Bangladesh: population by city size 2016

This statistic shows the population living in cities in Bangladesh from 2005 to 2016, arranged by city size. In 2015, there were approximately 28.04 million inhabitants living in cities with less than 300 thousand people in Bangladesh.

Population in Bangladesh from 2005 to 2016*, by city size (in 1,000 inhabitants)

Characteristic	<0.3 million	0.3-0.5 million	0.5-1 million	1-5 million	>10 million
2005	18,968	1,443	731	4,899	12,330
2006	19,283	2,104	742	4,956	12,777
2007	20,164	2,181	752	5,015	13,239
2008	21,042	2,261	763	5,076	13,719
2009	21,940	1,841	1,278	5,139	14,215
2010	22,881	1,904	1,314	5,204	14,730
2011	23,874	1,970	1,351	5,270	15,263
2012	24,901	2,039	1,389	5,339	15,816
2013	25,950	2,111	1,430	5,409	16,389
2104	27,004	1,656	2,001	5,481	16,982
2015	28,043	1,701	2,080	5,561	17,598
2016	29,055	1,237	2,673	5,653	18,237

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Release date

August 2014

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Bangladesh

Survey time period

2005 to 2016

Supplementary notes

*Refers to the de facto population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels without regard to administrative boundaries. It usually incorporates the population in a city or town plus that in the sub-urban areas lying outside of but being adjacent to the city boundaries.

No data was provided for cities between five to ten million people.

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