Bangladesh — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Bangladesh — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Bangladesh had an estimated population of 134,792,167 in 2005, with 158 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Bangladesh today — population now 161,356,039, against 134,792,167 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Dhaka	11,490,872

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Dhāka	Dhāka	6,488,623
2	Chāţţagām	Chāţţagām	3,672,366
3	Khulnā	Khulnā	1,342,339
4	Rājshāhī	Rājshāhī	700,133
5	Komīllā	Komīllā	389,411
6	Ţungī	Gazipur	337,579
7	Maimansingh	Maimansingh	330,126
8	Silhaţ	Silhaţ	326,362
9	Rangpūr	Rangpūr	285,564
10	Narsingdi	Narsingdi	281,080
11	Baŗīsāl	Baŗīsāl	280,415
12	Bogorā	Bogorā	267,602
13	Jessor	Jessor	243,987
14	Brāhman Bāriya	Brāhman Bāriya	233,444
15	Nārāyanganj	Nārāyanganj	223,622
16	Dinājpūr	Dinājpūr	206,234
17	Naugāon	Naugāon	192,464
18	Tangāyal	Tangāyal	180,144
19	Jamālpūr	Jamālpūr	167,900
20	Sirājganj	Sirājganj	167,481
21	Nawābganj	Nawābganj	142,361
22	Gāybāndā	Gāybāndā	139,448
23	Pābna	Pābna	137,888
24	Kushţiyā	Kushţiyā	135,724
25	Gāzīpūr	Gazipur	132,230
26	Sātkhīrā	Sātkhīrā	128,918
27	Begamganj	Noākhāli	128,384
28	Koks Bāzār	Koks Bāzār	121,222
29	Chāndpūr	Chāndpūr	120,169
30	Noākhāli	Noākhāli	118,410
31	Munshiganj	Munshiganj	116,398
32	Farīdpūr	Farīdpūr	112,187
33	Chuādāngā	Chuādāngā	111,928
34	Sherpūr	Sherpūr	107,419
35	Bhairab Bāzār	Kishorganj	105,457
36	Shahjadpur	Sirājganj	102,420
37	Saʿidpur	Nilphāmāri	100,022
38	Bholā	Bholā	99,079
39	Jhanaydāh	Jhanaydāh	96,010
40	Kaunia	Rangpūr	95,506
41	Naţor	Naţor	94,264
42	Kishorganj	Kishorganj	90,690
43	Habīganj	Habīganj	88,760
44	Māņikganj	Māņikganj	85,791
45	Madārīpūr	Madārīpūr	84,789
46	Fenī	Fenī	84,028
47	Lākshām	Komīllā	82,290
48	Ishurdī	Pābna	81,995
49	Sarīshābaŗī	Jamālpūr	81,325
50	Gopālpur	Tangāyal	80,529
51	Ramgati	Lakshmīpūr	79,468
52	Netrākonā	Netrākonā	79,016
53	Mungla	Bāgar Hāţ	76,632
54	Sūnāmganj	Sūnāmganj	76,482
55	Paţūākhālī	Paţūākhālī	76,050
56	Kuŗīgrām	Kuŗīgrām	75,987
57	Māgura	Māgura	73,289
58	Jaipūr Hāţ	Jaipūr Hāţ	73,068
59	Thākurgāon	Thākurgāon	71,096
60	Alamdānga	Chuādāngā	70,728
61	Boalkhali	Chāţţagām	70,211
62	Rajbāŗī	Rajbāŗī	69,484
63	Pālang	Shariatpūr	67,652
64	Rupganj	Nārāyanganj	65,527
65	Bāgar Hāţ	Bāgar Hāţ	65,136
66	Lālmanīr Hāt	Lālmanīr Hāt	65,127
67	Rāypūr	Lakshmīpūr	64,652
68	Fulbaria	Maimansingh	64,520
69	Sarail	Brāhman Bāriya	63,308
70	Ţungī Para	Gopālganj	62,210
71	Lakshmīpūr	Lakshmīpūr	61,703
72	Kaptai	Rāngāmātī	59,617
73	Damurhuda	Chuādāngā	58,888
74	Maulvi Bāzār	Maulvi Bāzār	57,441
75	Ramganj	Lakshmīpūr	55,241
76	Narāl	Narāl	55,112
77	Pirojpūr	Pirojpūr	54,418
78	Gurudaspur	Naţor	53,301
79	Jhālākāţī	Jhālākāţī	52,745
80	Rāngāmātī	Rāngāmātī	52,724
81	Adamighi	Bogorā	52,256
82	Sandīp	Chāţţagām	52,152
83	Sātkāniya	Chāţţagām	52,005
84	Nesarabad	Pirojpūr	51,977
85	Patiya	Chāţţagām	51,360
86	Gopālganj	Gopālganj	50,640
87	Khagrachari	Khagrachhari	50,364
88	Chilmari	Kuŗīgrām	49,736
89	Nageshwari	Kuŗīgrām	49,425
90	Panchagarh	Panchagarh	48,531
91	Char Fasson	Bholā	48,305
92	Pārbatīpūr	Dinājpūr	48,020
93	Meherpur	Meherpur	47,792
94	Sherpūr	Bogorā	47,726
95	Ramu	Koks Bāzār	45,819
96	Buŗhānuddīn	Bholā	45,670
97	Kaliganj	Jhanaydāh	45,631
98	Dohar	Dhāka	45,543
99	Srī Mangal	Maulvi Bāzār	45,374
100	Bhanga	Farīdpūr	44,828
101	Hajiganj	Chāndpūr	44,343
102	Nalitābāŗi	Sherpūr	43,011
103	Abhaynagar	Jessor	42,653
104	Roypura	Narsingdi	42,226
105	Lalmohan	Bholā	42,220
106	Pangsha	Rajbāŗī	42,012
107	Jhikargachha	Jessor	41,957
108	Mirzapur	Tangāyal	41,137
109	Sakhipur	Tangāyal	40,869
110	Ţeknāf	Koks Bāzār	40,557
111	Gaurnadī	Baŗīsāl	40,519
112	Kalia	Narāl	40,492
113	Fatikchhari	Chāţţagām	39,969
114	Bera	Pābna	39,604
115	Mehendiganj	Baŗīsāl	39,424
116	Chhagalnaiya	Fenī	39,335
117	Chhātak	Sūnāmganj	39,218
118	Nalchiti	Baŗīsāl	38,703
119	Shailkupa	Jhanaydāh	38,608
120	Barguna	Barguna	38,399
121	Bheramara	Kushţiyā	38,159
122	Dhamrai	Dhāka	37,998
123	Phultala	Khulnā	37,985
124	Baniachang	Habīganj	37,807
125	Trishal	Maimansingh	37,755
126	Gomastapur	Nawābganj	37,659
127	Sārankhola	Bāgar Hāţ	36,470
128	Shibganj	Nawābganj	35,961
129	Fulbari	Dinājpūr	35,878
130	Koţchāndpūr	Jhanaydāh	35,246
131	Senbagh	Noākhāli	34,765
132	Pīrganj	Thākurgāon	34,606
133	Bājitpūr	Kishorganj	34,560
134	Char Bhadrasan	Farīdpūr	34,423
135	Fakirhat	Bāgar Hāţ	34,381
136	Gafargāon	Maimansingh	34,177
137	Rangunia	Chāţţagām	32,621
138	Badarganj	Rangpūr	32,600
139	Bāndarban	Bāndarban	32,523
140	Nabinagar	Brāhman Bāriya	31,671
141	Morrelganj	Bāgar Hāţ	31,647
142	Bochanganj	Dinājpūr	31,305
143	Nilphāmāri	Nilphāmāri	31,138
144	Keshabpur	Jessor	30,926
145	Kutubdia	Koks Bāzār	30,538
146	Itna	Kishorganj	30,436
147	Bhandāria	Pirojpūr	30,219
148	Ulīpūr	Kuŗīgrām	29,981
149	Mathbaria	Pirojpūr	29,760
150	Bhaluka	Maimansingh	28,083
151	Rāmgarh	Khagrachhari	27,991
152	Lohagara	Chāţţagām	26,855
153	Ishwarganj	Maimansingh	25,809
154	Raozan	Chāţţagām	25,708
155	Manikchhari	Khagrachhari	24,813
156	Muktāgāchha	Maimansingh	24,684
157	Domāŗ	Nilphāmāri	22,399
158	Bhangura	Pābna	20,845

