Bangladesh Immigration by Country

What are the most common countries of birth for Bangladeshi residents who were not
born in Bangladesh?
2017 data. Source.
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# People
Country of Origin
239, 742
Myanmar
208,406
Malaysia
166,646
China
156,500
Indonesia
90,253
Laos
47,103
United States
39,988
Nepal
35,250
India
34,266
United Kingdom
30,877
Bahrain
28,176
Vietnam
20,109
Cambodia
15,274
Brazil
14,651
Norway
14,090
Japan
10,799
Thailand
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Level 37
Jun 28, 2021
Wow that's a lot more than i thought? Why brazil? Why Brazil, any reason good quiz though nominated
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Level 65
Aug 10, 2021
Why are the countries on this list so random?

Like why are norwegians of all people going into bangladesh?

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Level 71
Nov 24, 2021
My guess for Norway is most likely NGO workers, of which there are tons in Bangladesh.

As for some of the other countries... Bangladesh has pretty close ties with Southeast Asian nations, especially Malaysia where there are a lot of Bangladeshi expats. I suppose they send people to Bangladesh as well.

China has funded a lot of infrastructure projects in Bangladesh lately and often sends construction workers, engineers, and supervisors to oversee the projects. Of the foreigners I've seen in Bangladesh, most are Chinese.

The US and UK have large Bangladeshi diasporas and it's possible some of these have migrated back (along with NGO workers like Norway).

Those are just my guesses though. I was taken aback by some of these answers too.