Bengali people
| 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 | |
 Islam – Bangladesh 89.8%, West Bengal 27.01% Hinduism – West Bengal 70.53%, Bangladesh 8.3% 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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