United Kingdom 451,000
 Canada 59,370
Languages
Bengali and Bengali dialects
Religion
Star and Crescent.svg Islam – Bangladesh 89.8%, West Bengal 27.01%
Om.svg Hinduism – West Bengal 70.53%, Bangladesh 8.3%
Dharma Wheel.svg Buddhism, Bahá'í Faith, Christianity, Atheism and others – 1%
Related ethnic groups
Indo-Aryan peoples

The Bengalis (বাঙালি Bangali), also spelled as the Bangalees, are a major Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group. They are 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, the most easterly branch of the Indo-European language family. Bengalis are the third largest ethnic group in the world after the Han Chinese and the 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, Malaysia, Singapore and Italy.

They have four major religious subgroups, including Bengali Muslims, Bengali Hindus, Bengali Christians and Bengali Buddhists.


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