In 2011, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics conducted a national census in Bangladesh, which provided a provisional estimate of the total population of the country as 142,319,000.[2] The previous decennial census was the 2001 census.[3] Data were recorded from all of the districts and upazilas and main cities in Bangladesh, including statistical data on population size, households, sex and age distribution, marital status, economically active population, literacy and educational attainment, religion, number of children etc.[citation needed] Bangladesh and India also conducted their first joint census of areas along their border in 2011.[4][5] According to the census, Hindus constituted 8.5 per cent of the population as of 2011, down from 9.6 per cent in the 2001 census.
Bangladesh has a population of 144,043,697 as per the 2011 census report. The majority of 130,201,097 reported that they were Muslims, 12,301,331 reported as Hindus, 864,262 as Buddhists, 532,961 as Christians and 201,661 as others.[1]
^ abBangladesh Bureau of Statistics (2011). (PDF). Bangladesh Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2015. p. xxiii: Population By Religion (%) Muslim 90.39 Hindu 8.54 Buddhist 0.60 Christian 0.37 Others 0.14
^Islam, Sirajul; Islam, M Ataharul (2012). "Census". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
^"Bangladesh's census: In search of a common denominator". The Economist. March 17, 2011.
^Anbarasan, Ethirajan (July 14, 2011). "Bangladesh and India begin joint census of border areas". BBC News.
^Bose, Raktima (July 19, 2011). "Census in Indian and Bangladesh enclaves ends". The Hindu.
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