British Bangladeshis
British Bangladeshis (Bengali: বিলাতী বাংলাদেশী, romanized: Bilatī Bangladeshī) are people of Bangladeshi origin who have attained citizenship in the United Kingdom, through immigration and historical naturalisation. The term can also refer to their descendants. Bengali Muslims have prominently been migrating to the UK since the 1940s. Migration reached its peak during the 1970s, with most originating from the Sylhet Division. The largest concentration live in east London boroughs, such as Tower Hamlets. This large diaspora in London leads people in Sylhet to refer to British Bangladeshis as Londoni (Bengali: লন্ডনী).
বিলাতী বাংলাদেশী | |
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Distribution by local authority per 2011 census | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| England | 629,583 (1.1%) (2021) |
| Wales | 15,317 (0.5%) (2021) |
| Scotland | 3,788 (0.07%) (2011) |
| Languages | |
| Bengali · Sylheti · English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Muslim (92%), minorities include no religion (1.5%), Hindu (1%), others (0.5%) and unspecified (5%) (Figures for England and Wales only) | |
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Bangladeshis form one of the UK's largest group of people of overseas descent and are also one of the country's youngest and fastest growing communities. The 2011 UK Census recorded just over 450,000 residents of Bangladeshi ethnicity. While in the 2021 UK census, Bangladeshis in England and Wales enumerated 644,900 or 1.1% of the total England and Wales population.