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. Islam accounts for 91.04% of the country's religion, followed by Hinduism at 7.95% as per 2022 census.[1]
Historical Christian Population
Year
Pop.
±%
1951
107,000
—
1961
149,000
+39.3%
1974
216,000
+45.0%
1981
275,000
+27.3%
1991
346,000
+25.8%
2022
495,500
+43.2%
Source: Bangladesh government census authority[3][1]