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950,972
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Households
190,694
Last updated 30 Nov 2022
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* This figure includes 35,519 previously registered refugees from Myanmar in Kutupalong refugee camp and Nayapara refugee camp. For more information on population figures please click here
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Family Counting - Arrivals before 25 August 2017 JSON 
799,413
Source - UNHCR 
Households
158,208
Last updated 30 Nov 2022
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Some refugees living in host communities and in certain locations beyond the camp boundaries may not have been included in the family counting exercise.
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    Bangladesh: UNHCR Camp Settlement and Protection Profiling - Round 6 - November 2019

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