The Bengali people are the main ethnic group in the region of Bengal, which is located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent and is divided between India and Bangladesh. They are also the third-largest ethnic group in the world, with approximately 250 million people worldwide who identify as Bengali. The Bengali language is the fifth most-spoken language in the world and is the official language of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
The main ethnic group in Bengal, which is a region in South Asia divided between Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, is the Bengali people. Bengalis are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group who primarily speak the Bengali language. They form the majority population in both Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.
