Over 10.2m people live in Dhaka city: BBS

Over 10.2 million people live in Dhaka city, according to the 'Population and Housing Census 2022' report published on Wednesday by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka.

The reports said the total population of Dhaka North city corporation is 5,979,537 and South city corporation 4,299,345.

The highest number of people lives in Dhaka North while the population of Barishal city is the lowest at 4,19,351.

The report shows a total of 44,215,107 (4 crore 42 lakh 15 thousand 107) people live in Dhaka division.

Of them, 22,459, 822 are male and 21,721,556 female while the figure for transgender is 4,577.