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Christians in Bangladesh account for 0.30% (roughly 500,000 believers) of the nation's population as of 2022 census.[1][2] Together with Judaism and Buddhism (plus other minority religious groups such as Atheism, Sikhism, the Bahá'í Faith and others), they account for 1% of the population. Islam accounts for 91.04% of the country's religion, followed by Hinduism at 7.95% as per 2022 census.[1]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 107,000 | — |
| 1961 | 149,000 | +39.3% |
| 1974 | 216,000 | +45.0% |
| 1981 | 275,000 | +27.3% |
| 1991 | 350,839 | +27.6% |
| 2001 | 385,501 | +9.9% |
| 2011 | 532,961 | +38.3% |
| 2022 | 495,475 | −7.0% |
| Source: Bangladesh government census authority[3][1][4] | ||
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- ^ 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