List of city districts by population density explained

This is a list of the most densely populated city subdivisions with over 30000PD/km2 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

SubdivisionCityCountryInhabitants
per km2		Population Area
(km2)		Notes
ImbabaCairoEgypt177,0381,465,8758.28
Lalbagh ThanaDhakaBangladesh168,151369,933 2.2[1]
Ajeromi-IfelodunLagosNigeria150,6892,094,583 13.90[2]
MushinLagosNigeria137,2631,928,542 14.05
Lagos IslandLagosNigeria135,5091,254,812 9.26
Chowk BazaarDhakaBangladesh130,122156,147 1.2
Zaveri BazarMumbaiIndia114,001202,922 1.8[3]
St. Anthony ParishMacauChina111,636122,800 1.1[4]
KaranjSuratIndia107,288198,482 1.85[5]
ShomoluLagosNigeria102,4661,496,003 14.60
Dhaka Kotwali ThanaDhakaBangladesh101,693210,504 2.07[6]
AgegeLagosNigeria88,6821,507,591 17.00
Zafer/BahçelievlerIstanbulTurkey78,77285,464 1.1[7]
San Andres BukidManilaPhilippines76,400128,4991.6802
Sutrapur ThanaDhakaBangladesh70,202307,483 4.38
Tondo DistrictManilaPhilippines69,297630,604 9.1[8]
SurulereLagosNigeria68,7511,859,727 27.05
50. YılIstanbulTurkey68,66275,5281.1
HillbrowJohannesburgSouth Africa68,41874,1311.08[9]
LimbayatSuratIndia67,76991,488 1.35
BijamShubra El KheimaEgypt65,622435,0766.63
West PointMonroviaLiberia65,00034,605.53[10]
DadarMumbaiIndia64,168582,007 9.1
Eastleigh South/KiambioNairobiKenya63,77766,264 1.04[11]
YorkvilleNew York CityUnited States60,34977,942 1.29[12]
BycullaMumbaiIndia59,505440,335 7.4
SagrampuraSuratIndia59,02077,316 1.31
KayoleNairobiKenya58,655140,321 2.39
ŞirinevlerIstanbulTurkey58,35464,189 1.1
Grant RoadMumbaiIndia57,744382,841 6.6
SultangaziIstanbulTurkey53,457534,565 10[13]
Karadeniz (mahalle)IstanbulTurkey52,33973,274 1.4
FulpadaSuratIndia52,146169,476 3.25
Kwun Tong DistrictHong KongChina51,104562,427 11.27[14]
FındıklıIstanbulTurkey50,99361,192 1.2
Patio BonitoBogotaColombia50,168159,033 3.17[15]
DemirkapıIstanbulTurkey49,94854,943 1.1
KanaryaIstanbulTurkey49,63169,484 1.4
La Sagrada FamíliaBarcelonaSpain49,04051,539 1.05[16]
KurlaMumbaiIndia49,006778,218 15.9
Mehmet Akif/KüçükçekmeceIstanbulTurkey48,91353,804 1.1
Malé IslandMaléMaldives47,870103,693 1.952[17]
Motijheel ThanaDhakaBangladesh47,692307,483 4.69
İstiklal/ÜmraniyeIstanbulTurkey47,50347,503 1
Our Lady Fatima ParishMacauChina47,000126,000 2.7
Lagos MainlandLagosNigeria46,820918,609 19.62
Wong Tai Sin DistrictHong KongChina46,197444,630 9.3
ElphinstoneMumbaiIndia45,793457,931 10.0
District 11Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam45,241232,536 5.0[18]
Centro HabanaHavanaCuba44,560152,395 3.42[19]
Dandora 'B'NairobiKenya43,91885,569 1.95
District 4Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam43,842183,261 4.0
La Nova Esquerra de l'EixampleBarcelonaSpain43,49058,180 1.34
Huangpu DistrictShanghaiChina43,425538,900 12.41[20]
El RavalBarcelonaSpain43,34047,608 1.10
Yau Tsim Mong DistrictHong KongChina43,168282,020 6.99
Karachi CentralKarachiPakistan43,0002,972,639 69
KharMumbaiIndia42,929580,835 13.5
San FranciscoBogotaColombia42,52376,117 1.79
Manhattan Community Board 7New York CityUnited States42,387207,699 4.90
TandaleDar es SalaamTanzania42,31444,853 1.06[21] [22]
Manhattan Community Board 8New York CityUnited States42,312217,063 5.13
Gran BritaliaBogotaColombia42,11975,8141.8
Kowloon CityHong KongChina41,999418,732 9.97[23]
La VilletteParisFrance41,71853,650 1.29[24]
MaladMumbaiIndia41,651796,775 19.1
GüngörenIstanbulTurkey41,349289,441 7
Yonghe DistrictNew TaipeiTaiwan41,139235,059 5.71
TPS – 7 AnjanaSuratIndia41,10878,344 1.91
