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Mathbarer Char, 
Bangladesh
188,871 people lived in Mathbarer Char in 2025. It is the 3187th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 68th largest in Bangladesh.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Mathbarer Char governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
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People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Mathbarer Char grew
Where Mathbarer Char had 10 people in 1985, it had 34.4 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 545,381 people in 2050. On the UN's projection it passes 250,000 people between 2025 and 2030. The UN first counts it as a city in 1985, when it passed 50,000 people.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: one column every five years, 1975 to 2050; its height is the number of people. Hatched columns are the UN's projection. The thin strip beneath says how sure the UN is of each figure: the stronger the colour, the surer. A blank means the place was not on the UN's list of cities that year.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Mathbarer Char through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Mathbarer Char in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
Bangladesh · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Mathbarer Char is the dot in colour with a ring around it. The grey dots are the other cities of Bangladesh in 2025, 233 in all, led by Dhaka, each drawn with an area that matches its people. Countries next door are outlines only.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Mathbarer Char covered 76 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 3.9 km² of it. That is 21 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 5 by 5 metres. Since 2015, its built-up land has grown to 2.1 times its size, and its people have grown by 41%.
How to read this: each pale square is the city's whole area, the strong square inside it the part that is built on; one scale for all three, so a bigger square is more land. Hatched is the UN's projection.
Of every 100 people in Bangladesh
Its share of Bangladesh
Of every 1,000 people in Bangladesh in 2025, 1 lived in Mathbarer Char, which is 188,871 people.
How to read this: 1,000 squares, one for every 1,000th person in Bangladesh; the coloured squares live in Mathbarer Char. The grey rest live in other cities, in towns or in the countryside.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 3164 Ibrat Uzbekistan189,898
- 3166 Rubaya Democratic Republic of the Congo189,880
- 3167 Ago-Iwoye Nigeria189,841
- 3169 Abu Gharaq Iraq189,692
- 3187 Mathbarer Char188,871
- 3190 Ar Rijad Yemen188,715
- 3194 Al Qurna Iraq188,604
- 3202 Nankana Sahib Pakistan188,474
- 3209 Amassoma Nigeria188,265
In Bangladesh, 2025
- 2864 Kulaura208,075
- 2927 Muktagacha203,965
- 2970 Narayanpur201,100
- 2986 Trishal200,492
- 3187 Mathbarer Char188,871
- 3291 Afamolla183,242
- 3383 Bahubal178,981
- 3423 Madhabpur176,480
- 3538 Beanibazar171,417
How to read this: names are in order of size, the leading number being each city's rank among all 12,138 in 2025; the bars share a scale within a list. A jump in the ranks means a city under 300,000 people, which is not given a page here.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Mathbarer Char are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1985 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Mathbarer Char publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries