British Bangladeshis

British Bangladeshis
বিলাতী বাংলাদেশী
	Distribution by local authority per 2011 census
Total population
	Great Britain: 651,834 – 1.0% (2021/22 Census); England: 629,583 – 1.1% (2021); Scotland: 6,934 – 0.1% (2022); Wales: 15,317 – 0.5% (2021); Northern Ireland: 540 – 0.03% (2011)
Regions with significant populations
	London, West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Bedfordshire
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)
Related ethnic groups
	British Asians; British Indians; British Pakistanis; Bangladeshi diaspora; Bangladeshis; Bengalis; Sylhetis;

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.^[7]^[8] This large diaspora in London leads people in Sylhet to refer to British Bangladeshis as Londoni (Bengali: লন্ডনী).^[7]

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.^[9] 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.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Ethnic group, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
^ "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data". Scotland's Census. National Records of Scotland. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024. Alternative URL 'Search data by location' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Ethnic Group'
^ "2011 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in the United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics. 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "MS-B01: Ethnic group". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
^ McCarthy, K.M.; Evans, B.G.; Mahon, M. (September 2013). "Acquiring a second language in an immigrant community: The production of Sylheti and English stops and vowels by London-Bengali speakers". Journal of Phonetics. 41 (5): 344–358. doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2013.03.006. Chalmers and Miah (1996) describe Sylheti as a distinct language that is 'mutually unintelligible to a Standard Bengali speaker' (p. 6), but anecdotal evidence from members of the London-Bengali community suggests that the differences are relatively small (Rasinger, 2007)
^ Ethnic group by religion Office for National Statistics. 28 March 2023. Retrieved on 28 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b Audrey Gillan (21 July 2002). "From Bangladesh to Brick Lane". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
^ "Discover Tower Hamlets – Borough Profile". Tower Hamlets. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
^ Mairtin Mac an Ghaill and Chris Haywood (2005). Young Bangladeshi people's experience of transition to adulthood. p. 5. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

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[2021census-2] "Ethnic group, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

[2022census_Scot-3] "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data". Scotland's Census. National Records of Scotland. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024. Alternative URL 'Search data by location' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Ethnic Group'

[2011census-4] "2011 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in the United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics. 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

[NICensus2021-5] "MS-B01: Ethnic group". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

[mccarthy2018-mi-7] McCarthy, K.M.; Evans, B.G.; Mahon, M. (September 2013). "Acquiring a second language in an immigrant community: The production of Sylheti and English stops and vowels by London-Bengali speakers". Journal of Phonetics. 41 (5): 344–358. doi:10.1016/j.wocn.2013.03.006. Chalmers and Miah (1996) describe Sylheti as a distinct language that is 'mutually unintelligible to a Standard Bengali speaker' (p. 6), but anecdotal evidence from members of the London-Bengali community suggests that the differences are relatively small (Rasinger, 2007)

[ethnicbyrelgion-9] Ethnic group by religion Office for National Statistics. 28 March 2023. Retrieved on 28 March 2023.

[Guardian-10] Audrey Gillan (21 July 2002). "From Bangladesh to Brick Lane". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 July 2008.

[LBTH-11] "Discover Tower Hamlets – Borough Profile". Tower Hamlets. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2008.

[12] Mairtin Mac an Ghaill and Chris Haywood (2005). Young Bangladeshi people's experience of transition to adulthood. p. 5. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

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বিলাতী বাংলাদেশী
Distribution by local authority per 2011 census
Total population
Great Britain: 651,834 – 1.0% (2021/22 Census)^{[note 1]} England: 629,583 – 1.1% (2021)^[1] Scotland: 6,934 – 0.1% (2022)^[2] Wales: 15,317 – 0.5% (2021)^[1] Northern Ireland: 540 – 0.03% (2011)^[3]^{[note 2]}
Regions with significant populations
London, West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Bedfordshire
Languages
Bengali · Sylheti^[a] · English
Religion
Predominantly Muslim (92%), minorities include no religion (1.5%), Hindu (1%), others (0.5%) and unspecified (5%)^[6] (Figures for England and Wales only)
Related ethnic groups
British Asians British Indians British Pakistanis Bangladeshi diaspora Bangladeshis Bengalis Sylhetis