GaziosmanpaşaIstanbulTurkey40,997491,962 12
Cumhuriyet/KüçükçekmeceIstanbulTurkey40,88253,147 1.3
District 5Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam40,785174,154 4.0
District 10Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam40,638232,450 6.0
RoquetteParisFrance40,54647,520 1.17
NanpuraSuratIndia40,42951,749 1.28
MatungaMumbaiIndia40,400524,393 13.0
Katargam GotalawadiSuratIndia40,05770,500 1.76
GüneşliIstanbulTurkey39,96747,960 1.2
11th arrondissement of ParisParisFrance39,567145,2083.67[25]
Chittagong Kotwali ThanaChittagongBangladesh39,566246,893 6.24
Oshodi-IsoloLagosNigeria39,4401,655,691 41.98
Bosa OccidentalBogotaColombia39,424169,5234.3
Sham Shui PoHong KongChina39,262353,550 9.35
ClignancourtParisFrance39,24364,868 1.65
ManzeseDar es SalaamTanzania38,91466,543 1.71
Dong DaHanoiVietnam38,896387,400 9.96[26]
İnönü/KüçükçekmeceIstanbulTurkey38,84973,813 1.9
District 3Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam38,403188,945 5.0
Yunus Emre/SultangaziIstanbulTurkey38,32449,821 1.3
GümüşpalaIstanbulTurkey38,25442,079 1.1
La Vila de GràciaBarcelonaSpain38,21050,662 1.33
Minuto de DiosBogotaColombia38,023141,8253.73
El RincónBogotaColombia37,749268,018 7.1
Bronx Community Board 5New York CityUnited States37,736136,982 3.63[27]
SantsBarcelonaSpain37,46041,127 1.10
MakurumlaDar es SalaamTanzania37,20053,568 1.44
KocasinanIstanbulTurkey37,04174,081 2
100. YılIstanbulTurkey37,01848,123 1.3
Manhattan Community Board 3New York CityUnited States36,054164,407 4.56
SüvariAnkaraTurkey35,97235,972 1[28]
BahçelievlerIstanbulTurkey35,945611,059 17
Phu Nhuan DistrictHo Chi Minh CityVietnam35,897175,175 5.0
Kariobangi NorthNairobiKenya35,77839,342 1.10
YıldırımIstanbulTurkey35,54353,315 1.5
Esentepe/SultangaziIstanbulTurkey35,44463,799 1.8
District 6Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam35,254253,474 7.0
Grandes-CarrièresParisFrance35,23267,152 1.91
ArmağanevlerIstanbulTurkey35,01038,511 1.1
RecoletaBuenos AiresArgentina34,959188,780 5.4
El CarmelBarcelonaSpain34,81232,724 0.94[29]
San LorenzoNaplesItaly34,70149,275 1.42[30]
BalvaneraBuenos AiresArgentina34,590152,198 4.4
L'Antiga Esquerra de l'EixampleBarcelonaSpain34,25442,284 1.23
Hoan KiemHanoiVietnam34,159180,700 5.29
AlmagroBuenos AiresArgentina33,966138,942 4.1
PicpusParisFrance33,78862,947 1.86
Hongkou DistrictShanghaiChina33,267781,100 23.48
Eastern DistrictHong KongChina33,004616,199 18.7
SaiyadpuraSuratIndia32,65055,179 1.69
20th arrondissement of ParisParisFrance32,607194,9945.98
Les CortsBarcelonaSpain32,57046,009 1.41
Umoja 'II'NairobiKenya32,473101,477 3.13
Mohammadpur ThanaDhakaBangladesh32,439241,3437.44
BağcılarIstanbulTurkey32,397745,125 23
ÉpinettesParisFrance32,18644,352 1.38
Malazgirt/SincanAnkaraTurkey35,28932,081 1.1[31]
GrenelleParisFrance32,07847,411 1.48
ParisFrance32,06157,229 1.78
18th arrondissement of ParisParisFrance32,024192,4686.01
Xuanwu DistrictBeijingChina31,879526,000 16.50
AltıntepeIstanbulTurkey31,41131,411 1
Sant AndreuBarcelonaSpain31,06157,183 1.84
ChamberíMadridSpain31,029145,934 4.69
AtaparkAnkaraTurkey30,96449,542 1.6[32]
SelçukluAnkaraTurkey30,77533,853 1.1[33]
PlevneAnkaraTurkey30,64730,647 1[34]
BayrampaşaIstanbulTurkey30,526274,735 9
GatinaNairobiKenya30,41145,872 1.51
GençosmanIstanbulTurkey30,47339,615 1.3
ZyablikovoMoscowRussia30,394133,0964.38
ParisFrance30,15555,365 1.84
CombatParisFrance30,10738,988 1.29
MwikiRuiruKenya30,10744,760 1.49
CharonneParisFrance30,08262,901 2.09
NovokosinoMoscowRussia30,056108,2043.60
Talatpaşa/KağıthaneIstanbulTurkey30,00833,009 1.1

