List of city districts by population density
This is a list of the most densely populated city subdivisions (30,000+ inhabitants/km2) in the world with an area of at least 1 km2. Most are districts of large cities and may vary significantly in regional importance. Note this list is not exhaustive as data is hard to come by for many places on earth.
List
Subdivision | City | Country | Inhabitants per km2 |
Population | Area (km2) |
Notes |
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Lalbagh Thana | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 168,151 | 369,933 | 2.2 | [1] |
Chowk Bazaar | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 130,122 | 156,147 | 1.2 | [1] |
Zaveri Bazar | Mumbai | India | 114,001 | 202,922 | 1.8 | [2] |
St. Anthony Parish | Macau | Macau | 111,636 | 122,800 | 1.1 | [3] |
Karanj | Surat | India | 107,288 | 198,482 | 1.85 | [4] |
Dhaka Kotwali Thana | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 101,693 | 210,504 | 2.07 | [5] |
Imbaba | Cairo | Egypt | 83,937 | 695,002 | 8.28 | As of 2006 |
Zafer | Istanbul | Turkey | 78,772 | 85,464 | 1.1 | [6] |
Sutrapur Thana | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 70,202 | 307,483 | 4.38 | [5] |
Tondo District | Manila | Philippines | 69,297 | 630,604 | 9.1 | [7] |
Karachi Central | Karachi | Pakistan | 68,850 | 2,972,639 | 43 | [8] |
Hillbrow | Johannesburg | South Africa | 68,418 | 74,131 | 1.08 | [9] |
Limbayat | Surat | India | 67,769 | 91,488 | 1.35 | [4] |
Jabalia Camp | Gaza strip | Palestinian Territory | 66,754 | 93,455 | 1.4 | |
Dadar | Mumbai | India | 64,168 | 582,007 | 9.1 | [2] |
Eastleigh South/Kiambio | Nairobi | Kenya | 63,777 | 66,264 | 1.04 | [10] |
Yorkville | New York City | United States | 60,349 | 77,942 | 1.29 | [11] |
Byculla | Mumbai | India | 59,505 | 440,335 | 7.4 | [2] |
Sagrampura | Surat | India | 59,020 | 77,316 | 1.31 | [4] |
Kayole | Nairobi | Kenya | 58,655 | 140,321 | 2.39 | [10] |
Grant Road | Mumbai | India | 57,744 | 382,841 | 6.6 | [2] |
Fulpada | Surat | India | 52,146 | 169,476 | 3.25 | [4] |
Kwun Tong District | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 51,104 | 562,427 | 11.27 | [12] |
Patio Bonito | Bogota | Colombia | 50,168 | 159,033 | 3.17 | [13] |
La Sagrada Família | Barcelona | Spain | 49,040 | 51,539 | 1.05 | [14] |
Kurla | Mumbai | India | 49,006 | 778,218 | 15.9 | [2] |
Malé Island | Malé | Maldives | 47,870 | 103,693 | 1.952 | [15] |
Motijheel Thana | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 47,692 | 307,483 | 4.69 | [5] |
Our Lady Fatima Parish | Macau | Macau | 47,000 | 126,000 | 2.7 | |
Wong Tai Sin District | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 46,197 | 444,630 | 9.3 | [12] |
Elphinstone | Mumbai | India | 45,793 | 457,931 | 10.0 | [2] |
District 11 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 45,241 | 232,536 | 5.0 | [16] |
Centro Habana | Havana | Cuba | 44,560 | 152,395 | 3.42 | [17] |
Dandora 'B' | Nairobi | Kenya | 43,918 | 85,569 | 1.95 | [10] |
District 4 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 43,842 | 183,261 | 4.0 | [16] |
La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample | Barcelona | Spain | 43,490 | 58,180 | 1.34 | [14] |
Huangpu District | Shanghai | China | 43,425 | 538,900 | 12.41 | [18] |
El Raval | Barcelona | Spain | 43,340 | 47,608 | 1.10 | [14] |
Yau Tsim Mong District | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 43,168 | 282,020 | 6.99 | [12] |
Khar | Mumbai | India | 42,929 | 580,835 | 13.5 | [2] |
San Francisco | Bogota | Colombia | 42,523 | 76,117 | 1.79 | [13] |
Manhattan Community Board 7 | New York City | United States | 42,387 | 207,699 | 4.90 | |
Tandale | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 42,314 | 44,853 | 1.06 | [19][20] |
Manhattan Community Board 8 | New York City | United States | 42,312 | 217,063 | 5.13 | |
Gran Britalia | Bogota | Colombia | 42,119 | 75,814 | 1.8 | [13] |
