ATLAS · MEGA-CITIES · BANGLADESH
Dhaka
Dhaka is the one mega-city of Bangladesh — the only urban area in the country to pass five million people. The largest, Dhaka, holds an estimated 12,797,394people across its urban agglomeration — a giant of over ten million. From Natural Earth, snapshot 2026-06-24.
MEGA-CITYDhaka
POPULATION~12,797,394
NUMBER OF MEGA-CITIES1
The mega-city
Dhaka~12,797,394 people
In context
Where Dhakasits on the world’s scale of mega-cities — from the cities just over five million to the singular supergiant above twenty.
20M+
15–20M
10–15MDhaka is here
7–10M
5–7M