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Top 85 World Urbanized Areas: 1985:
Density of Residential Areas

CAUTION
The data in this table relates only to the residential areas of urban areas. As such, it is not comparable to density figures for entire urbanized areas (including parks, industrial areas, airports, etc.)

Rank Connurbation Population (000) Residential Land Area (Square Miles) Population/
Square Mile
1 Tokyo-Yokohama 25,434 1,089 23,355
2 Mexico City 16,901 522 32,377
3 Sao Paulo 14,911 451 33,062
4 New York 14,598 1,274 11,458
5 Seoul 13,665 342 39,956
6 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 13,562 495 27,398
7 Buenos Aires 10,750 535 20,093
8 Calcutta 10,462 209 50,057
9 Bombay 10,137 95 106,705
10 Rio de Janiero 10,116 260 38,908
11 Moscow 9,873 379 26,050
12 Los Angeles 9,636 1,110 8,681
13 London 9,442 874 10,803
14 Paris 8,633 432 19,984
15 Cairo 8,595 104 82,644
16 Manila 8,485 188 45,133
17 Jakarta 8,122 76 106,868
18 Essen 7,604 704 10,801
19 Teheran 7,354 112 65,661
20 Delhi 6,993 138 50,674
21 Shanghai 6,698 78 85,872
22 Chicago 6,511 762 8,545
23 Karachi 6,351 190 33,426
24 Lagos 6,054 56 108,107
25 Beijing 5,608 151 37,139
26 Taipei 5,550 138 40,217
27 Lima 5,447 120 45,392
28 Hong Kong 5,415 20 270,750
29 Istanbul 5,389 165 32,661
30 Bangkok 4,998 102 49,000
31 Madras 4,983 115 43,330
32 Bogota 4,711 79 59,633
33 Santiago 4,700 128 36,719
34 Milan 4,635 344 13,474
35 Tianjin 4,622 49 94,327
36 Leningrad 4,569 139 32,871
37 Nagoya 4,452 307 14,502
38 Manchester 4,151 357 11,627
39 Madrid 4,137 66 62,682
40 Shenyang 4,086 39 104,769
41 Philadelphia 4,025 471 8,546
42 Pusan 3,996 54 74,000
43 Barcelona 3,842 87 44,161
44 San Francisco 3,790 428 8,855
45 Bangalore 3,685 50 73,700
46 Lahore 3,603 57 63,211
47 Sydney 3,396 338 10,047
48 Baghdad 3,371 97 34,753
49 Dhaka 3,283 32 102,594
50 Athens 3,252 116 28,034
51 Ho Chi Mihn City 3,250 31 104,839
52 Gaungzhou 3,248 79 41,114
53 Detroit 3,133 468 6,694
54 Miami 3,123 448 6,971
55 Belo Horinzonte 3,059 79 38,722
56 Wuhan 3,048 65 46,892
57 Ahmenabad 3,037 32 94,906
58 Berlin 3,033 274 11,069
59 Hyderabad 3,022 88 34,341
60 Caracas 2,993 54 55,426
61 Toronto 2,972 154 19,299
62 Surabaya 2,962 43 68,884
63 Rome 2,944 69 42,667
64 Naples 2,862 62 46,161
65 Melbourne 2,852 327 8,722
66 Montreal 2,827 164 17,238
67 Kinshasha 2,794 57 49,018
68 Guadalajara 2,746 78 35,205
69 Alexandria 2,660 35 76,000
70 Yangon 2,558 47 54,426
71 Singapore 2,556 78 32,769
72 Porte Allegre 2,536 231 10,978
73 Harbin 2,518 30 83,933
74 Casablanca 2,495 35 71,286
75 Kiev 2,489 62 40,145
76 Dallas 2,486 419 5,933
77 Boston 2,470 303 8,152
78 Washington 2,456 357 6,880
79 Monterey 2,351 77 30,532
80 Ankara 2,338 55 42,509
81 Budapest 2,297 138 16,645
82 Chengdu 2,250 25 90,000
83 Birmingham 2,211 223 9,915
84 Houston 2,104 310 6,787
85 Bucharest 2,095 52 40,288
Source: US Census Bureau

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