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Bengalis

Bengalis (Bengali: বাঙ্গালী, বাঙালি [baŋgali, baŋali] ⓘ), also rendered as endonym Bangalee, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the Bengal region of South Asia. The current population is divided between the sovereign country Bangladesh and the Indian regions of West Bengal, Tripura, Barak Valley of…

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Australia
70,116
Austria
3,300
Bahrain
180,000
Bangladesh
Total Bangladeshi Bengalis ~190–195 million[a]
Belgium
5,000
Brazil
6,000

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related to Subgroups · 63
Bengalis → Among Bangals, Bangal, Bangali, Bangals, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi, Bangladeshis, Barisal, Bengal, Bengali, Bengali Muslim, Bihar, Chittagong, Chittagong District, Chittagonian, Comilla, Cox's Bazar, Cox's Bazar District, Dhaka, Dhaka Division
related to Religion · 48
Bengalis → Also, Among, Andaman, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bengal, Bengali Hindus, Bengali Muslims, Dacope Upazila, Dhaka Division, Greece, Hindu, Hinduism, Hindus, In, In Bangladesh, In West Bengal, India, India's Eastern, India's North Eastern
related to Mughal era · 41
Bengalis → Ahmedabad, Akbar's, Ali Sher Bengali, Asia, Baro-Bhuiyan, Bengal, Bengal Subah, Bengal's, Bengali, Bengali Muslim, Bihar, Burhanpur, By, Described, Dhaka, Din-i Ilahi, Dutch, Emperor Akbar, Golden Age, In
related to Etymology · 32
Bengalis → Abrahamic, Bang, Bangali, Bangla, Bangālah, Barisal, Bengal, Bengali, Dharmic, Early Abrahamic, Ham, Harikela, Harivamsha, Hind, In, Indo-Aryan, King Vali, Mahabharata, Muslim, Noah
related to Language · 30
Bengalis → An, Assamese, Añčôlik Bhaśa, Bengal, Bengali, Bhaśa, Bihari, British, CE, Classical Bengali, Colloquial Bengali, Eastern Indo-Aryan, English, Indo-Aryan, It, Its, Kushtia, Kôththô Bhaśa, Magadhi Prakrit, Nadia
related to British colonisation · 26
Bengalis → Afshar, Agartala, Bengal, Bengal Army, Bengal Presidency, Bengali, British East India Company, British India, British Raj, Calcutta, Chittagong, Company, Dhaka, Discontent, Great Bengal, Havildar Rajab Ali, In Bengal, India, Jalpaiguri, Manipur
related to Festivals · 24
Bengalis → Adha, Along, Baro Mashe Tero Parbon, Bengali, Bengali Hindu, Bengali Hindus, Bengali Muslims, Durga, Durga Puja, Eid, Fitr, Hindu, Humanity, In, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Islamic, Kali Puja, Kartit, Kolkata, Nabadwip
related to Geographic distribution · 24
Bengalis → Andaman, Assam's Barak Valley, Bangladesh, Bangladeshi, Bay, Bengal, Bengali, Bengali-majority, CIA Factbook, Colonisation Schemes, East Bengal, Government, Hindus, In, India, Indian, Lower, Manipur, Nicobar Islands, Partition
related to Sport and games · 24
Bengalis → Abdul Jabbar Saodagar, Bangladesh, Bengal, Bengali, British, British-introduced, Butthan, Chamdi, Chittagong, Grandmaster Mak Yuree, Hadudu, In, International Butthan Federation, It, Kabadi, Kushti, Kushtia, Lathi, Nationwide, North Bengal
related to Marriage · 22
Bengalis → An, Arranged, Bengali, Bou Bhat, British, For Bengali Hindu, Ghotoks, Gifts, Hindu, Hindus, In Bengali Muslim, Kabin, Marriage, Muslims, Naiyor, Other, Paan-Chini/Chini-Paan, Paka Dekha/Dekhadekhi, Qur'an, The

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bengal bengali bangladesh also india people region west muslim language hindu east british first among indian islam known world tripura

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BengalisAustralia70,1161.00infobox
BengalisAustria3,3001.00infobox
BengalisBahrain180,0001.00infobox
BengalisBangladeshTotal Bangladeshi Bengalis ~190–195 million[a]1.00infobox
BengalisBelgium5,0001.00infobox
BengalisBrazil6,0001.00infobox
BengalisBrunei30,000–40,0001.00infobox
BengalisCanada121,0001.00infobox
BengalisEgypt15,0001.00infobox
BengalisFinland7,0001.00infobox
BengalisFrance15,0001.00infobox
BengalisGermany16,4101.00infobox
BengalisGreece80,0001.00infobox
BengalisIndiaWest Bengal ~86 million (2026 est.)[c]1.00infobox
BengalisIndiaOther states ~30 million (2026 est.)1.00infobox
BengalisIndiaOverseas ~1–1.5 million[d]1.00infobox
BengalisItaly400,0001.00infobox
BengalisJapan40,045 (as of June 2025)1.00infobox
BengalisJordan150,0001.00infobox
BengalisKuwait350,0001.00infobox
BengalisLebanon160,0001.00infobox
BengalisLibya20,0001.00infobox
BengalisMalaysia1,000,0001.00infobox
BengalisMaldives150,000 .mw-parser-output .cisb-header{line-height:normal;padding:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cisb-table{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .cisb-table.cisb-last{margin-bottom:-0.4em}.mw…1.00infobox
BengalisMauritius25,0001.00infobox
BengalisNetherlands6,0001.00infobox
BengalisNew Zealand2,3371.00infobox
BengalisOman680,2421.00infobox
BengalisOther countriesOther countries Canada121,000Australia70,116Greece80,000Portugal70,000 (2024)Spain50,000Brunei30,000–40,000Japan40,045 (as of June 2025)Mauritius25,000South Korea22,000Libya20,0…1.00infobox
BengalisPakistan~3 million (2023 est.)1.00infobox

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