Bangladesh - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Bangladesh was 26,873,840 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26,873,840 in 2021 and a minimum value of 867,819 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 867,819
1961 919,143
1962 1,006,495
1963 1,102,388
1964 1,207,834
1965 1,323,318
1966 1,450,338
1967 1,589,889
1968 1,743,456
1969 1,911,774
1970 2,097,042
1971 2,300,739
1972 2,525,060
1973 2,771,102
1974 3,018,515
1975 3,237,843
1976 3,473,802
1977 3,726,617
1978 3,998,626
1979 4,290,921
1980 4,605,492
1981 4,928,007
1982 5,241,781
1983 5,576,546
1984 5,934,264
1985 6,314,964
1986 6,721,833
1987 7,156,148
1988 7,620,473
1989 8,114,875
1990 8,643,522
1991 9,153,318
1992 9,564,591
1993 9,993,241
1994 10,441,850
1995 10,910,710
1996 11,401,440
1997 11,912,930
1998 12,448,250
1999 13,007,780
2000 13,593,420
2001 14,127,880
2002 14,584,160
2003 15,055,860
2004 15,544,180
2005 16,047,630
2006 16,568,840
2007 17,107,710
2008 17,665,650
2009 18,240,940
2010 18,836,600
2011 19,452,510
2012 20,089,400
2013 20,747,990
2014 21,429,040
2015 22,133,330
2016 22,861,680
2017 23,614,940
2018 24,393,970
2019 25,198,180
2020 26,025,680
2021 26,873,840

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Bangladesh was 16.16 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 16.16 in 2021, while its lowest value was 1.81 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 1.81
1961 1.86
1962 1.98
1963 2.11
1964 2.25
1965 2.39
1966 2.54
1967 2.69
1968 2.86
1969 3.05
1970 3.26
1971 3.51
1972 3.79
1973 4.10
1974 4.39
1975 4.62
1976 4.85
1977 5.07
1978 5.30
1979 5.53
1980 5.78
1981 6.03
1982 6.25
1983 6.47
1984 6.71
1985 6.96
1986 7.21
1987 7.48
1988 7.76
1989 8.06
1990 8.38
1991 8.67
1992 8.86
1993 9.06
1994 9.26
1995 9.47
1996 9.69
1997 9.91
1998 10.15
1999 10.39
2000 10.65
2001 10.86
2002 11.01
2003 11.17
2004 11.35
2005 11.54
2006 11.76
2007 11.99
2008 12.24
2009 12.50
2010 12.76
2011 13.03
2012 13.30
2013 13.58
2014 13.87
2015 14.16
2016 14.47
2017 14.79
2018 15.12
2019 15.45
2020 15.80
2021 16.16

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization