List of city districts by population density
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This is a list of the most densely populated city subdivisions with over 30,000 inhabitants per square kilometre (78,000/sq mi) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imbaba | Giza | Egypt | 177,038 | 1,465,875 | 8.28 | |
| Lalbagh Thana | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 168,151 | 369,933 | 2.2 | [1] |
| Ajeromi-Ifelodun | Lagos | Nigeria | 150,689 | 2,094,583 | 13.90 | [2] |
| Mushin | Lagos | Nigeria | 137,263 | 1,928,542 | 14.05 | [2] |
| Lagos Island | Lagos | Nigeria | 135,509 | 1,254,812 | 9.26 | [2] |
| Chowk Bazaar | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 130,122 | 156,147 | 1.2 | [1] |
| Zaveri Bazar | Mumbai | India | 114,001 | 202,922 | 1.8 | [3] |
| St. Anthony Parish | Macau | China | 111,636 | 122,800 | 1.1 | [4] |
| Karanj | Surat | India | 107,288 | 198,482 | 1.85 | [5] |
| Shomolu | Lagos | Nigeria | 102,466 | 1,496,003 | 14.60 | [2] |
| Dhaka Kotwali Thana | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 101,693 | 210,504 | 2.07 | [6] |
| Agege | Lagos | Nigeria | 88,682 | 1,507,591 | 17.00 | [2] |
| Khánh Hội | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 88,324 | 94,507 | 1.07 | |
| Vườn Lài | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 81,309 | 104,076 | 1.28 | |
| Zafer, Bahçelievler | Istanbul | Turkey | 78,772 | 85,464 | 1.1 | [7] |
| San Andres Bukid | Manila | Philippines | 76,400 | 128,499 | 1.68 | |
| Sutrapur Thana | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 70,202 | 307,483 | 4.38 | [6] |
| Tondo District | Manila | Philippines | 69,297 | 630,604 | 9.1 | [8] |
| Surulere | Lagos | Nigeria | 68,751 | 1,859,727 | 27.05 | [2] |
| 50. Yıl | Istanbul | Turkey | 68,662 | 75,528 | 1.1 | [7] |
| Hillbrow | Johannesburg | South Africa | 68,418 | 74,131 | 1.08 | [9] |
| Limbayat | Surat | India | 67,769 | 91,488 | 1.35 | [5] |
| Bijam | Shubra El Kheima | Egypt | 65,622 | 435,076 | 6.63 | |
| West Point | Monrovia | Liberia | 65,000 | 34,605 | 0.53 | [10] |
| Dadar | Mumbai | India | 64,168 | 582,007 | 9.1 | [3] |
| Eastleigh South, Kiambiu | Nairobi | Kenya | 63,777 | 66,264 | 1.04 | [11] |
| Cầu Kiệu | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 63,411 | 77,995 | 1.23 | |
| An Đông | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 61,537 | 81,229 | 1.32 | |
| Yorkville | New York City | United States | 65,829 | 84,046 | 1.27 | [12] |
| Byculla | Mumbai | India | 59,505 | 440,335 | 7.4 | [3] |
| Sagrampura | Surat | India | 59,020 | 77,316 | 1.31 | [5] |
| Kayole | Nairobi | Kenya | 58,655 | 140,321 | 2.39 | [11] |
| Minh Phụng | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 58,629 | 74,459 | 1.27 | |
| Şirinevler | Istanbul | Turkey | 58,354 | 64,189 | 1.1 | [7] |
| Grant Road | Mumbai | India | 57,744 | 382,841 | 6.6 | [3] |
| Hoàn Kiếm | Hanoi | Vietnam | 55,002 | 105,604 | 1.92 | |
| Văn Miếu - Quốc Tử Giám | Hanoi | Vietnam | 55,131 | 105,301 | 1.91 | |
| Vĩnh Hội | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 53,859 | 63,015 | 1.17 | |
| Sultangazi | Istanbul | Turkey | 53,457 | 534,565 | 10 | [13] |
| Karadeniz | Istanbul | Turkey | 52,339 | 73,274 | 1.4 | [7] |
| Fulpada | Surat | India | 52,146 | 169,476 | 3.25 | [5] |
| Kwun Tong District | Hong Kong | China | 51,104 | 562,427 | 11.27 | [14] |
| Fındıklı | Istanbul | Turkey | 50,993 | 61,192 | 1.2 | [7] |
| Patio Bonito | Bogotá | Colombia | 50,168 | 159,033 | 3.17 | [15] |
| Demirkapı | Istanbul | Turkey | 49,948 | 54,943 | 1.1 | [7] |
| Kanarya | Istanbul | Turkey | 49,631 | 69,484 | 1.4 | [7] |
