Source: Christian Freedom International, March 9, 2017<\/p>\n
According to official estimates, the religious composition of Bangladesh is 89.1 percent Muslim, 10 percent Hindi, with less than one percent Christian in a nation of over 156 million people. But unofficially, Christianity is much larger and growing, especially in the rural areas.<\/p>\n
Official reports on religious composition only count \u201ctraditional Christians,\u201d i.e., people who are born into the Christian faith and attend government-approved churches. But \u201cconverts,\u201d those who change their religion from Islam to Christianity are not counted and no surveys have been made.<\/p>\n
The consensus among \u201cconverts\u201d is that Christians in Bangladesh make up of at least 10 percent of the population and is growing more every day. Some indigenous evangelists tell CFI they believe that Bangladesh will become a Christian nation in their lifetimes.<\/p>\n
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