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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.
The consensus among believers in Bangladesh is that Christians now make up at least 10 percent of the country's population and is growing more every day. If the 10 percent figure is correct, then this Muslim-dominated nation is now the home of at least 15.6 million Christians, CFI says.
Cumulatively, Christians in Bangladesh have faced very poor treatment and persecution from more influential religious communities. According to a report from the US Department of State, they have been threatened with evictions, land seizures, attacks, and other harassment from their communities.
Why are Christians persecuted in Bangladesh? The Bangladesh Constitution gives every citizen the right to ‘profess, practise or propagate’ any religion. However, this so-called freedom is on paper only; the reality is quite different. In Bangladesh, 90% of the population is Muslim, and the constitution says the national religion is Islam.
Christians in Bangladesh form a very small minority and consist mostly of former low-caste Hindu peasants and members of certain tribes, including the the Khasi, Garo, Oraon Sadri, Santal, Kurukh, Chakma, Mahili, and Bawm.
In Bangladesh, converts to Christianity face the most severe restrictions, discrimination and attacks. Individual communities may be Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist or animist/tribal, but converts to Christianity face significant difficulties in any of these places.
Bangladesh is majority Muslim at 91%, mostly Sunni, with Islam as the state religion since 1988. The Hindus at 8.1% are the largest religious minority. Buddhists make up another 0.7%.