Vilette | Paris | France | 41,718 | 53,650 | 1.29 | [21] |
Malad | Mumbai | India | 41,651 | 796,775 | 19.1 | [2] |
Yonghe District | New Taipei | Taiwan | 41,139 | 235,059 | 5.71 | |
TPS - 7 Anjana | Surat | India | 41,108 | 78,344 | 1.91 | [4] |
District 5 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 40,785 | 174,154 | 4.0 | [16] |
Kowloon City | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 40,722 | 381,352 | 10.02 | [12] |
District 10 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 40,638 | 232,450 | 6.0 | [16] |
Roquette | Paris | France | 40,546 | 47,520 | 1.17 | [21] |
Nanpura | Surat | India | 40,429 | 51,749 | 1.28 | [4] |
Matunga | Mumbai | India | 40,400 | 524,393 | 13.0 | [2] |
Katargam Gotalawadi | Surat | India | 40,057 | 70,500 | 1.76 | [4] |
Chittagong Kotwali Thana | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 39,566 | 246,893 | 6.24 | |
Bosa Occidental | Bogota | Colombia | 39,424 | 169,523 | 4.3 | [13] |
Sham Shui Po | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 39,262 | 353,550 | 9.35 | [12] |
Clignancourt | Paris | France | 39,243 | 64,868 | 1.65 | [21] |
Manzese | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 38,914 | 66,543 | 1.71 | [19][20] |
Dong Da | Hanoi | Vietnam | 38,896 | 387,400 | 9.96 | [22] |
District 3 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 38,403 | 188,945 | 5.0 | [16] |
La Vila de Gràcia | Barcelona | Spain | 38,210 | 50,662 | 1.33 | [14] |
Minuto de Dios | Bogota | Colombia | 38,023 | 141,825 | 3.73 | [13] |
El Rincón | Bogota | Colombia | 37,749 | 268,018 | 7.1 | [13] |
Bronx Community Board 5 | New York City | United States | 37,736 | 136,982 | 3.63 | [23] |
Sants | Barcelona | Spain | 37,460 | 41,127 | 1.10 | [14] |
Makurumla | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 37,200 | 53,568 | 1.44 | [19] |
Manhattan Community Board 3 | New York City | United States | 36,054 | 164,407 | 4.56 | |
Phu Nhuan District | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 35,897 | 175,175 | 5.0 | [16] |
Kariobangi North | Nairobi | Kenya | 35,778 | 39,342 | 1.10 | [10] |
District 6 | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 35,254 | 253,474 | 7.0 | [16] |
Grandes-Carrières | Paris | France | 35,232 | 67,152 | 1.91 | [21] |
Recoleta | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 34,959 | 188,780 | 5.4 | |
San Lorenzo | Naples | Italy | 34,701 | 49,275 | 1.42 | [24] |
Balvanera | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 34,590 | 152,198 | 4.4 | |
L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample | Barcelona | Spain | 34,254 | 42,284 | 1.23 | [14] |
Hoan Kiem | Hanoi | Vietnam | 34,159 | 180,700 | 5.29 | [22] |
Almagro | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 33,966 | 138,942 | 4.1 | |
Picpus | Paris | France | 33,788 | 62,947 | 1.86 | [21] |
Hongkou District | Shanghai | China | 33,267 | 781,100 | 23.48 | [18] |
Eastern District | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 33,004 | 616,199 | 18.7 | [12] |
Saiyadpura | Surat | India | 32,650 | 55,179 | 1.69 | [4] |
Les Corts | Barcelona | Spain | 32,570 | 46,009 | 1.41 | [14] |
Umoja 'II' | Nairobi | Kenya | 32,473 | 101,477 | 3.13 | [10] |
Mohammadpur Thana | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 32,439 | 241,343 | 7.44 | |
Épinettes | Paris | France | 32,186 | 44,352 | 1.38 | [21] |
Grenelle | Paris | France | 32,078 | 47,411 | 1.48 | [21] |
Plaisance | Paris | France | 32,061 | 57,229 | 1.78 | [21] |
Xuanwu District | Beijing | China | 31,879 | 526,000 | 16.50 | |
Sant Andreu | Barcelona | Spain | 31,061 | 57,183 | 1.84 | [14] |
Gatina | Nairobi | Kenya | 30,411 | 45,872 | 1.51 | [10] |
Zyablikovo | Moscow | Russia | 30,394 | 133,096 | 4.38 | |
Amérique | Paris | France | 30,155 | 55,365 | 1.84 | [21] |
Combat | Paris | France | 30,107 | 38,988 | 1.29 | [21] |
Mwiki | Ruiru | Kenya | 30,107 | 44,760 | 1.49 | [10] |
