It has an area of 10,485 square kilometres (4,048 sq mi) and a population of 12,225,498 as of the 2022 census.

It was formed in 2015 from districts previously composing the northern part of Dhaka Division.

[8] Later it was reorganized in two phases into six districts: Mymensingh, Kishoreganj, Netrakona, Jamalpur, Tangail, and Sherpur.

On 12 January 2015, prime minister Sheikh Hasina declared the establishment of a new Mymensingh Division.

[10][11] On 14 September 2015 Mymensingh was officially announced as a division consisting of four districts.