United States The census in 2000 found up to 95,300 were born in Bangladesh. It was until the 1990s when Bangladeshis, many from Dhaka, Chittagong, and Sylhet, started to move to the United States, and settled in urban areas such as
New York,
Paterson in
New Jersey,
Philadelphia,
Atlantic City, New Jersey,
Washington D.C., and
Los Angeles. Although recent findings claim that Bangladeshis started arriving during the late 19th centuries from the southern part of current Bangladesh. In some parts of
Queens and
Manhattan in New York City, there are Bangladeshi restaurant owners of
Indian restaurants,
Pakistani restaurants, and
Bangladeshi restaurants. The
Baishakhi Mela celebration of the Bengali New Year is also held by the Bangladeshi American communities in New York, Paterson, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlantic City and other cities annually. The street of
3rd Street, Los Angeles has a large history of Bangladeshis and has officially been dubbed as "
Little Bangladesh". In "
Little Bangladesh", Bengali Muslims arrange
Chaand Raat celebrations by performing classic, lively
Bengali folk songs with the crowds singing along and selling Fuskas (a Bangladeshi street snack of fried semolina dough filled with spicy chickpeas, potatoes and toppings). However, some Bangladeshis residing in New York have settled in newer areas, such as
Hamtramck, Michigan,
Buffalo, New York,
Paterson, New Jersey, and many other nearby states due to lower living costs and better job opportunities. Many Bangladeshis in New York City are often Taxi Drivers, Fast-Food Chain Workers, Restaurant Workers, software developer, computer scientists, medical doctors, attorneys, accountants, business owners, company CEO etc. In Atlantic City many work in casinos. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2018
American Community Survey, there were 213,372 people of Bangladeshi origin living in the US.
Canada Bangladeshi Canadian refers to a person of Bangladeshi background born in Canada or a Bangladeshi that has migrated to Canada. Before 1971 about 150 Bengali people came to Canada as East Pakistani. The main influx of migration of Bangladeshis started in the early 1980s. Back in 1988, about 700 Bangladeshi families lived in Toronto, though about another 900 families were living in Montreal. Now, Toronto has a sizeable Bangladeshi community significantly larger than Montreal's, with over 50,000 in the city proper and over 65,000 in the
Greater Toronto Area. Toronto's eastern boroughs of
East York and
Scarborough on
Danforth Avenue have a sizable Bangladeshi population. The area around Danforth east and west of
Victoria Park Avenue has many Bangladeshi stores and restaurants. The
Crescent Town neighbourhood just north of Danforth, which consists of many high-rise apartment buildings, has primarily a Bengali population. In 2019, a petition was started to rename
Danforth Avenue, or at least a part of it, to Bangladesh Avenue. This request was made to honour the large Bangladeshi community that was established there. In July 2023, the City of Toronto officially designated Danforth Avenue, between
Pharmacy Avenue and
Main Street as "Banglatown". Under the Investor Category, about 100 families moved to Canada since 2015. Bangladeshi Canadians have participated in local civic organizations, including
Doly Begum who, in 2018, was the first person of Bangladeshi descent to be elected to any legislative body in the North American.
Australia Bangladeshis in Australia are one of the smallest immigrant communities living in Australia. There are around 41,000 Bangladeshis in Australia. The largest Bangladeshi communities are mainly present in the states of
New South Wales and
Victoria, with large concentrations in the cities of Sydney and
Melbourne.
Norway The Bangladeshi immigrant population in Norway has gradually increased over the past two decades, with an estimated 5,000 individuals living primarily in major cities such as Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, and Stavanger. The Bangladeshi immigrant population in Norway has gradually increased over the past two decades, with an estimated 5,000 individuals living primarily in major cities such as Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, and Stavanger. While the Bangladeshi community in Norway is smaller compared to those in countries like the United Kingdom or Italy, it consists largely of international students, skilled professionals in fields such as IT, healthcare, and telecommunications, as well as their family members. Many are also employed in sectors like hospitality, transportation, and retail.
United Kingdom Earliest records of Bengalis in the
European continent date back to the reign of King
George III of
England during the 18th century. One such example is of
James Achilles Kirkpatrick's
hookah-bardar (
hookah servant/preparer) who was said to have robbed and cheated Kirkpatrick, making his way to England and stylising himself as the
Prince of Sylhet. The man was waited upon by the
prime minister of Great Britain William Pitt the Younger, and then dined with the
Duke of York before presenting himself in front of the King. Mass migration started since the days of the
British Raj, where
lascars from
Sylhet were often sent to the United Kingdom. Some of these lascars lived in the United Kingdom in port cities, and even married British women. Since then, mass migration has occurred, specifically from
Sylhet. Today, the
British Bangladeshis are a naturalised community in the United Kingdom, running 90% of all
South Asian cuisine restaurants and having established numerous
ethnic enclaves across the country – most prominent of which is
Banglatown in
East London. The street of
Brick Lane in East London, has a large history of Bangladeshis and has officially been dubbed as "
Banglatown", and has hundreds of "Indian" restaurants nearly all owned by Sylheti Bangladeshis. Many British Bangladeshis have made their presence in the UK, often becoming doctors, engineers, and lawyers, but also many have become politicians for the
Labour party, such as
Rushanara Ali, and
Tulip Siddiq, as well as London Borough Mayors, such as
Lutfur Rahman and
Nasim Ali.
Italy Bangladeshis are one of the largest immigrant populations in Italy. As of 2025, there were 213.622 Bangladeshis in Italy. Most of the Bangladeshis in Italy are based in Lazio, Lombardy and Veneto and the largest community in Rome with 39.078 Bangladeshis. ==See also==