Greater Dhaka

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Dhaka Metropolitan area
Megalopolis
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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
 • Total2,569.55 km2 (992.11 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total21,342,002
GDP (PPP, constant 2023 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 3 districts in their entirety. (white area in map also includes 6 districts: Manikganj, Munshiganj and Narsingdi)

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 neighboring 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 (km2)

[3] [4]

Population (2011) [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Population (2022) [9] [10] [11] [12] Population

per km2(2022)

Dhaka District Dhaka North City Corporation 196.226,970,1055,990,72330,531
Dhaka South City Corporation 109.244,305,06339,409
Dhamrai Upazila 307.41412,418517,1351,682
Dohar Upazila 161.49226,439250,1141,549
Keraniganj Upazila 166.87794,3601,011,0636,059
Nawabganj Upazila 244.80318,811348,8071,425
Savar Upazila 280.111,385,9102,311,7968,253
Narayanganj District Narayanganj Sadar Upazila 100.741,323,6001,979,96719,654
Bandar Upazila 54.39312,841414,0013,765
Rupganj Upazila 176.48534,868704,8283,994
Gazipur District Gazipur Sadar Upazila 457.671,820,3743,023,1646,606
Kaliakair Upazila 314.13483,308694,5742,211
Metropolitan Area2,569.5514,583,03421,551,2358,306

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