See also

Notes

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  2. Web site: Abstract of Local Government Statistics. Lagos Bureau of Statistics. 2021-11-08.
  3. Web site: Mumbai Wards & Districts: Population & Density by Sector 2001. Demographia. 2009-08-21.
  4. http://www.dsec.gov.mo/getAttachment/b6419af3-ba5a-4024-ba3a-3cf172198c9f/E_CENP_PUB_2011_Y.aspx Preliminary Results of the 2011 Population Census. Retrieved on 2012-01-21
  5. http://www.suratmunicipal.org/content/city/stmt7.shtml Surat Municipal Corporation – Wardwise Area, Population & Density (1901 to 2001)
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20050327072826/http://www.bangladeshgov.org/mop/ndb/arpc91_v1/tables04.htm TABLE S04: SELECTED STATISTICS BY THANA, 1991 (ENUMERATED)
  7. https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=tr Population taken from
  8. https://www.census.gov.ph/data/sectordata/2007/ncr.pdf 2007 Census of Population
  9. Web site: Census 2011: Sub Place: Hillbrow. census2011.adrianfrith.com. 2020-02-16.
  10. Web site: THE MASTER PLAN STUDY ON URBAN FACILITIES RESTORATION AND IMPROVEMENT IN MONROVIA IN THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA .
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  12. http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2010/t_pl_p5_nta.pdf Table PL-P5 NTA: Total Population and Persons Per Acre – New York City Neighborhood Tabulation Areas*, 2010
  13. https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=tr Population taken from
  14. 2001 census, December 2004 land survey.
  15. Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá. Secretaría Distrital de Planeación. Subsecretaría de Información y Estudios Estratégicos., "Análisis Demográfico y Proyecciones Poblacionales de Bogotá," March 2018. [Online]. Available: http://www.sdp.gov.co/sites/default/files/4-DOCUMENTO-TECNICO-DE-SOPORTE/Analisis%20Demografico%20y%20Proyecciones%20Poblacionales%20de%20Bogota.pdf. [Accessed 26 June 2019].
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  18. http://www.pso.hochiminhcity.gov.vn/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=5fdc62bc-0523-453a-b596-57ad36af9831&groupId=18 Population and population density in 2010 by district (pdf)
  19. http://www.one.cu/publicaciones/cepde/Nueva%20DPA/NUEVA_2010_LA_HABANA.pdf Oficina Nacional de Estadísticas, Cuba; La Habana (pdf)
  20. Web site: Population And Population Density (year-end of 2008). Shanghai Municipal Government. 14 December 2009.
  21. http://www.nbs.go.tz/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&id=88:village-stat&Itemid=106 National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania; 2002 Population and Housing Census – Village Statistics
  22. http://www.ilri.org/gis/search.asp?id=442 International Livestock Research Institute, GIS Services, Tanzania Wards
  23. 2016 census, December 2004 land survey.
  24. Atelier Parisien d'Urbanisme, "Paris 1954–1999. Données statistiques. Population, logement, emploi. Paris et arrondissements," September 2005. [Online]. Available: https://www.apur.org/fr/nos-travaux/paris-1954-1999-donnees-statistiques-population-logement-emploi-paris-arrondissements. [Accessed 27 August 2019].
  25. Web site: Populations légales 2019. 75 – Paris. 2022-01-12. INSEE.
  26. http://www.english.hanoi.gov.vn/web/guest/home?p_p_id=vcmsviewcontent_INSTANCE_OdbM&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_count=1&_vcmsviewcontent_INSTANCE_OdbM_struts_action=%2Fvcmsviewcontent%2Fview&_vcmsviewcontent_INSTANCE_OdbM_articleId=11806&_vcmsviewcontent_INSTANCE_OdbM_categoryId=2002&_vcmsviewcontent_INSTANCE_OdbM_styleBorder=0
  27. Web site: New York City Department of City Planning . Bronx Community District 5 Summary Profile . 9 August 2019.
  28. https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=tr Population taken from
  29. Web site: "Padró municipal de Barcelona". 5 February 2022.
  30. Web site: Naples population data 2001 census. 2010-01-12.
  31. https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=tr Population taken from
  32. https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=tr Population taken from
  33. https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=tr Population taken from
  34. https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=tr Population taken from

Barangays

At least a dozen barangays have population densities over 200,000 people per square km, which are very small sections or neighborhoods (not city districts) within Manila, with the highest that of Barangay 717 at 277,007.3 people per square km.

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