Sylhet Division

Real satellite and climate statistics for Sylhet, Bangladesh, via BISTO open geospatial layers.

Sylhet is a division in Bangladesh, Sylhet. The pages here group real satellite statistics for each place, pulled from the layers behind the BISTO maps and API.

Most recent indicators for Sylhet show an estimated 11,940,536 people (2024, LandScan, ORNL); about 3,876 mm of rainfall a year (CHIRPS v3, 2024); forest covering roughly 7.0% of the land in 2000; cumulative tree-cover loss reaching 12,523 ha (Hansen, NASA/USGS/UMD); the largest mapped land-cover class is Built (7,643 ha); vegetation vigour (MODIS NDVI) of 0.169.

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Population (2024)11,940,536
Tree cover (2000)7.0%
Cumulative loss12,523 ha
Rainfall (2024)3,876 mm
Top land coverBuilt
NDVI (2026-07-16)0.169

Other Divisions in Bangladesh

BarisalChittagongDhakaKhulnaMymensinghRajshaniRangpur

Districts in Sylhet

HabiganjMaulvibazarSunamganjSylhet

Sources: LandScan (ORNL) population 路 Hansen tree cover & loss (NASA/USGS/UMD) 路 CHIRPS v3 (UCSB) rainfall 路 ESRI land cover 路 MODIS/GEDI vegetation. Each dataset is distributed under its original licence; see the data catalogue and the API.