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International Urban Population
Density by Area: 1960-1990


Area Population Land Area Change in Density Cases
United States 85.9% 127.2% -15.1% 34
Canada 90.9% 163.4% -28.1% 4
Europe 2.4% 45.0% -28.5% 8
Asia 84.6% 122.0% -16.8% 2
Australia 87.2% 193.0% -32.6% 5
Average 73.7% 123.6% -19.8% 53

Calculated from data in Jeffrey Kenworthy, Felix B. Laube, and Peter Newman, An International Sourcebook of Automobile Dependence in Cities, 1960-1990. Boulder CO: University of Colorado Press, 1999

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