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Mohammadpur

Rajshahi Division · Bangladesh
City population
527,571
#8
in Bangladesh
#2
in Rajshahi Division
#1,073
worldwide
DhakaMohammadpur
24.898, 88.528 · 232 km from Dhaka
City population
527,571
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Bangladesh
#8
of 133 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,073
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Bangladesh
0.3%
of the national population

About Mohammadpur

Bangladesh's eighth-largest city, Mohammadpur holds 527,571 people and ranks second within Rajshahi Division. It lies 232 km from Dhaka. Four cities exceed 140,000 people within 44 km: Malda at 40 km with 170,039, Pār Naogaon at 44 km with 192,464, Bālurghāt at 44 km with 153,279, and Nawābganj at 43 km with 142,361.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Bangladesh
#8of 133
LargestSmallest
Position in Rajshahi Division
#2of 15
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Bangladesh
Region
Rajshahi Division
Rank in region
#2of 15
Distance to capital
232 km
to Dhaka
Elevation
40 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Dhaka
Coordinates
24.898, 88.528
Record updated
2026-02-24
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 133 in Bangladesh

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

40KMMalda170K people · India43KMNawābganj142K people44KMPār Naogaon192K people44KMBālurghāt153K people · India44KMShibganj36K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Mohammadpur528K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Mohammadpur compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Mohammadpur528K

Mohammadpur Population FAQ

What is the population of Mohammadpur?

Mohammadpur has a city population of 527,571. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Mohammadpur?

Mohammadpur is in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh, 232 km from the capital, Dhaka. Its coordinates are 24.898, 88.528.

How big is Mohammadpur compared with other cities in Bangladesh?

It is the 8th largest of the 133 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Bangladesh, holding 0.3% of the national population.

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