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Bangladesh capital Dhaka is one of the fastest growing cities in the world with over 11 million population, the annual United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report for 2007 said.

It said in Bangladesh about 27 percent of the total population live in urban areas and urban population growth is projected to be 3.5 percent per year up to 2010.

"The number of subscribers doubled in one year -- up from 11 million in 2006 to about 22 million in March 2007, and is forecast to increase to 44 million by 2009," the ADB said in a report released on Tuesday. It said that mobile telecommunications had become one of the most vibrant service sectors in Bangladesh with its growing network coverage, which reaches about 97 percent of the country's population and 82 percent of the land area.