Bangladeshi diaspora
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প্রবাসী বাংলাদেশী | |
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Malaysia | 1,000,000 (2018)[4] |
United Kingdom | 900,000 (2017)[5] |
Oman | 680,242 (2018)[6] |
Qatar | 400,000 (2019)[7] |
Kuwait | 350,000 (2020)[8] |
South Africa | 300,000 (2019)[9] |
United States | 213,000 (2023)[10] |
Lebanon | 160,000 (2020)[11] |
Bahrain | 150,000 (2020)[12] |
Jordan | 150,000 (2020)[13] |
Singapore | 150,000 (2020)[14] |
Italy | 146,000 (2019)[15] |
Canada | 120,000[16] |
Maldives | 80,000[17] |
Greece | 80,000[18] |
Spain | 50,000[5][19] |
Australia | 40,000 (2022) [20] |
Brunei | 30,000[21] |
Thailand | 36,000[citation needed] |
Portugal | 25,000[22][23][24][25] |
Mauritius | 25,000 (2021)[26] |
Japan | 25,000+ (2023)[27] |
South Korea | 22,000 (2020)[28] |
Libya | 20,000 (2019)[29] |
Poland | 18,00 (2023)[30] |
Germany | 20,000 (2020)[31] |
Egypt | 15,000[32] |
France | 14,400[33] |
Sweden | 11,00 (2023)[34] |
Finland | 7,000[35] |
Brazil | 6,000[36] |
Netherlands | 6,000 (2018)[18] |
Belgium | 5,000 (2018)[18] |
Austria | 3,300[37] |
New Zealand | 3,000[38] |
Russia | 2,000[39] |
Religion | |
Majority follows Islam Substantial numbers follow Hinduism Minorities follow Christianity, Buddhism, |
The Bangladeshi diaspora (Bengali: প্রবাসী বাংলাদেশী) are people of Bangladeshi birth, descent or origin who live outside of Bangladesh. First-generation migrants may have moved abroad from Bangladesh for various reasons including better living conditions, to escape poverty, to support their financial condition, or to send money back to families there. The Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment estimates there are almost 7.5 million Bangladeshis living abroad, the fourth highest among the top 176 countries of origin for international migrants.[citation needed] Annual remittances transferred to Bangladesh were almost $23 billion in 2023, the seventh highest in the world[40] and the third highest in South Asia.[41]
The largest Bangladeshi diaspora population is in
Bangladeshi diaspora movements and settlements abroad have divergent histories and challenges, with the diaspora in the Gulf Cooperation Council states focused on ensuring continuous labor migration flows and reducing labor-related abuses, while in the US and UK, a major challenge is the growing intergenerational divides.[44]
South Asia
Maldives
According to the Maldivian foreign ministry; some 50,000 Bangladeshi were working in there in 2011, a nation of only around 400,000 people, with a third having no valid documents or registration.[45]
Pakistan
Middle East
Bangladeshis in the Middle East form the largest part of the worldwide Bangladeshi diaspora. Between 2.3 million and 2.9 million live within the Middle East.
More than two million are in
Saudi Arabia
The introduction of
United Arab Emirates
There are 706,000 Bangladeshis residing in the United Arab Emirates as of 2020.[47] There is one Bangladeshi school in UAE called Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Bangladesh Islamia School in Abu Dhabi. Bangladeshis make up around 7% of the UAE population and are 4th largest community in the UAE.[citation needed]
East and Southeast Asia
Malaysia
The Bangladeshi population in Malaysia is 1,000,000 as of 2018.[4]
South Korea
In South Korea, there are more than 12,678 Bangladeshi foreign workers in the country as of 2013.[53] A few of them include illegal immigrants. The 2009 Korean film Bandhobi, directed by Sin Dong-il, depicts a Bangladeshi migrant in South Korea.[54]
Japan
Bangladeshis in Japan (在日バングラデシュ人, Zainichi Banguradeshujin) form one of the smaller populations of foreigners in Japan. As of 2010, Japan's Ministry of Justice recorded 10,175 Bangladeshi nationals among the total population of registered foreigners in Japan.[55]
Western world
United States
The census in 2000 found up to 95,300 were born in Bangladesh. It was until the 1990s when Bangladeshis, many from Dhaka, Chittagong, and Sylhet, started to move to the United States, and settled in urban areas such as
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2018 American Community Survey, there were 213,372 people of Bangladeshi origin living in the US.[43]
Canada
Bangladeshi Canadian refers to a person of Bangladeshi background born in Canada or a Bangladeshi that has migrated to Canada. Before 1971 about 150 Bengali people came to Canada as East Pakistani. The main influx of migration of Bangladeshis started in the early 1980s. Back in 1988, about 700 Bangladeshi families lived in Toronto, though about another 900 families were living in Montreal. Now, Toronto has a sizeable Bangladeshi community significantly larger than Montreal's, with over 50,000 in the city proper and over 65,000 in the
Australia
Bangladeshis in Australia are one of the smallest immigrant communities living in Australia.[
Brazil
Bangladeshis started arriving in Brazil in the 1980s. There are around 2,000 people of Bangladeshi origin in Brazil with most of them living in São Paulo as of 2021. Bangladeshi nationals, who live in Brazil, mainly depend on fabrics, clothing and garment trade. But many are service holders and some work in poultry farms, grocery shops and restaurants.[60]
Europe
United Kingdom
Earliest records of Bengalis in the
The street of
Italy
Bangladeshis are one of the largest immigrant populations in Italy.[63] As of 2022, there were 150,692 Bangladeshis in Italy.[64] Most of the Bangladeshis in Italy are based in Lazio, Lombardy and Veneto with large concentrations in Rome, Milan and Venice.[citation needed]
See also
- Bengali people
- Bihari people
Further reading
- "Bangladesh 6th largest migrant sending country". The Daily Star. 2 December 2021.
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