Greater Dhaka

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Greater Dhaka
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Satellite image of Greater Dhaka metropolitan region
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Dhaka city is shown in blue and other towns and cities are shown in red
City corporation and Municipalities
Area
  Total1,854 km2 (716 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
  Total22,478,116
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
  Year2023
  Total$285.1 billion [1]
  Per capita$12,300

Greater Dhaka is the Megalopolis including and surrounding the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka, which has grown into one of the world's largest megacities, and shows a very rapid rate of expansion. Dhaka not only grows because it is the capital and largest urban center but also due to massive internal displacement from millions of people living in a perennially flood-prone river delta.

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Definition

The area of Dhaka Statistical Metropolitan Area was 1,353 square kilometers, of which Dhaka City Corporation occupied 276 square kilometers at the 2001 census. [2] The Dhaka Statistical Metropolitan Area (SMA) covers the Dhaka Municipal Corporation area and Savar Upazila and Keraniganj Upazila of Dhaka District (note: only a portion of the district is part of the metropolitan area), Narayanganj Sadar Upazila, Bandar Upazila and Rupganj Upazila of Narayanganj District, Gazipur Sadar Upazila and Kaliakair Upazila of Gazipur District. New 2021 estimates for Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (web) tally just over 24 million for 4 districts in their entirety. (white area in map also includes 6 districts: Manikganj and Munshiganj)

Components of the Metropolitan Area

Since the 2001 Census, Dhaka has grown tremendously, as evidenced by the 2011 Census figures. However, definitions were changed between the two censuses, with several outlying upazilas situated in neighbouring administrative districts being included in the expanded definition. The following table shows the revision of the metropolitan area, shown in blue and red on map, based on 2011 figures:

Administrative districtIncluded areaArea in km2 (2011) [lower-alpha 1] Population (2001) [3] Population (2011) [3] [4] [5] [6] Population per km2 (2011)
Dhaka District Dhaka City Corporation and Surrounding Thanas (blue on map)3016,881,0258,906,03930,749
Savar Upazila 283629,6951,385,9105,115
Keraniganj Upazila 167649,373794,3604,943
Narayanganj District Narayanganj Sadar Upazila 101946,2051,323,60013,717
Bandar Upazila 54267,021312,8416,015
Rupganj Upazila 176423,135534,8683,163
Gazipur District Gazipur Sadar Upazila 458925,4541,820,3744,151
Kaliakair Upazila 314278,967483,3081,604
Metropolitan Area1,85411,000,87515,561,3008394
  1. Areas may differ from 2001 due to changes in accuracy or natural changes in land boundaries.

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