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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 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 Tokyo , Japan 13,333/km² (23 special wards ) Nakano (20,098/km²) Kaohsiung , Taiwan 9,835/km² Singing (29,706/km²)Taipei , Taiwan9,626/km² Daan (27,476/km²)Hong Kong , People's Republic of China6,206/km² Kwun Tong (55,000/km²) Kowloon Walled City : 1,900,000/km²)Taichung , Taiwan6,320/km² Central (27,334/km²)Tainan , Taiwan4,309/km² East (14,369/km²)Hsinchu , Taiwan3,753/km² North (8,602/km²)Beijing , People's Republic of China906/km² Xuanwu 38,303/km²Shanghai , People's Republic of China2,700/km² Huangpu 126,500/km²Tianjin , People's Republic of China845/km² Chongqing , People's Republic of China378/km² South Asia Densest district Malé , Maldives 48,007/km² Mumbai , India 29,434/km² Dharavi Chennai , India24,231/km² Hyderabad , India14,192/km² Kolkata , India11,680/km² Delhi , India9,339/km² Pune , India8,733/km² Dhaka , Bangladesh 4,795/km² [1 ] Bangalore , India1,280/km² Colombo , Sri Lanka ? Karachi , Pakistan 3,297/km² Ahmedabad , India551/km² Southeast Asia Densest district Manila , Philippines 41,014/km² Jakarta , Indonesia 13,526/km² Singapore 6,389/km² Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia 6 072/km² Bangkok , Thailand 4,051/km² Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam 2,571/km² Cholon (50,637/km²) Oceania Densest district Waverley (part of Sydney metro area), Australia 6,677/km² [2 ] City of Sydney (part of Sydney metro area), Australia5,736/km² [3 ] Nouméa , New Caledonia , France 1,999/km² [4 ] City of Melbourne (part of Melbourne metro area), Australia1,791/km² [5 ] Honolulu , Hawaii , United States 1,699/km² Papeete , French Polynesia , France1,505/km² [6 ] Africa and the Near East Densest district Cairo , Egypt 36,618/km² Lagos , Nigeria over 20,000/km² Dakar , Senegal 12,233/km² Tel Aviv , Israel 7,445/km² Istanbul , Turkey 5,199/km² Europe Densest district Levallois-Perret (part of Paris metro area), France25,934/km² City of Paris (part of Paris metro area), France24,672/km² 11th arrondissement (40,672/km²)Vincennes (part of Paris metro area), France24,398/km² Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (part of Paris metro area), France23,396/km² Saint-Mandé (part of Paris metro area), France21,410/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), France20,145/km² Monaco 16,435/km² La Condamine (20,097/km²) [7 ]Saint-Gilles (part of Brussels metro area), Belgium17,322/km² City of Barcelona (part of Barcelona metro area), Spain15,764/km² Eixample District (35,138/km²)Koekelberg (part of Brussels metro area), Belgium15,114/km² Cadiz , Spain10.832/km² Moscow , Russia 10,275/km² Badalona (part of Barcelona metro area), Spain9,845/km² City of Lyon (part of Lyon metro area), France9,720/km² 1st arrondissement (17,789/km²) [8 ]Villeurbanne (part of Lyon metro area), France9,256/km² Bilbao , Spain8,615/km² Naples , Italy 8,470/km² Bucharest , Romania 8,074/km² Saint Petersburg , Russia7,691/km² Corunna , Spain6,613/km² The Hague , Netherlands 6,600/km² Lisbon , Portugal 6,244/km² Valencia , Spain5,916/km² Madrid , Spain5,198/km² Seville , Spain5,030/km² London , United Kingdom 4,699/km² Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (15,177/km²)Portsmouth , United Kingdom4,689/km² Amsterdam , Netherlands4,500/km² Munich , Germany 4,205/km² Schwabing-West (12,652/km²) [9 ]Stockholm , Sweden 4,073/km² Roslagstull (~29,800/km²)Vienna , Austria 3,992/km² Margareten (24,192/km²)Berlin , Germany3,809/km² Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (12,983/km²) [10 ]Kiev , Ukraine 3,299/km² Warsaw , Poland 3,244/km² Helsinki , Finland 3,032/km² Cologne , Germany2,427/km² Inner City (7,869/km²) [11 ]Prague , Czech Republic 2,379/km² Prague 2 (13,547/km²) North America Densest district New York, New York , United States10,292/km² Manhattan (25,849/km²)Somerville, Massachusetts , United States7,278.4/km² [12 ] [13 ] San Francisco, California , United States6,423/km² Jersey City, New Jersey , United States6,196/km² Central Falls, Rhode Island , United States6,043.3/km² [14 ] Mexico City , Mexico 5,799/km² Iztacalco (17,884/km²)Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada 5,086/km² West End (20,068/km²) Chicago , United States4,923.0/km² Edgewater (13,962.1/km²)Spring Valley, New York , United States4,682/km² Boston, Massachusetts , United States4,640/km² Newark, New Jersey , United States4,511/km² Montréal , Québec , Canada4,327/km² Le Plateau-Mont-Royal (13,096/km²)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States4,239/km² Yonkers, New York , United States4,211/km² Miami, Florida , United States4,095/km² Toronto , Ontario , Canada3,939/km² St. James Town (40,000/km²)Washington, District of Columbia , United States3,543/km² Los Angeles, California , United States3,114/km² Havana , Cuba 3,053.49/km² Baltimore, Maryland , United States3,005/km² Buffalo, New York , United States2,819/km² Seattle, Washington , United States2,626/km² Cleveland, Ohio , United States2,380.9/km² St. Louis, Missouri , United States2,224.9/km² Mississauga, Ontario , Canada2,125/km² Grand Rapids, Michigan , United States1,710.8/km² St. Petersburg, Florida , United States1,607.3/km² Houston, Texas , United States1,301.8/km² Atlanta, Georgia , United States1,221/km² Ottawa , Canada278.6/km² Somerset Ward (5,923.1/km²) Caribbean Densest district Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic 9,566/km² District # 3 (26,567/km²) [15 ] Pointe-à-Pitre , Guadeloupe , France 7,875/km² San Juan, Puerto Rico , United States 3,507.5/km² Hato Rey Central (7,846/km²) [16 ]Havana , Cuba 3,041/km² Centro Habana (47,143/km²) [17 ]Cataño, Puerto Rico , United States2,406.4/km² Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands , United States2,306.4/km² Basse-Terre , Guadeloupe, France2,147/km² Fort-de-France , Martinique , France2,127/km² Kingston and St Andrew , Jamaica 1,429/km² Kingston Parish (4,406/km²) South America Densest district São Paulo , Brazil 7,175/km² Bogotá , Colombia 4,528/km² Rio de Janeiro , Brazil4,896/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 Caracas , Venezuela 1,697/km² Libertador (4,789/km²) Rosario , Argentina 630/km²
# This is the density for
Greater London . The actual
City of London has a lower resident density at 2,966/km² and a working density of up to 115,384/km²# See also the discussion page for this article, where the calculations for London are discussed further. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_selected_cities_by_population_density#London
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