Cape Town
2,455 km²
Dhaka
368 km²
South Africa
Bangladesh
Area Comparison
Cape Town is 6.7x larger than Dhaka
Population Comparison
Cape Town has 4.4x fewer people than Dhaka
In terms of area, Cape Town is 6.7x the size of Dhaka. Cape Town spans 2,455 km² (948 mi²) while Dhaka covers 368 km² (142 mi²) — a difference of 2,087 km². You could fit Dhaka inside Cape Town approximately 6 times.
To put Cape Town's size in perspective, its area of 2,455 km² is roughly the same size as Moscow. Meanwhile, Dhaka at 368 km² is about 1.6x smaller than Seoul.
Picture Cape Town another way: its area is large enough to fit about 344,000 American football fields, 42 times the area of Manhattan, or 23 times the area of Paris. Dhaka works out to about 52,000 American football fields, 180 times the area of Monaco, or 110 times the area of Central Park.
Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's second-largest city by population, after Johannesburg, and the largest city in the Western Cape. The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.
Known as "The Mother City", Cape Town covers 2,455 km² with a population of 3.8 million. The city was established in 1652. Cape Town is known for Table Mountain, Cape of Good Hope, Robben Island, among other attractions.
Cape Town is South Africa's oldest city, founded in 1652 and home to the seat of the national Parliament.
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.
Also known as "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.
Cape Town has a population density of 1,540 people per km² — a relatively spread-out city. Dhaka, with 45,652 people per km², is one of the most densely packed urban areas on Earth. Dhaka is dramatically more crowded, with 29.6x the population density.
Size Ratio
Dhaka fits inside Cape Town ~6 times
Density Gap
Dhaka is 29.6x more densely populated
Cape Town covers 2,455 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Moscow (2,511 km²), Lima (2,672 km²), Tokyo (2,194 km²), Ho Chi Minh City (2,061 km²), or Shenzhen (1,997 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 Cape Town to Dhaka is 9,943 km (6,178 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~12h 12m.
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