Athens
39 km²
Dhaka
368 km²
Greece
Bangladesh
Area Comparison
Athens is 9.4x smaller than Dhaka
Population Comparison
Athens has 26.3x fewer people than Dhaka
In terms of area, Dhaka is 9.4x the size of Athens. Dhaka spans 368 km² (142 mi²) while Athens covers 39 km² (15 mi²) — a difference of 329 km². You could fit Athens inside Dhaka approximately 9 times.
To put Athens's size in perspective, its area of 39 km² is about 1.5x smaller than Manhattan. Meanwhile, Dhaka at 368 km² is about 1.6x smaller than Seoul.
Picture Athens another way: its area is large enough to fit about 5,500 American football fields, 80 times the area of Vatican City, or 19 times the area of Monaco. Dhaka works out to about 52,000 American football fields, 180 times the area of Monaco, or 110 times the area of Central Park.
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU).
Known as "Cradle of Western Civilization", Athens covers 39 km² with a population of 0.6 million. The city was founded around 7000 BC. Athens is known for Acropolis of Athens, Parthenon, Plaka neighborhood, among other attractions.
Athens is the southernmost capital on the European mainland and capital of the Attica region.
Dhaka, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh. With an estimated population of 36.6 million, Dhaka is the second largest city by population in the world, and is widely considered to be the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world. Dhaka is an important cultural, economic, and scientific hub of Eastern South Asia with its most affluent neighborhood Gulshan being among the most posh neighborhoods in South Asia.
Nicknamed "Dacca", Dhaka has an area of 368 km² and is home to 16.8 million people. Visitors come for Lalbagh Fort, Ahsan Manzil, Gulshan neighborhood, and much more.
Dhaka is the second-largest city in the world by population, with an estimated 36.6 million residents.
Athens has a population density of 16,410 people per km² — an extremely dense urban environment. Dhaka, with 45,652 people per km², is one of the most densely packed urban areas on Earth. Dhaka is noticeably denser, packing 2.8 times more people per square kilometer.
Size Ratio
Athens fits inside Dhaka ~9 times
Density Gap
Dhaka is 2.8x more densely populated
Athens covers 39 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Manila (43 km²), Tel Aviv (52 km²), Zurich (88 km²), Copenhagen (91 km²), or Lisbon (100 km²).
Dhaka covers 368 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Seattle (369 km²), Philadelphia (370 km²), Portland (376 km²), Atlanta (348 km²), or Denver (401 km²).
The straight-line distance from Athens to Dhaka is 6,420 km (3,989 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~8h 3m.
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