ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · BANGLADESH
Capital of Bangladesh
The capital of Bangladesh is Dhaka. The largest, Dhaka, has around 16,800,000 residents in the city proper — a mega-capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALDhaka
POPULATION16,800,000
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Dhaka16,800,000 people
In context
Where Dhakasits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+Dhaka is here
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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