NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Regional Human Geography: B Geography Notes on Ethinc Groups, Languages and Religious Affiliations of Countries Starting with B
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BAHRAIN | Ethnic groups Bahraini Arab 63 percent Asian 13 percent Other Arab 10 percent Iranian 8 percent Other 6 percent. | Languages Arabic (official) , English, Persian (Farsi) , Urdu. | Religious affiliations Shiite Muslim 60 percent Sunni Muslim 25 percent Christian 9 percent Oilier 6 percent. |
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BANGLADESH | Ethnic groups Bengali 98 percent Other 2 percent. | Languages Bangla (official) , Urdu, English. | Religious affiliations Muslim 86 percent Hindu 12 percent Other 2 percent. |
BELARUS | Ethnic groups Belarusian 77.9 percent Russian 13.2 percent Polish 4.1 percent Ukrainian 2.9 percent Other 1.9 percent. | Languages Belarusian (official) , Russian (official) , Polish, Ukrainian, other. | Religious affiliations Eastern Orthodox 49 percent Roman Catholic 13 percent Atheist 9 percent Nonreligious 24 percent Other 5 percent. |
BELGIUM | Ethnic groups Flemish 55 percent Walloon 33 percent Mixed or other 12 percent. | Languages Dutch (official) 56 percent French (official) 32 percent German (official) 1 percent Legally bilingual (divided along ethnic lines) 11 percent. | Religious affiliations Roman Catholic 81 percent Protestant 1 percent Muslims 4 percent Nonreligious 6 percent Other 8 percent. |
BELIZE | Ethnic groups Mestizo 44 percent Creole 30 percent Maya 11 percent Garifuna 7 percent Other 8 percent. | Languages English (official) , Spanish, Maya, Garifuna (Carib) . | Religious affiliations Roman Catholic 62 percent Protestant 30 percent Other 6 percent None 2 percent. |
BENIN | Ethnic groups African (42 ethnic groups, the largest being Fon, Adja, Yoruba, and Bariba) 99 percent Other 1 percent. | Languages French (official) , Fon and Yoruba (most common vernaculars in south) , Bariba and Somba (most common vernaculars in north) , indigenous languages. | Religious affiliations Indigenous beliefs 65 percent Muslim 15 percent Christian (largely Roman Catholic) 20 percent |
BHUTAN | Ethnic groups Bhutia 50 percent Ethnic Nepalese 35 percent Sharchops 10 percent Indigenous or migrant groups 5 percent. | Languages Dzongkha (official) ; the Bhutia speak various Tibetan dialects; the Nepalese speak various Nepalese dialects. | Religious affiliations Lamaist Buddhist 75 percent Indian and Nepaleseinfluenced Hindu 25 percent. |
BOLIVIA | Ethnic groups Quechua 30 percent Mestizo 30 percent Aymara 25 percent European 15 percent. | Languages Spanish (official) , Quechua (official) , Aymara (official) . | Religious affiliations Roman Catholic 88 percent Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) and other 12 percent. |
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA | Ethnic groups Muslim 40 percent Serbian 38 percent Croatian 22 percent | Languages SerboCroatian (official) 99 percent Other 1 percent. | Religious affiliations Muslim 40 percent Orthodox Christian 31 percent Roman Catholic 15 percent Protestant 4 percent Other or nonreligious 10 percent. |
BOTSWANA | Ethnic groups Tswana 75 percent Kalanga, Basarwa, and Kgalagadi 4 percent Other 21 percent. | Languages English (official) , Setswana. | Religious affiliations Indigenous beliefs 50 percent Christian 50 percent. |
BRAZIL | Ethnic groups Caucasian (includes Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish, and Polish) 55 percent Mixed Caucasian and African 38 percent African 6 percent Other (including Japanese and Arab) 1 percent. | Languages Portuguese (official) , Spanish, English, French. | Religious affiliations Roman Catholic (nominal) 90 percent Spiritists and African Brazilian religions, such as Candombl, Maoumba, and Umbanda 4 percent Nonreligious 2 percent Other 4 percent. |
BRUNEI | Ethnic groups Malay 64 percent Chinese 20 percent Other 16 percent. | Languages Malay (official) , English, Chinese. | Religious affiliations Muslim (Islam is the official religion) 67 percent Buddhist 14 percent Christian 10 percent Indigenous beliefs and other 9 percent. |
BULGARIA | Ethnic groups Bulgarian 85.3 percent Turkish 8.5 percent Roma (Gypsy) 2.6 percent Macedonian 2.5 percent Armenian 0.3 percent Russian 0.2 percent Other 0.6 percent. | Languages Bulgarian (official) ; secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown. | Religious affiliations Bulgarian Orthodox 85 percent Muslim 13 percent Other 2 percent. |
BURKINA FASO | Ethnic groups Mossi, Gourounsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, Fulani. | Languages French (official) ; tribal languages belonging to Sudanic family are spoken by 90 percent ofthe population. | Religious affiliations Muslim 50 percent Indigenous beliefs 40 percent Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10 percent. |
BURUNDI | Ethnic groups Hutu (Bantu speakers) 79 percent Tutsi (Hamitic) 20 percent Twa 1 percent. | Languages Kirundi (official) , French (official) , Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area) . | Religious affiliations Roman Catholic 62 percent Indigenous beliefs 32 percent Protestant 5 percent Muslim 1 percent. |