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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.

'Europe'
City name	Density	Densest district
Levallois-Perret (part of Paris metro area), France
City of Paris (part of Paris metro area), France		11th arrondissement () [1]
Kallithea (part of Athens metro area), Greece
Vincennes (part of Paris metro area), France
Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (part of Paris metro area), France
Nea Smyrni (part of Athens metro area), Greece
Saint-Mandé (part of Paris metro area), France
Mislata (part of Valencia metro area), Spain	[2]
Montrouge (part of Paris metro area), France
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode (part of Brussels metro area), Belgium
City of Athens (part of Athens metro area), Greece
Dafni (part of Athens metro area), Greece
L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (part of Barcelona metro area), Spain	[3]
Saint-Gilles (part of Brussels metro area), Belgium
Piraeus (part of Athens metro area), Greece
Monaco		La Condamine () [4]
Korydallos (part of Athens metro area), Greece
Barañáin (part of Pamplona metro area), Spain
City of Barcelona (part of Barcelona metro area), Spain		Eixample District ()
Portugalete (part of Bilbao metro area), Spain
Koekelberg (part of Brussels metro area), Belgium
Valletta, Malta
Portici, Italy
Cadiz, Spain
Moscow, Russia
Badalona (part of Barcelona metro area), Spain
City of Lyon (part of Lyon metro area), France		1st arrondissement () [5] & [6]
Villava (part of Pamplona metro area), Spain
Villeurbanne (part of Lyon metro area), France
Sestao (part of Bilbao metro area), Spain
City of Bilbao (part of Bilbao metro area), Spain
Naples, Italy
Bucharest, Romania
Burlada (part of Pamplona metro area), Spain
Pamplona, Spain
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Getxo (part of Bilbao metro area), Spain
Santurtzi (part of Bilbao metro area), Spain
A Coruña, Spain
The Hague, Netherlands
Basauri (part of Bilbao metro area), Spain
Lisbon, Portugal
Valencia, Spain
Ansoáin (part of Pamplona metro area), Spain
Madrid, Spain		Chamberí () [7]
Istanbul, Turkey	²
Seville, Spain
London, United Kingdom		Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea ()
Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Amsterdam, Netherlands		De Baarsjes () [8]
Dublin, Ireland		'Rotunda A' Electoral Division () [9]
Munich, Germany		Schwabing-West () [10]
Stockholm, Sweden		Roslagstull (~)
Vienna, Austria		Margareten ()
Berlin, Germany		Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg () [11]
Marseille, France
Rijeka, Fiume, Croatia
Kiev, Ukraine
Warsaw, Poland
Helsinki, Finland
Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
Nijmegen, Netherlands		Bottendaal () [12]
Cologne, Germany		Inner City () [13]
Prague, Czech Republic		Prague 2 ()
East Asia
City name	Density	Densest district
Macau, People's Republic of China		Freguesia de Santo Antonio (), Macau Peninsula ()
Seoul, South Korea
Tokyo, Japan	[1]	(23 special wards) Nakano ()
Kaohsiung, Taiwan		Singing ()
Taipei, Taiwan		Daan ()
Nagoya, Japan
Hong Kong, People's Republic of China		Kwun Tong () ★ (former Kowloon Walled City: )
Taichung, Taiwan		Central ()
Tainan, Taiwan		East ()
Hsinchu, Taiwan		North ()
Shanghai, People's Republic of China		Huangpu
Beijing, People's Republic of China		Xuanwu
Tianjin, People's Republic of China
Chongqing, People's Republic of China
'South Asia'
City name	Density	Densest district
Malé, Maldives
Mumbai, India		Dharavi
Kolkata, India
Chennai, India
Bangalore, India
Dhaka, Bangladesh	[2]
Hyderabad, India
Nagpur, India
Delhi, India
Pune, India
Ahmedabad, India
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Karachi, Pakistan
'Southeast Asia'
City name	Density	Densest district
Manila, Philippines		Tondo ()
Bandung, Indonesia		West Bandung (35,156/km²)
Jakarta, Indonesia		Central Jakarta ()
Medan, Indonesia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Singapore
Yangon, Myanmar
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Bangkok, Thailand
Hanoi, Vietnam		Hoan Kiem District ()
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam		Cholon ()
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
'Oceania'
City name	Density	Densest district
Waverley (part of Sydney metro area), Australia	[15]
City of Sydney (part of Sydney metro area), Australia	[16]
Nouméa, New Caledonia, France	[17]
City of Melbourne (part of Melbourne metro area), Australia	[18]