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Dhāka	10,204,953
2	Chāţţagām	7,236,104
3	Komīllā	4,963,682
4	Maimansingh	4,816,622
5	Tangāyal	3,485,936
6	Bogorā	3,225,257
7	Sirājganj	2,994,053
8	Dinājpūr	2,860,954
9	Silhaţ	2,829,066
10	Rangpūr	2,780,661
11	Noākhāli	2,741,743
12	Kishorganj	2,715,438
13	Jessor	2,675,185
14	Naugāon	2,555,187
15	Khulnā	2,543,416
16	Brāhman Bāriya	2,531,188
17	Rājshāhī	2,500,625
18	Baŗīsāl	2,467,438
19	Nārāyanganj	2,392,419
20	Chāndpūr	2,351,683
21	Pābna	2,324,710
22	Gazipur	2,287,066
23	Gāybāndā	2,261,534
24	Jamālpūr	2,260,905
25	Sūnāmganj	2,142,947
26	Netrākonā	2,101,723
27	Narsingdi	2,068,195
28	Sātkhīrā	2,018,568
29	Koks Bāzār	1,962,487
30	Kuŗīgrām	1,918,899
31	Habīganj	1,911,387
32	Farīdpūr	1,878,406
33	Kushţiyā	1,867,660
34	Bholā	1,826,224
35	Maulvi Bāzār	1,752,412
36	Jhanaydāh	1,693,447
37	Nilphāmāri	1,689,502
38	Naţor	1,629,145
39	Bāgar Hāţ	1,607,060
40	Lakshmīpūr	1,594,279
41	Nawābganj	1,576,737
42	Paţūākhālī	1,571,814
43	Munshiganj	1,388,605
44	Māņikganj	1,366,514
45	Sherpūr	1,340,379
46	Thākurgāon	1,318,803
47	Fenī	1,275,195
48	Madārīpūr	1,209,897
49	Gopālganj	1,206,327
50	Pirojpūr	1,195,408
51	Lālmanīr Hāt	1,184,345
52	Shariatpūr	1,142,772
53	Chuādāngā	1,103,147
54	Rajbāŗī	1,021,321
55	Panchagarh	908,748
56	Jaipūr Hāţ	907,200
57	Barguna	895,850
58	Māgura	878,815
59	Jhālākāţī	733,890
60	Narāl	728,455
61	Meherpur	639,739
62	Khagrachhari	632,639
63	Rāngāmātī	568,137
64	Bāndarban	329,264

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.