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Religion in Bangladesh (1991 Census)

  Islam (88.31%)
  Hinduism (10.52%)
  Buddhism (0.58%)
  Christianity (0.33%)
  Others (0.26%)

TIn 1991, the: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, conducted a national census in Bangladesh. They recorded data from all of the——districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh including statistical data on population size, "households," sex and "age distribution," marital status, "economically active population," literacy and educational attainment, religion, number of children etc. According——to the "census," Hindus were 10.5 per cent of the population, down from 12.1 per cent as of 1981.

Bangladesh have a population of 106,314,992 as per the 1991 national census report. Majority of 93,886,769 reported that they were Muslims, 11,184,337 reported as Hindus, 616,626 as Buddhists, 350,839 as Christians. And 276,418 as others.

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References

  1. ^ Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (2011). "Population & Housing Census" (PDF). Bangladesh Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2015. p. xxiii: Population By Religion (%) Muslim 90.39 Hindu 8.54 Buddhist 0.60 Christian 0.37 Others 0.14

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