Charonne | Paris | France | 30,082 | 62,901 | 2.09 | [21] |
See also
- List of cities proper by population density
- List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density
- Kowloon Walled City
Notes
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- Preliminary Results of the 2011 Population Census. Retrieved on 2012-01-21
- Surat Municipal Corporation - Wardwise Area, Population & Density (1901 to 2001) Archived 2010-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
- TABLE S04: SELECTED STATISTICS BY THANA, 1991 (ENUMERATED) data from census 1991
- Istanbul'un Mahalle Bazinda Nüfus Yogunlugu Haritasi
- 2007 Census of Population Census Bureau of the Philippines. Retrieved 17 June 2009
- "Census 2011: Sub Place: Hillbrow". census2011.adrianfrith.com. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- Kenya Open Data; Census Volume 1 Question 1 Population, Households and Density by Sublocations - 2009 Archived 2012-01-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2012-01-19.
- Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre - New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010, Population Division - New York City Department of City Planning, February 2012. Accessed May 18, 2016.
- 2001 census, December 2004 land survey.
- Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá. Secretaría Distrital de Planeación. Subsecretaría de Información y Estudios Estratégicos., "Análisis Demográfico y Proyecciones Poblacionales de Bogotá," March 2018. [Online]. Available: http://www.sdp.gov.co/sites/default/files/4-DOCUMENTO-TECNICO-DE-SOPORTE/Analisis%20Demografico%20y%20Proyecciones%20Poblacionales%20de%20Bogota.pdf. [Accessed 26 June 2019].
- Ajuntament de Barcelona, "Superfície i densitat dels districtes i barris. 2017," [Online]. Available: http://www.bcn.cat/estadistica/catala/dades/anuari/cap01/C0101050.htm. [Accessed 21 June 2019].
- "Male'". Isles: The Provincial Information Management System. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
- Population and population density in 2010 by district (pdf)
- Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas, Cuba; La Habana (pdf) Population and area 2009-12-31. Retrieved on 2010-09-06.
- "Population And Population Density (year-end of 2008)". Shanghai Municipal Government. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
- National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania; 2002 Population and Housing Census - Village Statistics Archived 2010-02-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2010-05-17.
- International Livestock Research Institute, GIS Services, Tanzania Wards Archived 2010-04-30 at the Wayback Machine Data from downloadable shapefile map. Retrieved on 2010-05-17, by using ArcExplorer.
- Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme, "Paris 1954-1999. Données statistiques. Population, logement, emploi. Paris et arrondissements," September 2005. [Online]. Available: https://www.apur.org/fr/nos-travaux/paris-1954-1999-donnees-statistiques-population-logement-emploi-paris-arrondissements. [Accessed 27 August 2019].
- Hanoi Districts
- New York City Department of City Planning. "Bronx Community District 5 Summary Profile" (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- "Naples population data 2001 census". Retrieved 2010-01-12.
Barangays
At least a dozen barangays have population densities over 200,000 people per square km, which are very small sections or neighborhoods (not city districts) within Manila, with the highest that of Barangay 717 at 277,007.3 people per square km.
References
- PRC data from census in ?2000 (and from census in ?2001) plus December 2004 land survey where footnoted.
- Philippines data from census in 2000.
- Spanish data from census in 2006.
- US data from census in 2000.
- ROC (Taiwan) data from census in 2005.
- French data from census in 1999.
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