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Bengali film is a glorious part of the history of world cinema. Hiralal Sen , who is considered a stalwart of Victorian era cinema, sowed the first seeds of Bengali cinema. [ 181 ] [ 184 ] In 1898, Sen founded the first film production company, named Royal Bioscope Company in Bengal, and possibly the first in India. [ 185 ]
The country is the third-most populous Muslim-majority state in the world and has the fourth-largest overall Muslim population. [264] Bengali Hindus form the country's second-largest religious minority and the third-largest Hindu community in the world. According to the 2022 census Hindus form 7.95% of the total population.
This makes Bangladesh the world's third largest Muslim majority country after Indonesia and Pakistan. Bengali Muslims also make up the world's second largest Muslim ethnic group after Arab Muslims. Most Bangladeshi Muslims are member of the Sunni branch of Islam. There are significant minorities of the Shia and Ahmadiya branches.
Bengali is the 5th most spoken language in the world. It is an eastern Indo-Aryan language and one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. It is part of the Bengali-Assamese languages. Bengali has greatly influenced other languages in the region, including Odia, Assamese, Chakma, Nepali and Rohingya.
The population of Bangladesh ranks seventh in the world, but its area of approximately 144,000 km 2 is ranked ninety-third. It is the third largest Muslim-majority nation, but has a slightly smaller Muslim population than the Muslim minority in India. It is also one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
It is home to the fourth most spoken language in the world, Hindi–Urdu; the seventh most spoken language, Bengali; and thirteenth most spoken language, Punjabi. [note 1] Languages like Bengali, Tamil and Nepali have official/national status in more than one country of this region.
Bangla – the contents and attributes of the Bengali language or the country of Bangladesh. Bengali – the contents and attributes of Bengal. Bangiya (Bengali: বঙ্গীয় ) – an adjectival prefix referring to Bengal particularly in the field of literature, e.g. Bangiya Sahitya Parishad , Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank and Bangiya ...
Bangladesh is the eighth-most populated country in the world with almost 2.2% of the world's population. As per the final results of the 2022 Census of Bangladesh, the country's population is 169,828,911. [15] Bangladesh has one of the highest population densities in the world.