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LIST OF SELECTED CITIES BY POPULATION DENSITY
This is a list of selected cities and their corresponding population densities. Many of the numbers below are calculated simply by dividing population by total area in km². This list is not meant to be an absolute ranking of the most densely populated places.
| East Asia |
| City name |
Density |
Densest district |
| Macau, People's Republic of China |
16,521/km² |
Freguesia de Santo Antonio (98,776/km²), Macau Peninsula (59,284/km²) |
| Seoul, South Korea |
16,391/km² |
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| Tokyo, Japan |
13,333/km² |
(23 special wards) Nakano (20,098/km²) |
| Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
9,835/km² |
Singing (29,706/km²) |
| Taipei, Taiwan |
9,626/km² |
Daan (27,476/km²) |
| Hong Kong, People's Republic of China |
6,206/km² |
Kwun Tong (55,000/km²)
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| Taichung, Taiwan |
6,320/km² |
Central (27,334/km²) |
| Tainan, Taiwan |
4,309/km² |
East (14,369/km²) |
| Hsinchu, Taiwan |
3,753/km² |
North (8,602/km²) |
| Beijing, People's Republic of China |
906/km² 1 |
Xuanwu 38,303/km² |
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| Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
2,700/km² |
Huangpu 126,500/km² |
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| Tianjin, People's Republic of China |
845/km² |
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| Chongqing, People's Republic of China |
378/km² |
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| South Asia |
| City name |
Density |
Densest district |
| Malé, Maldives |
48,007/km² |
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| Mumbai, India |
29,434/km² |
Dharavi |
| Chennai, India |
24,231/km² |
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| Hyderabad, India |
14,192/km² |
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| Kolkata, India |
11,680/km² |
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| Delhi, India |
9,339/km² |
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| Pune, India |
8,733/km² |
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| Dhaka, Bangladesh |
4,795/km² [1] |
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| Bangalore, India |
1,280/km² |
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| Colombo, Sri Lanka |
? |
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| Karachi, Pakistan |
3,297/km² |
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| Ahmedabad, India |
551/km² |
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| Southeast Asia |
| City name |
Density |
Densest district |
| Manila, Philippines |
41,014/km² |
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| Jakarta, Indonesia |
13,526/km² |
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| Singapore |
6,389/km² |
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| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
6 072/km² |
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| Bangkok, Thailand |
4,051/km² |
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| Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
2,571/km² |
Cholon (50,637/km²) |
| Oceania |
| City name |
Density |
Densest district |
| Waverley (part of Sydney metro area), Australia |
6,677/km² [2] |
| City of Sydney (part of Sydney metro area), Australia |
5,736/km² [3] |
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| Nouméa, New Caledonia, France |
1,999/km² [4] |
| City of Melbourne (part of Melbourne metro area), Australia |
1,791/km² [5] |
| Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
1,699/km² |
| Papeete, French Polynesia, France |
1,505/km² [6] |
| Wellington, New Zealand |
631.8/km² [7] |
Wellington CBD (3,030/km²) [8] |
| Africa and the Near East |
| City name |
Density |
Densest district |
| Cairo, Egypt |
36,618/km² |
| Lagos, Nigeria |
over 20,000/km² |
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| Dakar, Senegal |
12,233/km² |
| Tel Aviv, Israel |
7,445/km² |
| Istanbul, Turkey |
5,199/km² |
| Europe |
| City name |
Density |
Densest district |
| Levallois-Perret (part of Paris metro area), France |
25,934/km² |
| City of Paris (part of Paris metro area), France |
24,672/km² |
11th arrondissement (40,672/km²) |
| Vincennes (part of Paris metro area), France |
24,398/km² |
| Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (part of Paris metro area), France |
23,396/km² |
| Saint-Mandé (part of Paris metro area), France |
21,410/km² |
| Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (part of Brussels metro area), Belgium |
20,259/km² |
| L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (part of Barcelona metro area), Spain |
20,230 /km² |
| Montrouge (part of Paris metro area), France |
20,145/km² |
| Monaco |
16,435/km² |
La Condamine (20,097/km²) [9] |
| Saint-Gilles (part of Brussels metro area), Belgium |
17,322/km² |
| City of Barcelona (part of Barcelona metro area), Spain |
15,764/km² |
Eixample District (35,138/km²) |
