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Nation City Land Area in Square Miles Year of Population Population Population per Square Mile Population per Square Kilometer
Argentina Buenos Aires 77.0 1990 2,961,000 38,455 14,847
Austria Vienna 160.0 1990 1,533,000 9,581 3,699
Belgium Brussels (Urban Area) 62.0 1991 954,000 15,387 5,941
Brazil Rio de Janiero 452.0 1996 5,551,538 12,282 4,742
Brazil Sao Paulo 576.0 1996 9,839,036 17,082 6,595
Canada Burnaby 34.0 1996 159,000 4,676 1,806
Canada East York 8.0 1996 107,391 13,482 5,205
Canada Etobikote 47.6 1996 329,000 6,906 2,666
Canada Mississauga 105.3 1996 544,300 5,170 1,996
Canada Montreal 68.1 1996 1,016,400 14,930 5,765
Canada North York 68.0 1996 590,000 8,678 3,351
Canada Richmond 47.7 1996 149,000 3,121 1,205
Canada Scarborough 72.2 1996 559,000 7,748 2,991
Canada Surrey 116.0 1996 304,000 2,621 1,012
Canada Toronto (1997 Consolidation) 242.0 1996 2,385,391 9,857 3,806
Canada Toronto (Pre-1997) 37.3 1996 653,000 17,486 6,751
Canada Vancouver 43.5 1996 514,000 11,824 4,565
Canada Victoria 7.2 1996 74,000 10,251 3,958
Canada York 8.9 1996 147,000 16,498 6,370
China Hong Kong Island 31.0 1999 1,408,000 45,419 17,536
China Kowloon 4.0 1999 621,200 153,522 59,275
China Kowloon (Incl. New Kowloon) 18.0 1999 2,124,100 117,778 45,474
China Kwai Tsing 8.4 1999 478,100 56,750 21,911
China New Territories 374.9 1999 3,295,000 8,789 3,393
China Shanghai 2,561.0 1990 13,341,000 5,209 2,011
Cuba Havana 296.0 1998 2,096,000 7,081 2,734
Denmark Kobenhavn 34.0 1992 465,000 13,676 5,280
Egypt Cairo 82.6 1986 6,789,479 82,235 31,751
Finland Helsinki 71.2 1991 491,000 6,898 2,663
France Paris 41.0 1999 2,123,000 51,780 19,992
Germany Berlin 343.0 1990 3,433,000 10,009 3,864
Germany Essen 73.0 1990 683,000 9,356 3,612
Germany Frankfurt 75.0 1990 645,000 8,600 3,320
Germany Hamburg 288.0 1990 1,652,000 5,736 2,215
Germany Munchen 120.0 1990 1,229,000 10,242 3,954
India Calcutta 40.7 1991 4,399,819 107,981 41,691
India Calcutta 40.7 2001 4,581,544 112,440 43,413
India Chennai 66.1 2001 4,216,218 63,769 24,621
India Hyderabad 99.6 1991 3,044,000 30,575 11,805
India Hyderabad 99.6 2001 3,449,878 34,651 13,379
India Mumbai 239.0 1991 9,926,000 41,531 16,035
India Mumbai 239.0 2001 11,914,398 49,851 19,248
Indonesia Jakarta 228.0 1990 8,228,000 36,088 13,933
Ireland Dublin 44.0 1996 480,996 10,932 4,221
Israel Tel Aviv (District) 66.0 1990 1,044,000 15,818 6,107
Italy Bologna 54.3 1991 383,000 7,054 2,724
Italy Firenze 39.5 1998 380,000 9,618 3,713
Italy Genova 92.1 1997 648,000 7,032 2,715
Italy Milano 70.1 1998 1,303,000 18,584 7,175
Italy Palermo 61.3 1998 688,000 11,224 4,334
Italy Roma 581.6 1998 2,653,000 4,561 1,761
Italy Torino 50.2 1998 915,000 18,220 7,035
Japan Chiba 104.6 1995 857,000 8,192 3,163
Japan Fukuoka 129.8 1995 1,285,000 9,901 3,823
Japan Hiroshima 284.8 1995 1,109,000 3,894 1,504
Japan Kawasaki 55.7 2000 1,250,000 22,445 8,666
Japan Kitakyushu 185.7 1995 1,020,000 5,492 2,120
Japan Kobe 210.4 1995 1,424,000 6,769 2,614
Japan Kyoto 234.6 1995 1,464,000 6,241 2,410
Japan Nagoya 125.5 1995 2,152,000 17,154 6,623
Japan Osaka 84.8 1995 2,602,000 30,682 11,846
Japan Sapporo 431.0 1995 1,757,000 4,076 1,574
Japan Sendai 301.0 1995 971,000 3,226 1,245
Japan Tokyo 238.7 1995 7,967,600 33,377 12,887
Japan Yokohama 167.6 1995 3,307,000 19,737 7,621
Malaysia Kuala Lampur 94.0 1991 1,145,000 12,181 4,703
Mexico Mexico City 579.0 2000 8,591,309 14,838 5,729
Netherlands Amsterdam 63.7 1989 713,000 11,190 4,321
Netherlands Hague 26.2 1989 445,000 16,990 6,560
Netherlands Rotterdam 80.0 1989 590,000 7,371 2,846
Netherlands Utrecht 23.7 1989 234,000 9,875 3,813
Nigeria Lagos 204.5 1991 5,830,000 28,512 11,009
Nigeria Lagos 56.0 2001 7,720,000 137,857 53,227
Paraguay Asuncion 45.0 1992 502,000 11,156 4,307
Phillipines Manila (Fed Distr) 146.0 1995 9,201,000 63,021 24,332
Phillipines Manila, City of 14.7 1990 1,630,485 111,216 42,941
Poland Krakow 126.1 1998 741,000 5,876 2,269
Poland Lodz 113.6 1998 807,000 7,106 2,744
Poland Warsaw 190.7 1998 1,596,000 8,369 3,231
Poland Wroclaw 113.0 1998 638,000 5,647 2,180
Russia Moscow 339.0 1997 8,405,000 24,794 9,573
South Korea Inchon 121.0 1990 1,682,000 13,901 5,367
South Korea Pusan 203.0 1990 3,825,000 18,842 7,275
South Korea Seoul 237.0 1990 10,726,000 45,257 17,474
South Korea Taegu 176.0 1990 2,248,000 12,773 4,932
Sweden Stockholm 70.0 1989 674,000 9,625 3,716
Sweden Goteborg 173.0 1989 434,000 2,508 968
Switzerland Basel 14.0 1989 197,000 14,071 5,433
Switzerland Zurich 35.5 1998 336,000 9,473 3,657
UK Birmingham 79.9 1991 966,000 12,088 4,667
UK Bristol 41.2 1991 370,000 8,987 3,470
UK Cardiff 23.6 1991 273,000 11,582 4,472
UK Coventry 29.9 1991 293,000 9,797 3,783
UK Edinburgh 100.7 1991 435,000 4,319 1,668
UK Glasgow 67.3 1991 681,000 10,123 3,909
UK Leeds 63.5 1991 445,000 7,012 2,707
UK Liverpool 43.5 1991 479,000 11,023 4,256
UK Liverpool 43.5 1998 461,000 10,609 4,096
UK London 621.7 1996 7,074,000 11,378 4,393
UK London 621.7 1998 7,187,000 11,560 4,463
UK Manchester 42.6 1991 403,000 9,463 3,654
UK Newcastle 42.4 1998 276,000 6,504 2,511
UK Sheffield 61.9 1991 431,607 6,978 2,694
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Revision date: 2002-01-16          

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