What is the population of Dhaka?

10,356,500 people, per GeoNames.

DHAKA

Dhaka Division · BANGLADESH (BD) · 23.71°N / 90.41°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 1,185,241

Dhaka is a city in Bangladesh with a population of 10,356,500. It sits at 23.71/90.41, runs on Asia/Dhaka, is 2 km from Motijheel.

Population 10,356,500

Place Type National Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Asia/Dhaka

All facts

fields

Country: Bangladesh
Subdivision: Dhaka Division
Coords: 23.71°N / 90.41°E
UTC offset: +6
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

NE Motijheel Dhaka Division 202,308 2.3 km

N Ramna Maidan Dhaka Division 143,677 2.7 km

N Paltan Dhaka Division 184,492 2.9 km

NW Azimpur Dhaka Division 96,641 3.1 km

W Dukuria Dhaka Division 37,894 3.4 km

NW Dhanmondi Dhaka Division 54,210 4.0 km

W Nawāb Char Dhaka Division 11,609 4.2 km

NE Green Model Town Dhaka Division 10,337 4.9 km

E Mātuail Dhaka Division 34,310 5.3 km

N Kafrul Dhaka Division 339,734 9.3 km

Air access

nearby

VGTJ

Tejgaon Airport

Small airport

0.0 km

DAC

Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport

Large airport

14.8 km

Universities

linked

Dhaka International University

diu.net.bd

Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology

duet.ac.bd

University of Dhaka

du.ac.bd

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Dhaka?: 10,356,500 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Dhaka in?: Asia/Dhaka.
Which country is Dhaka in?: Bangladesh (BD).

Get this page as JSON

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$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/1185241

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1185241,
    "name": "Dhaka",
    "ascii_name": "Dhaka",
    "country_code": "BD",
    "population": 10356500,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Asia/Dhaka",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLC",
    "latitude": 23.7104,
    "longitude": 90.40744
  }
}