From Study XXVI, Exhibit 24

In Bangladesh the Hindu share fell from 22.1% in 1951, when it was East Pakistan, to 8.5% in 2011

Source. Pew Research Center, Religious Composition of India, 2021, note 11, from census data.

Method and data

Method. Census shares as published.

Census yearHindus (%)
195122.1
20118.5

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