| La Sagrada Família | Barcelona | Spain | 49,040 | 51,539 | 1.05 | [16] |
| Kurla | Mumbai | India | 49,006 | 778,218 | 15.9 | [3] |
| Mehmet Akif, Küçükçekmece | Istanbul | Turkey | 48,913 | 53,804 | 1.1 | [7] |
| Malé Island | Malé | Maldives | 47,870 | 103,693 | 1.952 | [17] |
| Motijheel Thana | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 47,692 | 307,483 | 4.69 | [6] |
| İstiklal, Ümraniye | Istanbul | Turkey | 47,503 | 47,503 | 1 | [7] |
| Our Lady Fatima Parish | Macau | China | 47,000 | 126,000 | 2.7 | |
| Lagos Mainland | Lagos | Nigeria | 46,820 | 918,609 | 19.62 | [2] |
| Wong Tai Sin District | Hong Kong | China | 46,197 | 444,630 | 9.3 | [14] |
| Elphinstone | Mumbai | India | 45,793 | 457,931 | 10.0 | [3] |
| Centro Habana | Havana | Cuba | 44,560 | 152,395 | 3.42 | [18] |
| Dandora 'B' | Nairobi | Kenya | 43,918 | 85,569 | 1.95 | [11] |
| La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample | Barcelona | Spain | 43,490 | 58,180 | 1.34 | [16] |
| Huangpu District | Shanghai | China | 43,425 | 538,900 | 12.41 | [19] |
| El Raval | Barcelona | Spain | 43,340 | 47,608 | 1.10 | [16] |
| Yau Tsim Mong District | Hong Kong | China | 43,168 | 282,020 | 6.99 | [14] |
| Karachi Central | Karachi | Pakistan | 43,000 | 2,972,639 | 69 | |
| Khar | Mumbai | India | 42,929 | 580,835 | 13.5 | [3] |
| San Francisco | Bogotá | Colombia | 42,523 | 76,117 | 1.79 | [15] |
| 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 | [20][21] |
| Manhattan Community Board 8 | New York City | United States | 42,312 | 217,063 | 5.13 | |
| Gran Britalia | Bogotá | Colombia | 42,119 | 75,814 | 1.8 | [15] |
| Kowloon City | Hong Kong | China | 41,999 | 418,732 | 9.97 | [22] |
| La Villette | Paris | France | 41,718 | 53,650 | 1.29 | [23] |
| Malad | Mumbai | India | 41,651 | 796,775 | 19.1 | [3] |
| Güngören | Istanbul | Turkey | 41,349 | 289,441 | 7 | [13] |
| Yonghe District | New Taipei | Taiwan | 41,139 | 235,059 | 5.71 | |
| Anjana | Surat | India | 41,108 | 78,344 | 1.91 | [5] |
| Gaziosmanpaşa | Istanbul | Turkey | 40,997 | 491,962 | 12 | [13] |
| Cumhuriyet, Küçükçekmece | Istanbul | Turkey | 40,882 | 53,147 | 1.3 | [7] |
| Roquette | Paris | France | 40,546 | 47,520 | 1.17 | [23] |
| Nanpura | Surat | India | 40,429 | 51,749 | 1.28 | [5] |
| Matunga | Mumbai | India | 40,400 | 524,393 | 13.0 | [3] |
| Katargam Gotalawadi | Surat | India | 40,057 | 70,500 | 1.76 | [5] |
| Güneşli | Istanbul | Turkey | 39,967 | 47,960 | 1.2 | [7] |
| 11th arrondissement | Paris | France | 39,567 | 145,208 | 3.67 | [24] |
| Chittagong Kotwali Thana | Chittagong | Bangladesh | 39,566 | 246,893 | 6.24 | |
| Oshodi-Isolo | Lagos | Nigeria | 39,440 | 1,655,691 | 41.98 | [2] |
| Bosa Occidental | Bogotá | Colombia | 39,424 | 169,523 | 4.3 | [15] |
| Sham Shui Po | Hong Kong | China | 39,262 | 353,550 | 9.35 | [14] |
| Clignancourt | Paris | France | 39,243 | 64,868 | 1.65 | [23] |
| Manzese | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 38,914 | 66,543 | 1.71 | [20][21] |
| İnönü, Küçükçekmece | Istanbul | Turkey | 38,849 | 73,813 | 1.9 | [7] |
| Yunus Emre, Sultangazi | Istanbul | Turkey | 38,324 | 49,821 | 1.3 | [7] |
| Gümüşpala | Istanbul | Turkey | 38,254 | 42,079 | 1.1 | [7] |
| La Vila de Gràcia | Barcelona | Spain | 38,210 | 50,662 | 1.33 | [16] |
| Minuto de Dios | Bogotá | Colombia | 38,023 | 141,825 | 3.73 | [15] |
| El Rincón | Bogotá | Colombia | 37,749 | 268,018 | 7.1 | [15] |
| Bronx Community Board 5 | New York City | United States | 37,736 | 136,982 | 3.63 | [25] |
| Sants | Barcelona | Spain | 37,460 | 41,127 | 1.10 | [16] |