| Koekelberg (part of Brussels metro area), Belgium |
15,114/km² |
| Cadiz, Spain |
10.832/km² |
| Moscow, Russia |
10,275/km² |
| Badalona (part of Barcelona metro area), Spain |
9,845/km² |
| City of Lyon (part of Lyon metro area), France |
9,720/km² |
1st arrondissement (17,789/km²) [10] |
| Villeurbanne (part of Lyon metro area), France |
9,256/km² |
| Bilbao, Spain |
8,615/km² |
| Naples, Italy |
8,470/km² |
| Bucharest, Romania |
8,074/km² |
| Saint Petersburg, Russia |
7,691/km² |
| Corunna, Spain |
6,613/km² |
| The Hague, Netherlands |
6,600/km² |
| Lisbon, Portugal |
6,244/km² |
| Valencia, Spain |
5,916/km² |
| Madrid, Spain |
5,198/km² |
| Seville, Spain |
5,030/km² |
| London, United Kingdom |
4,699/km² 2 3 |
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (15,177/km²) |
| Portsmouth, United Kingdom |
4,689/km² |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands |
4,500/km² |
| Munich, Germany |
4,205/km² |
Schwabing-West (12,652/km²) [11] |
| Stockholm, Sweden |
4,073/km² |
Roslagstull (~29,800/km²) |
| Vienna, Austria |
3,992/km² |
Margareten (24,192/km²) |
| Berlin, Germany |
3,809/km² |
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (12,983/km²) [12] |
| Kiev, Ukraine |
3,299/km² |
| Warsaw, Poland |
3,244/km² |
| Helsinki, Finland |
3,032/km² |
| Cologne, Germany |
2,427/km² |
Inner City (7,869/km²) [13] |
| Prague, Czech Republic |
2,379/km² |
Prague 2 (13,547/km²) |
| North America |
| City name |
Density |
Densest district |
| Guttenberg, New Jersey, United States |
21,961/km² |
(densest town in North America) |
| Union City, New Jersey, United States |
20,396/km² |
(densest city in North America) |
| West New York, New Jersey, United States |
17,325/km² |
| Hoboken, New Jersey, United States |
11,637/km² |
| New York, New York, United States |
10,292/km² |
Manhattan (25,849/km²) |
| Passaic, New Jersey, United States |
8,425/km² |
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| Somerville, Massachusetts, United States |
7,278.4/km² [14] [15] |
| San Francisco, California, United States |
6,423/km² |
| Jersey City, New Jersey, United States |
6,196/km² |
| Central Falls, Rhode Island, United States |
6,043.3/km² [16] |
| Mexico City, Mexico |
5,799/km² |
Iztacalco (17,884/km²) |
| Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
5,252/km² |
West End (20,068/km²) |
| Chicago, United States |
4,923.0/km² |
Edgewater (13,962.1/km²) |
| Spring Valley, New York, United States |
4,682/km² |
| Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
4,640/km² |
| Newark, New Jersey, United States |
4,511/km² |
| Montréal, Québec, Canada |
4,327/km² |
Le Plateau-Mont-Royal (13,096/km²) |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
4,239/km² |
| Yonkers, New York, United States |
4,211/km² |
| Miami, Florida, United States |
4,095/km² |
| Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
3,939/km² |
St. James Town (40,000/km²) |
| Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
3,543/km² |
| Los Angeles, California, United States |
3,114/km² |
| Havana, Cuba |
3,053.49/km² |
| Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
3,005/km² |
| Buffalo, New York, United States |
2,819/km² |
| Seattle, Washington, United States |
2,626/km² |
| Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
2,380.9/km² |
| St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
2,224.9/km² |
| Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
2,125/km² |
| Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States |
1,710.8/km² |
| St. Petersburg, Florida, United States |
1,607.3/km² |
| Houston, Texas, United States |
1,301.8/km² |
| Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
1,221/km² |
| Ottawa, Canada |
278.6/km² |
Somerset Ward (5,923.1/km²) |
| Caribbean |
| City name |
Density |
Densest district |
| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
9,566/km² |
District # 3 (26,567/km²) [17] |
| Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France |
7,875/km² |
| San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States |
3,507.5/km² |
Hato Rey Central (7,846/km²) [18] |
| Havana, Cuba |
3,041/km² |
Centro Habana (47,143/km²) [19] |
| Cataño, Puerto Rico, United States |
2,406.4/km² |
| Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands, United States |
2,306.4/km² |
| Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France |
2,147/km² |
| Fort-de-France, Martinique, France |
2,127/km² |
| Kingston and St Andrew, Jamaica |
1,429/km² |
Kingston Parish (4,406/km²) |
| South America |
| City name |
Density |
Densest district |
| São Paulo, Brazil |
7,175/km² |
| Bogotá, Colombia |
4,528/km² |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
4,896/km² |
| Lima, Peru |
2,755/km² |
Breña (29,443.5/km²) |
| Santiago, Chile |
2,300/km² |
Lo Espejo (16,114/km²) |
| Cayenne, French Guyana, France |
2,144/km² |
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| Caracas, Venezuela |
1,697/km² |
Libertador (4,789/km²) |
| Rosario, Argentina |
630/km² |
Notes
See also
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