Dhaka
368 km²
Hamburg
755 km²
Bangladesh
Germany
Area Comparison
Dhaka is 2.1x smaller than Hamburg
Population Comparison
Dhaka has 8.8x more people than Hamburg
Hamburg is significantly larger, covering 2.1 times the area of Dhaka. Hamburg spans 755 km² (292 mi²) while Dhaka covers 368 km² (142 mi²) — a difference of 387 km². You could fit Dhaka inside Hamburg approximately 2 times.
To put Dhaka's size in perspective, its area of 368 km² is about 1.6x smaller than Seoul. Meanwhile, Hamburg at 755 km² is roughly the same size as New York City.
Picture Dhaka another way: its area is large enough to fit about 52,000 American football fields, 180 times the area of Monaco, or 110 times the area of Central Park. For Hamburg, that's about 106,000 American football fields, 13 times the area of Manhattan, or 7 times the area of Paris.
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.
Known as "Dacca", Dhaka covers 368 km² with a population of 16.8 million. Dhaka is known for Lalbagh Fort, Ahsan Manzil, Gulshan neighborhood, among other attractions.
Dhaka is the second-largest city in the world by population, with an estimated 36.6 million residents.
Hamburg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, is the second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and seventh-largest city in the European Union, with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the tenth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union.
Often called "Gateway to the World", Hamburg has an area of 755 km² and is home to 1.9 million people. Visitors come for Port of Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie concert hall, Reeperbahn nightlife district, and much more.
Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany and the seventh-largest in the European Union.
Dhaka has a population density of 45,652 people per km² — one of the most densely packed urban areas on Earth. Hamburg, with 2,530 people per km², is a moderately dense city. Dhaka is dramatically more crowded, with 18.0x the population density.
Size Ratio
Dhaka fits inside Hamburg ~2 times
Density Gap
Dhaka is 18.0x more densely populated
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).
Hamburg covers 755 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Bangalore (741 km²), Singapore (733 km²), Tehran (730 km²), New York (783 km²), or Nairobi (696 km²).
The straight-line distance from Dhaka to Hamburg is 7,282 km (4,525 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~9h 4m.
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