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Papeete, French Polynesia, France	[19]
Wellington, New Zealand	[20]	Wellington CBD () [21]
'Africa and the Near East'
City name	Density	Densest district
Cairo, Egypt
Guédiawaye (part of Dakar metro area), Senegal
Bnei Brak, Israel
Lagos, Nigeria	over
City of Dakar (part of Dakar metro area), Senegal		Médina () p.163 & [22]
Casablanca, Morocco
Tel Aviv, Israel
'North America'
City name	Density	Densest district
Guttenberg, New Jersey(part of New York metro area), United States		(densest town in North America)
Union City, New Jersey(part of New York metro area), United States		(densest city in North America)
New York, New York, United States		Manhattan () (The densest ZIP code is in Yorkville, Manhattan, ()[23]
Guadalajara, Mexico
Passaic, New Jersey(part of New York metro area), United States
West Hollywood, California(part of Los Angelus metro area), United States	[3]
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States	[25] [26]
San Francisco, California, United States
Jersey City, New Jersey(part of New York metro area), United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Central Falls, Rhode Island, United States	[27]
Mexico City, Mexico		Iztacalco ()
Westmount, Québec, Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada		West End ()
Chicago, Illinois, United States		Edgewater ()
Santa Ana, California, United States
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Newark, New Jersey(part of New York metro area), United States
Montréal, Québec, Canada		Le Plateau-Mont-Royal (), Parc-Extension ()
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Yonkers, New York(part of New York metro area), United States
Miami, Florida, United States
Toronto, Ontario, Canada		St. James Town ()
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Los Angeles, California, United States
Havana, Cuba
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Buffalo, New York, United States
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Seattle, Washington, United States
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Poughkeepsie, New York(part of New York metro area), United States
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Dallas, Texas, United States		Vickery Meadows () [4]
Houston, Texas, United States
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
East Brunswick, New Jersey(part of New York metro area), United States		Example of a New Jersey automobile-oriented suburb; some are denser, some are less dense.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada		Centretown (highest density census tract: )
Juneau, Alaska, United States	(land area only)
'Caribbean'
City name	Density	Densest district
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic		District # 3 () [28]
Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States		Hato Rey Central () [29]
Havana, Cuba		Centro Habana () [30]
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Cataño, Puerto Rico, United States
Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands, United States
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, France
Fort-de-France, Martinique, France
Kingston and St Andrew, Jamaica		Kingston Parish ()
'South America'
City name	Density	Densest district
Bogotá, Colombia
Buenos Aires, Argentina		Recoleta (), Balvanera (), Almagro (), Caballito ()
Diadema, Brazil	[5]
Osasco, Brazil	[6]
Lanús (part of Buenos Aires metro area), Argentina
Tres de Febrero (part of Buenos Aires metro area), Argentina
São Paulo, Brazil	[7]
San Martín (part of Buenos Aires metro area), Argentina
Vicente López (part of Buenos Aires metro area), Argentina
Tucumán, Argentina
Rosario, Argentina
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
San Juan, Argentina
Lima, Peru		Breña ()
Santiago, Chile		Lo Espejo ()
Córdoba, Argentina
Cayenne, French Guyana, France
Mendoza, Argentina
Caracas, Venezuela		Libertador ()

An actual ranking of United States cities by population density can be found here.

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Notes

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References

1. [14]
2. World Gazetteer, 2006.
3. [24]
4. : 57,897 (people/sq mi) / 1.609344 (conversion factor) = 35,975.53 (people/km²).
5. [31]
6. [32]
7. [33]


★ 'Jakarta Official Population Density Data': Jakarta

Notes

# 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

See also

★ List of the most densely populated administrative units in the world

★ List of countries by population density