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International Urbanized Areas Ranked:
New Population per New Land Area: 1960-1990

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International Urbanized Area Analysis and Data Product
Dated 29 July 2000 as Revised.
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Rank Urbanized Area To 1990 from Change in Population (000) Change in Square Miles Change in Square Kilometers New Population per New Square Mile New Population per New Square Kilometer
1 Seoul (City Only) 1980 2,540 34 88 74,431 28,716
2 Hong Kong 1970 1,586 29 76 54,293 20,947
3 Surabaya 1970 951 21 54 45,478 17,546
4 Jakarta 1970 3,461 82 214 41,992 16,201
5 Manila 1970 3,982 110 285 36,168 13,954
6 Singapore 1960 1,059 59 154 17,823 6,876
7 Tokyo 1960 16,277 1,029 2668 15,813 6,101
8 Munich 1960 232 21 54 11,188 4,316
9 Kuala Lampur 1970 1,572 148 383 10,644 4,107
10 Los Angeles 1960 4,913 596 1545 8,243 3,180
11 San Jose 1960 832 115 298 7,235 2,791
12 Edmonton 1970 178 26 68 6,806 2,626
13 Ottawa 1970 274 42 109 6,537 2,522
14 Miami 1960 1,062 170 441 6,247 2,410
15 Paris 1960 2,262 419 1086 5,397 2,082
16 Calgary 1960 461 96 249 4,792 1,849
17 Montreal 1960 1,010 215 558 4,694 1,811
18 Vancouver 1960 751 164 424 4,595 1,773
19 Zurich 1960 90 20 51 4,587 1,770
20 Fort Lauderdale 1960 918 203 526 4,522 1,745
21 San Francisco-Oakland 1960 1,199 302 783 3,970 1,532
22 San Diego 1960 1,512 414 1073 3,652 1,409
23 Dallas-Fort Worth 1960 1,763 523 1356 3,371 1,301
24 Sacramento 1960 645 200 518 3,225 1,244
25 Sydney 1960 1,249 397 1030 3,143 1,213
26 Winnipeg 1960 171 58 150 2,950 1,138
27 Phoenix 1960 1,454 493 1278 2,949 1,138
28 Riverside-San Bernardino 1960 792 291 754 2,722 1,050
29 Portland 1960 520 196 508 2,653 1,024
30 Washington 1960 1,555 604 1566 2,575 993
31 Melbourne 1960 1,038 405 1048 2,566 990
32 Seattle 1960 880 350 907 2,514 970
33 Tampa-St. Petersburg 1960 1,082 432 1120 2,505 966
34 Denver 1960 714 292 757 2,445 943
35 Houston 1960 1,762 746 1934 2,362 911
36 Perth 1960 667 297 770 2,247 867
37 Adelaide 1960 435 201 520 2,171 838
38 San Antonio 1960 487 246 638 1,980 764
39 New York 1960 1,929 1,075 2786 1,794 692
40 Minneapolis-St. Paul 1960 703 406 1052 1,732 668
41 Brisbane 1960 712 412 1067 1,730 668
42 Atlanta 1960 1,389 891 2309 1,559 601
43 Norfolk 1960 815 555 1439 1,468 567
44 Chicago 1960 833 625 1620 1,333 514
45 Baltimore 1960 471 373 967 1,263 487
46 Philadelphia 1960 587 567 1470 1,035 399
47 Boston 1960 362 375 972 965 372
48 New Orleans 1970 78 86 223 907 350
49 Cincinnati 1960 218 270 700 807 311
50 Kansas City 1960 354 480 1244 738 285
51 St. Louis 1960 279 405 1050 689 266
52 Milwaukee 1960 76 120 311 633 244
53 Detroit 1960 (41) 387 1003 (106) (41)
54 Pittsburgh 1960 (126) 253 656 (498) (192)
55 Buffalo 1960 (100) 126 327 (794) (306)
56 Frankfurt 1960 (36) 23 59 (1,561) (602)
57 Cleveland 1960 (108) 49 127 (2,204) (850)
58 Hamburg 1960 (180) 57 147 (3,182) (1,228)
59 Amsterdam 1960 (85) 21 55 (4,010) (1,547)
60 Vienna 1960 (88) 18 47 (4,789) (1,848)
61 Brussels 1960 (59) 10 27 (5,676) (2,190)
62 Copenhagen 1960 (169) 25 66 (6,654) (2,567)
63 London 1960 (1,313) 137 356 (9,557) (3,687)

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