Dhaka
6,611 km²
Dhulian region
268 km²
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Dhaka covers 6,611 km² of contiguous built-up land, 25× the built-up area of Dhulian region (268 km²).
| Dhaka | Dhulian region | |
|---|---|---|
| Urban area | Dhaka | Dhulian region |
| Population (2025) | 37.3 million | 1.57 million |
| Built-up area | 6,611 km² | 268 km² |
| Density | 5,643 /km² | 5,846 /km² |
Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.
“Region” marks urban areas that join many towns and dense rural settlement into one built-up area; they are named after their main town.