List of the most densely populated country subdivisions

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This is a list of the most densely populated country subdivisions in the world. Most are districts of large cities and may vary significantly in regional importance.

Subdivision Inhabitants
per km²
Population Area
(km²)
Marine Lines, Mumbai, India 114,001[1] 202,922 1.8
Dhaka Kotwali Thana, Dhaka, Bangladesh 101,693 210,504[2] 2.07
St. Anthony Parish, Macau, PRC 98,776 109,000 1.1
Sutrapur Thana, Dhaka, Bangladesh 70,202 30,7483[2] 4.38
Tondo District, Manila, Philippines 64,796 589,644 9.1
Dadar, Mumbai, India 64,168[1] 582,007 9.1
Byculla, Mumbai, India 59,505[1] 440,335 7.4
Grant Road, Mumbai, India 57,744[1] 382,841 6.6
Sanhurst Road, Mumbai, India 56,936[1] 140,633 2.5
District IV , L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain 55,950[3] 44,773 0.80
St. Lazarus Parish, Macau, PRC 52,370 45,600 0.9
District II , L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain 52,718[3] 50,072 0.95
Kwun Tong District, Hong Kong, PRC 51,104[4] 562,427 11.27
St. Lawrence Parish, Macau, PRC 50,904 45,600 0.9
Kurla, Mumbai, India 49,006[1] 778,218 15.9
Motijheel Thana, Dhaka, Bangladesh 47,692 307,483[2] 4.69
Our Lady Fatima Parish, Macau, PRC 47,000 126,000 2.7
Huangpu District, Shanghai, PRC 46,253 574,500 12.41
Wong Tai Sin District, Hong Kong, PRC 46,197[4] 444,630 9.3
Elphinstone, Mumbai, India 45,793[1] 457,931 10.0
Nam-gu, Incheon, Incheon, South Korea 45,736 427,339[5] 24.20
Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, Incheon, South Korea 44,864 553,961[5] 31.98
District V , L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain 44,031[3] 40,094 0.91
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong, PRC 43,168[4] 282,020 6.99
Khar, Mumbai, Mumbai, India 42,929[1] 580,835 13.5
Manhattan Community Board 8, New York City, USA 42,312 217,063 5.13
Malad, Mumbai, India 41,651[1] 796,775 19.1
11th arrondissement, Paris, France 41,598 152,500 3.67
Yonghe City, Taipei County, ROC (Taiwan) 41,139 235,059 5.71
Luwan District, Shanghai, PRC 41,010 328,900 8.02
Kowloon City, Hong Kong, PRC 40,722[4] 381,352 10.02
Matunga, Mumbai, India 40,400[1] 524,393 13.0
Jing'an District, Shanghai, PRC 40,079 305,400 7.62
Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, PRC 39,262[4] 353,550 9.35
Manhattan Community Board 7, New York City, USA 37,970 207,699 5.47
Hongkou District, Shanghai, PRC 36,657 860,700 23.48
Manhattan Community Board 3, New York City, USA 36,054 164,407 4.56
Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina 34,959 188,780 5.4
Balvanera, Buenos Aires, Argentina 34,590 152,198 4.4
Almagro, Buenos Aires, Argentina 33,966 138,942 4.1
Eastern District, Hong Kong, PRC 33,004[4] 616,199 18.7
20th arrondissement, Paris, France 32,052 191,800 5.98
18th arrondissement, Paris, France 31,424 188,700 6.01
10th arrondissement, Paris, France 30,705 88,800 2.89
3rd arrondissement, Paris, France 29,974 35,100 1.17
Singshing District, Kaohsiung, ROC (Taiwan) 29,706 58,711 1.98
District III , L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain 29,604[3] 40,557 1.37
Breña District , Lima, Peru 29,443.5 94,808 3.22
17th arrondissement, Paris, France 28,277 160,300 5.67
19th arrondissement, Paris, France 27,586 187,200 6.79
Daan District, Taipei, ROC (Taiwan) 27,476 312,166 11.36
15th arrondissement, Paris, France 27,335 232,400 8.50
Central District, Taichung, ROC (Taiwan) 27,334 24,062 0.88
Zhabei District, Shanghai, PRC 27,293 798,600 29.26
Mohammadpur Thana, Dhaka, Bangladesh 27,142 316,203[2] 11.65
9th arrondissement, Paris, France 26,847 58,500 2.18
Levallois-Perret, France 26,058 62,800 2.41
Manhattan, New York City, USA 25,850 1,537,195
Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina 25,830 183,396 7,1
13th arrondissement, Paris, France 25,371 181,300 7.15
Tejgaon Thana, Dhaka, Bangladesh 25,144 220,012[2] 8.75

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j [http://www.demographia.com/db-mumbaidistr91.htm TABLE S04: Mumbai Wards & Districts: Population & Density by Sector 2001]
  2. ^ a b c d e TABLE S04: SELECTED STATISTICS BY THANA, 1991 (ENUMERATED) data from census 1991
  3. ^ a b c d 1.1. Superfície, població i densitat on page 23
  4. ^ a b c d e f 2001 census, December 2004 land survey.
  5. ^ a b [http://www.demographia.com/db-incheondistr.pdf Incheon, South Korea: Population & Density by District, 2000]
  • PRC data from census in ?2000 (and from census in ?2001) plus December 2004 land survey where footnoted.
  • Philippines data from census in 2000.
  • Spanish data from census in 2006.
  • US data from census in 2000.
  • ROC (Taiwan) data from census in 2005.
  • French data from census in 1999.

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