| Makurumla | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 37,200 | 53,568 | 1.44 | [20] |
| Kocasinan | Istanbul | Turkey | 37,041 | 74,081 | 2 | [7] |
| 100. Yıl | Istanbul | Turkey | 37,018 | 48,123 | 1.3 | [7] |
| Manhattan Community Board 3 | New York City | United States | 36,054 | 164,407 | 4.56 | |
| Süvari | Ankara | Turkey | 35,972 | 35,972 | 1 | [26] |
| Bahçelievler | Istanbul | Turkey | 35,945 | 611,059 | 17 | [13] |
| Kariobangi North | Nairobi | Kenya | 35,778 | 39,342 | 1.10 | [11] |
| Yıldırım | Istanbul | Turkey | 35,543 | 53,315 | 1.5 | [7] |
| Esentepe, Sultangazi | Istanbul | Turkey | 35,444 | 63,799 | 1.8 | [7] |
| Grandes-Carrières | Paris | France | 35,232 | 67,152 | 1.91 | [23] |
| Armağanevler | Istanbul | Turkey | 35,010 | 38,511 | 1.1 | [7] |
| Recoleta | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 34,959 | 188,780 | 5.4 | |
| El Carmel | Barcelona | Spain | 34,812 | 32,724 | 0.94 | [27] |
| San Lorenzo | Naples | Italy | 34,701 | 49,275 | 1.42 | [28] |
| Balvanera | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 34,590 | 152,198 | 4.4 | |
| L'Antiga Esquerra de l'Eixample | Barcelona | Spain | 34,254 | 42,284 | 1.23 | [16] |
| Almagro | Buenos Aires | Argentina | 33,966 | 138,942 | 4.1 | |
| Picpus | Paris | France | 33,788 | 62,947 | 1.86 | [23] |
| Hongkou District | Shanghai | China | 33,267 | 781,100 | 23.48 | [19] |
| Eastern District | Hong Kong | China | 33,004 | 616,199 | 18.7 | [14] |
| Saiyadpura | Surat | India | 32,650 | 55,179 | 1.69 | [5] |
| 20th arrondissement | Paris | France | 32,607 | 194,994 | 5.98 | [24] |
| Les Corts | Barcelona | Spain | 32,570 | 46,009 | 1.41 | [16] |
| Umoja 'II' | Nairobi | Kenya | 32,473 | 101,477 | 3.13 | [11] |
| Mohammadpur Thana | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 32,439 | 241,343 | 7.44 | |
| Bağcılar | Istanbul | Turkey | 32,397 | 745,125 | 23 | [13] |
| Épinettes | Paris | France | 32,186 | 44,352 | 1.38 | [23] |
| Malazgirt, Sincan | Ankara | Turkey | 35,289 | 32,081 | 1.1 | [26] |
| Grenelle | Paris | France | 32,078 | 47,411 | 1.48 | [23] |
| Plaisance | Paris | France | 32,061 | 57,229 | 1.78 | [23] |
| 18th arrondissement | Paris | France | 32,024 | 192,468 | 6.01 | [24] |
| Xuanwu District | Beijing | China | 31,879 | 526,000 | 16.50 | |
| Altıntepe | Istanbul | Turkey | 31,411 | 31,411 | 1 | [7] |
| Sant Andreu | Barcelona | Spain | 31,061 | 57,183 | 1.84 | [16] |
| Chamberí | Madrid | Spain | 31,029 | 145,934 | 4.69 | |
| Atapark | Ankara | Turkey | 30,964 | 49,542 | 1.6 | [26] |
| Selçuklu | Ankara | Turkey | 30,775 | 33,853 | 1.1 | [26] |
| Plevne | Ankara | Turkey | 30,647 | 30,647 | 1 | [26] |
| Bayrampaşa | Istanbul | Turkey | 30,526 | 274,735 | 9 | [13] |
| Gatina | Nairobi | Kenya | 30,411 | 45,872 | 1.51 | [11] |
| Gençosman | Istanbul | Turkey | 30,473 | 39,615 | 1.3 | [7] |
| Breña | Lima | Peru | 30,405 | 97,906 | 3.22 | [29] |
| Zyablikovo | Moscow | Russia | 30,394 | 133,096 | 4.38 | |
| Amérique | Paris | France | 30,155 | 55,365 | 1.84 | [23] |
| Combat | Paris | France | 30,107 | 38,988 | 1.29 | [23] |
| Mwiki | Ruiru | Kenya | 30,107 | 44,760 | 1.49 | [11] |
| Charonne | Paris | France | 30,082 | 62,901 | 2.09 | [23] |
| Novokosino | Moscow | Russia | 30,056 | 108,204 | 3.60 | |
| Talatpaşa, Kağıthane | Istanbul | Turkey | 30,008 | 33,009 | 1.1 | [7] |
See also
- List of cities proper by population density
- List of countries and dependencies by population density
- Kowloon Walled City – the now-razed extremely dense "fortress city" district in Hong Kong.
- Begich Towers – a 1956 condo, housing most of the town of Whittier, Alaska.